 In this light, a rise of politically motivated violence in America is sadly unsurprising. Golden called on the elected officials to use this moment to change the way they talk about their opponents. Continuing down this path would be disastrous, he wrote. This is the moment for elected officials and candidates for political office to lead us down a better road towards the hopeful future that Americans want and deserve. We can start by dropping hyperbolic threats about the stakes of this election.