Opinion

Anyone Else Feel Numb After the Failed Trump Rally Assassination?

CHAOS THEORY

What’s the correct reaction to the news of a failed assassination attempt? Shock? Anger? Laughter? Numbness?

Nell Scovell
Nell Scovell
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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania just moments before shots rang out.
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Nell Scovell

Nell Scovell

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