 As in part political violence, gun violence, any violence has absolutely no place in American democracy. I condemn the attempted attack on former President Trump, which is a troubling escalation in the increasingly dire state of our politics. Meantime, to our other stories locally, state police are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash in Prince George's County. Investors say a 37-year-old man and his 19-year-old female passenger both died after hitting the back of a car along 495 near Branch Avenue.