The shooting death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University was a “political assassination,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said.

“Our nation is broken,” the governor said Wednesday, before listing out politically motivated violent incidents that have happened in our country over the last year and change: Two state legislators were fatally shot in Minnesota, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s house was set ablaze with two Molotov cocktails, and, of course, U.S. President Donald Trump was shot during a campaign event last September.

In the wake of Kirk’s slaying, it certainly feels like Cox is right about our country. But to what extent?

I was also extremely curious as to Utah’s role in the nation’s political violence scales. Growing up here, I felt like Utah was a haven

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