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IU professor Steven Webster talks about political polarization
July 18, 2024
The attempted assignation of former president Donald Trump threw a spotlight on America’s harsh political rhetoric. WISH-TV Government Reporter talked to IU Political Science professor, Steven Webster, who studies political polarization. He says the attempt on Trumps life is an extreme symptom of a long growing problem for which elected officials carry a large part of the blame.