As the shootings in Minnesota rattle Capitol Hill, lawmakers are scrambling to disrupt what they see as a long and escalating pattern of political violence — and grappling with the growing fear they might not be able to stop it.
“It is so unfortunate what happened in Minnesota, it raises this dark reality that we are all one vote away from losing our lives,” Rep. Norma Torres, a member of the House Administration Committee, which has oversight of member security, told NOTUS.
“At any moment, somebody could be radicalized,” she said. “It plays a big role in how people are feeling right now.”