Many folks have been warning about Trump inspiring violence for years. From 2017
About the Tree of Life massacre in 2018
About Trump calling for troops to fire upon migrants who throw rocks in 2018
From @GovWhitmer in 2000

“Every time the president ramps up this violent rhetoric, every time he fires up Twitter to launch another broadside against me, my family and I see a surge of vicious attacks sent our way. This is no coincidence, and the president knows it.“

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