 Butler, Pennsylvania, where this assassination attempt transpired, is in western Pennsylvania, about 35 miles north of Pittsburgh and some 50 miles east of Youngstown, just over the border in Ohio. I point that out to emphasize that this is Trump country. It's where, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the journalist Selena Zito noticed something interesting was happening. Western Pennsylvania has long been a working-class Democrat region.