I think a lot of these comments are focusing on the media and the role they play but this is ignoring the attacks made directly against vulnerable groups here.

Imagine you are Latino and are watching the President at his rallies talk about you in ways that incite violence, if not outright calling for violence. Then a shooter targets people who look just like you. You feel hunted. Now throw in stories about people who are citizens being locked up and forced to prove they are citizens while languishing in jail.

Or, imagine you are trans and listen to what the P/VP say about you, you are also feeling hunted and hearing reports of all the attacks against trans people day after day. You feel hunted by your own gov and country.

I've got some friends in those groups and I don't think I realized how much stress this was causing them as someone who belongs to a group that is never targetted.

I think that is a huge part of the stress and terror here.