Thread by @DenbrotS

It’s Time For Trump And Twitter To Be Found Culpable For White Nationalist Terrorist Shootings
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We Have a White Nationalist Terrorist Problem
Mass shootings like the one in El Paso should be condemned by America’s leaders as terrorism.
nytimes.com/2019/08/04/opi…

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Trump rhetoric freshly condemned after mass shootings
DOJ pursues the El Paso killings as domestic terrorism.
“He is ripping at our nation,” Cory Booker on CNN said the president “must be held responsible.”
politico.com/amp/story/2019…

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I grew up a white nationalist. We never blamed ourselves for mass shootings like El Paso.
Trump gives shooters someone to blame: El Paso shooting suspect happened to have attended my high school
Don't blame mental health
amp.usatoday.com/amp/1933421001

#WhiteNationalistTerrorism_Trump
There is no excuse for supporting this president
“..We have a president whose words inspire and bolster perpetrators of..heinous acts. That makes Trump not only a moral abomination,..but a threat to national security.”
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

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Beto O'Rourke: President Donald Trump is a white nationalist
"We have a problem with white nationalist terrorism in the USA today..these are white men motivated by the kind of fear that this President traffics in."
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/08/04…

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A cultural reckoning over a president’s language
“When the president &other leaders..use racist..language to describe immigrants &Muslims..as invaders, angry & isolated men w/guns are listening..And acting.”[Adam Schiff]
latimes.com/politics/story…

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Pete Buttigieg: America 'Under Attack From Homegrown White Nationalist Terrorists'
Buttigieg—the president “at best condones &encourages white nationalism.
“It’s flourished under his watch..This isn’t an accident.”
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5d…

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Violent White Nationalism Is All-American
“2nd Amdmt became in part about institutionalizing the physical protection of white people.”
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

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“With his nationalist rhetoric and policies, President Trump has become part of this continuum, giving license to millions to express their white grievance in new ways and refusing to condemn or prosecute their violence in any meaningful way.”

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“A former FBI supervisor told The Washington Post that ‘there’s some reluctance among agents to bring forth an investigation that targets what the president perceives as his base.’”

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“he has undergirded his..presidency w/racial stereotypes&hatred whipping up his rally mobs..a safe space to say things like”Send them back!..Shoot them!” Trump admin &the GOP surely have blood on their doorstep today.”
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…