America’s left-wing political violence problem cannot be met with denial

Published May 1, 2026 5:27am ET | Updated May 1, 2026 5:27am ET



Over the span of less than one week, America witnessed yet another allegedly left-wing assassination attempt play out at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — and also discovered that some of the ugliest recent manifestations of right-wing extremism and bigotry in the United States have allegedly been partially subsidized, for years and to the tune of millions of dollars, by the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center.

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