Almost one-third of Republicans say they think violence may be necessary to solve the problems facing the United States, according to a new national survey by the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute. The finding is part of PRRI’s 12th annual American Values Survey released Monday which, among other things, highlights the continued impact of the same falsehoods and conspiracy theories that fueled the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly one year later. …
“It is an alarming finding,” said Robert Jones, CEO and founder of PRRI. “I’ve been doing this a while, for decades, and it’s not the kind of finding that as a sociologist, a public opinion pollster, that you’re used to seeing.” CONTINUED
Caitlin Dickson, Yahoo News
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That being claimed, in the alleged survey of Republican, suggesting that “violence may be necessary to save the United States,” the opposite inquiry should be how many Democrats and Independents believe that the pillaging and burning of buildings and businesses during Antifa and BLM demonstration were necessary and justified to enable a social-equitable reformation one seemingly professed by left-leaning Communists, Socialists, etc.as also necessary?