‘These are conditions ripe for political violence’: how close is the US to civil war?

Photo caption: A police flash-bang grenade is detonated during the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Photo credit: Leah Millis / Reuters. Article by Barbara F Walter, Stephen Marche, Christopher Sebastian Parker. The Guardian – November 6, 2022.

Nearly half of Americans fear their country will erupt within the next decade. Ahead of the midterm elections this week, three experts analyze the depth of the crisis

Americans are increasingly talking about civil war. In August, after the FBI raided Donald Trump’s Florida home, Twitter references to “civil war” jumped 3,000%. Trump supporters immediately went online, tweeting threats that a civil war would start if Trump was indicted. One account wrote: “Is it Civil-War-O’clock yet?”; another said, “get ready for an uprising”. Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, said there would be “riots in the streets” if Trump was indicted. Trump himself predicted that “terrible things are going to happen” if […]

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