House Democrat: 'Hyperbolic' rhetoric about election makes violence 'unsurprising'

USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here Sarah Fortinsky Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) called on elected officials to drop the “hyperbolic threats about the stakes of this election,” in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Trump. In a multiple-post thread on the social platform X, the moderate Democrat chastised his fellow politicians for portraying their political opponents as…