 Many organizers condemned political violence. John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine. He told Democracy Now on Monday that the candidates have an opportunity to tone down the overheated rhetoric. The candidate who can pull us back from this, who can actually say, this isn't who we want to be, this isn't where we want to go, has a real potential to connect with people because I think people are feeling overwhelmed by the moment they're in.