A recent study found that public support for using violence to "coerce" members of Congress nearly doubled from January to June.
Support among self-identified Democrats for political violence grew by about 250%, according to the study.
The spike was most pronounced among self-identified Democrats: in January, 7% of Democrats supported using political violence against lawmakers, and that number climbed to 16% in June.
By contrast, the support for political violence against Congress among self-identifying Republicans increased by 50%.
Specifically, the survey found roughly 4% of Americans — an estimated 12 million people — supported using violence to return Trump to office in April.
Persons:
Robert Pape, Donald Trump, Trump, Pape
Organizations:
Service, University of Chicago's, Security, —, University of Chicago, Republican
Locations:
Wall, Silicon