MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - There’s a growing push for civility at a time of intense political division following the recent killing of Charlie Kirk, a shooting at an ICE facility, and the threat of a government shutdown. It has many Vermont politicians -- and voters -- reflecting on the divisive discourse roiling the nation.

Congresswoman Becca Balint and Senator Peter Welch were flanked by a private security detail during a ribbon-cutting this week for new affordable housing.

Ballint says it’s in response to political violence and threats rattling lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and that ongoing rhetoric from President Donald Trump is fueling the division. “The president has the ability today, right now, to take to the airwaves right now and say ‘It is time to stop the political vio

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