Cox decried the rise in threats of political violence across the country, including in Utah, and said he was “deeply disturbed” by the second attempt on Trump’s life in as many months, during his monthly PBS news conference on Thursday.

There is widespread concern that the November election will not end well and that American democracy has frayed to the breaking point.

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