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Sep 2, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Early warnings on Trump inciting white supremacist violence: A brief story in 5 parts

Aug 2017: “A disaster. There are real concerns about where it leads the country.” —A senior U.S. law enforcement official on Trump’s response to Charlottesville 
motherjones.com/politics/2017/…
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Sept 2017: “I hit ’em with neo-Nazi. I hit them with everything. I got the white supremacists, the neo-Nazi. I got them all in there, let’s see. KKK, we have KKK. I got them all.” —President Trump, ridiculing the media during a political rally
motherjones.com/politics/2017/…
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July 2018: “The racist rhetoric has empowered white supremacist groups to be much more public. It’s very dangerous because these people who have a history of violence now feel they have state sanction to commit violence.” —Ex-FBI agent Michael German
motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
3/5
Oct 2018 - Aug 2019:

“I have noticed a change in people saying 'illegals' that now say 'invaders.’ I like this.” —Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter

“This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.” —El Paso mass shooter motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
4/5
…which brings us up to this week, when Trump went in front of the press and defended a Trump partisan who is an alleged murderer.

Unfortunately, with Trump, the worst is likely yet to come
npr.org/sections/live-…
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npr.org/2020/09/02/908…
Trump’s appeal to neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists now extends to Germany nytimes.com/2020/09/07/wor…

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Aug 12
NEW: Most media have gone totally asleep on this, but Trump's ugly incitement is only growing more dangerous according to threat assessment and law enforcement sources I've spoken with in recent weeks 👉 motherjones.com/politics/2024/…
Five years to the day after a mass shooter targeting migrants gunned down dozens of people in Texas, Trump railed in a speech about hordes of murderous foreigners overrunning America.

That mass shooter had denied being influenced by Trump—then cited Trump’s "fake news" rhetoric
“There’s nothing normal about any of this,” one threat assessment source told me about Trump's incitement. “It really disturbs me how politicians in his party won’t stand up and say one word against it.... We’ve already seen where this goes and it can easily go there again.” 3/x
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Dec 5, 2023
In new filing, Jack Smith alleges Trump "sent supporters, including groups like the Proud Boys, whom he knew were angry, and whom he now calls ‘patriots,’ to the Capitol to achieve the criminal objective of obstructing the congressional certification" washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Trump "has openly and proudly supported individuals who criminally participated in obstructing the congressional certification, including by suggesting that he will pardon them if re-elected, even as he has conceded he had the ability to influence their actions during the attack"
"Of particular note are the specific January 6 offenders whom [Trump] has supported— namely, individuals convicted of some of the most serious crimes charged in relation to January 6, such as seditious conspiracy and violent assaults on police officers" washingtonpost.com/documents/764d…
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Sep 10, 2023
An engrossing, tragic story. “Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long,” said a daughter of the first Jan. 6 defendant who stood trial washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…
more details here on her father, Guy Reffitt, who was among the Trump supporters who brought guns to the Capitol on January 6 motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
"Reffitt boasted to family and fellow militia members that he and other insurrectionists brought guns to the siege. 'The people that were around me were all carrying too,' he said. 'I had every constitutional right to carry a weapon and take over the Congress as we tried to do.'"
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May 23, 2023
NEW: One year after the Uvalde massacre, my latest reporting includes new details on the ongoing investigations, the shooter’s long trail of warning signs, and how this horrific tragedy could have been prevented from ever happening motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 🧵
The police meltdown in Uvalde demands further scrutiny. But what about the guns that got in the hands of a profoundly troubled 18-year-old? How could he so easily—and legally—acquire a highly lethal arsenal? An astonishing amount of firepower motherjones.com/politics/2023/… #Uvalde 2/x Image
The crucial 'bystander' problem: the Uvalde shooter had extensive contact online with at least one person who may well have seen indications of his deadly plans. The person “knew him quite well,” a source familiar with the ongoing investigation told me motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 3/x
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Apr 1, 2023
I’ve spent a decade investigating mass shootings and how to stop them. These are the fresh cold facts: From Sandy Hook in 2012 to a Nashville school this week, many more mass shooters now use AR-15s—a weapon of war—to devastating effect. My new piece: motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 🧵
This chilling trend connects to how shooters emulate previous attackers, one of multiple common warning behaviors I examine in Trigger Points, my book about preventing mass shootings. It coincides with marketing tactics long used by the gun industry... amazon.com/dp/0062973533/ 2/x
Gunmakers long sought to captivate young buyers through aggressive ads and product placement, including working with companies producing popular first-person shooter video games.

Many mass shooters take on a "commando" mentality, case evidence shows. motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 3/x
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Mar 20, 2023
A big reason Uvalde police failed to confront the shooter at Robb Elementary was because they feared the firepower of his AR-15, according to this important new investigation from @TexasTribune reporter @zachdespart texastribune.org/2023/03/20/uva…
"A comprehensive and scathing report of law enforcement’s response to the shooting, released by a Texas House committee chaired by Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows in July, made no mention of the comments by law enforcement officers that illustrated trepidation about the AR-15."
There's been a disturbing rise in young male mass shooters using AR-15s, body armor, and tactical gear, as I documented in this recent article. Uvalde, Buffalo, Colorado Springs, Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton, Parkland... and beyond motherjones.com/crime-justice/… 3/x
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