After the assassination of right-wing political provocateur Charlie Kirk, there's been a lot of justifiable condemnation of political violence from Republicans and Democrats alike. There's also been a call to embrace civility and not engage in the type of caustic rhetoric that stirs the cauldron of such violence.

Both of those things need to happen, but there are significant obstacles that must be understood and addressed before the situation can really change.

One of the biggest problems is that the administration in power got there by using divisive rhetoric and playing off of Americans' fear while stoking anger and demonizing the opposition. Supporters might not see it that way, and maybe that's not what really engaged them. Maybe they only cared about the promise of a better economy

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