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Consider the cumulative effect going back 4 years.
Person at a Trump campaign rally: "We have a problem in this country, it's called Muslims...when can we get rid of them?"
Trump: "A lot of people are saying that...we're going to be looking at that."
Person at a Trump campaign rally: "We have a problem in this country, it's called Muslims...when can we get rid of them?"
Trump: "A lot of people are saying that...we're going to be looking at that."
Think Trump's enduring stance on white supremacist terror hasn't had a serious impact on America and the world? Think again. This investigation is already outdated since we published it last July—the mass shooting at the Pittsburgh synagogue, among others. motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
Long ago @MotherJones reported extensively on the brewing dangers of Trump tacitly but consistently embracing the hateful far right. It's painful to know that America elected him anyway, and to know the subsequent carnage. motherjones.com/politics/2016/…
Consider the Trump effect from all this another way: A nine-term white congressman from Utah says a Democratic policy proposal could make him a victim of white "genocide." Then he walks it back by saying he was just joking. Seem familiar? washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03…
