Maybe not thousands.
But a few.
Brietbart suffered a ‘heart attack’ after engaging a known democratic operative that he seemed to have no previous dealings with.
Relatively young people have heart attacks all the time of course. But few then have their ME photographer killed by arsenic afterwards.
Looking at key figures pasts it seems Valerie Jarrett’s past includes some unfortunate heart attack victims - i.e. her ex-husband and his next wife.
Of course county sheriffs are also threatened all the time. But few have bombs mailed to them in the style of known radicals of the 1970s also.
Maybe old habits are hard to break.
Like you so, maybe so...