More Americans now think violence is necessary to “right” the country than they did 18 months ago. That’s according to polling from NPR, PBS News and Marist University.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has federalized and deployed national guard troops to American cities, sparking a flurry of court challenges and an outbreak of panic.

Today on The Wheelhouse, how political violence continues to reverberate throughout the United States.

And why, in a country born from a revolution and torn by a Civil War, it’s nothing new.

GUESTS:


William Tong, attorney general, state of Connecticut


State Rep. Corey Paris (D) - Stamford


Amilcar Shabazz, professor of African American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst


Bilal Sekou, Associate professor of political science, University of Hartford

More Americans now think violence is <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/01/nx-s1-5558304/poll-political-violence-free-speech-vaccines-national-guard-epstein-trump">necessary</a> to &ldquo;right&rdquo; the country than they did 18 months ago. That&rsquo;s according to polling from NPR, PBS News and Marist University.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has federalized and deployed national guard troops to American cities, sparking a flurry of court challenges and an outbreak of panic.
Today on The Wheelhouse, how political violence continues to reverberate throughout the United States.
And why, in a country born from a revolution and torn by a Civil War, it&rsquo;s nothing new.
GUESTS:
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<a href="https://portal.ct.gov/ag/about-the-ag/william-tong-biography-page">William Tong</a>, attorney general, state of Connecticut
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<a href="https://www.housedems.ct.gov/Paris">State Rep. Corey Paris (D)</a> - Stamford
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<a href="https://www.umass.edu/afro-am/about/directory/amilcar-shabazz">Amilcar Shabazz</a>, professor of African American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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<a href="https://www.hartford.edu/directory/hillyer/sekou-bilal.aspx">Bilal Sekou</a>, Associate professor of political science, University of Hartford
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