Trump, the Republican party and Fox News don’t want to offend the bigots that are a large part of his base.
Look at the polls (second tweet below) which show that Republicans are much less concerned about white supremacists.
Exclusive: White House rebuffed attempts by DHS to make combating domestic terrorism a higher priorityhttps://t.co/poDgkBiGFR
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 7, 2019
ICYMI
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 4, 2019
Do you think that white supremacist groups pose a threat to the United States?
ALL
Yes 65%
No 29%
Rep.
Yes 41%
No 51%
Dem.
Yes 88%
No 9%
Ind.
Yes 66%
No 29%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 3/21-25/19)
trend: https://t.co/4PcBHk5kaR
Your Republican government cut funding for a program called CVE – Countering Violent Extremism. They re-allocated the money from white domestic extremism and focused totally on foreign, middle eastern, Muslim extremism. They did so contrary to the data.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 3, 2019
A reminder: 10 years ago an internal Homeland Security report warned about the danger of right-wing domestic terrorism. Republicans learned about it, rose up in outrage, and demanded that efforts to counter the threat be canceled 1/ https://t.co/ZEPAjsY749
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 4, 2019
I spoke to the DHS analyst who warned in 2009 that right-wing extremism was on the rise — he got thrown under the bus by the Obama admin after a Republican backlash.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 15, 2022
He says Jan. 6 is just the beginning.https://t.co/ax5Gd6RKwn https://t.co/XSD94qitND
Tucker Carlson said last night that white supremacy isn't a "real problem" in the United States. This is almost too ridiculous to fact check, but here are a few numbers from me on the extent of the problem: pic.twitter.com/XFPY3BguD9
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 7, 2019
The lockstep determination of the GOP to ignore the implications of Trump's language, or even to acknowledge the language for what it is, is indivisible. Is there any elected Republican who has called out Trump's use of "invasion" language common in white supremacist circles? https://t.co/HO7a2rRsFy
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 4, 2019
President Trump needs to condemn white nationalism as aggressively as he condemns CNN.https://t.co/XtyUruG6vM
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) August 4, 2019
National Review: “we are contending here not w/ another ‘lone wolf,’ but with the fruit of a murderous and resurgent ideology—white supremacy—that deserves to be treated by the authorities in the same manner as has been the threat posed by militant Islam.” https://t.co/clT9FhBnqM
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 5, 2019
My latest @BulwarkOnline examines the Civil War 2 fetish on the right, and its ties to white nationalist race war fantasies. 1/https://t.co/bn3N2sFr6K
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) March 21, 2019
Uh huh pic.twitter.com/k8FV3f04sH
— 🇺🇸 AlwaysVoteBlue 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@PeopleDied2Vote) August 4, 2019
I'm so glad you brought this up. Actually, experts on white nationalism actually say we should use the word because this is a political ideology. This isn't some isolated madman but rather someone who is part of a movement. Here is @kathleen_belew https://t.co/gvei7n31WS
— Lulu Garcia-Navarro (@lourdesgnavarro) August 4, 2019
One of the lead stories on the Sydney Morning Herald, early Monday morning in Australia:
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 4, 2019
"US in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis"https://t.co/pSsF2dNSaZ
"Deadly violence heightens concerns about domestic terrorism and white supremacists."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 4, 2019
This @LATimes story was first published on Friday. Then updated today with the newest example.https://t.co/92xNNlxBjO
Stop calling these shootings an American sickness. White nationalism is an ideology. It’s a sick one, but hate isn’t the same as insanity. This rhetoric is a cover and a cop out. White nationslism is a CHOICE!!! #ElPasoShooting
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) August 4, 2019
When I was in Congress 8 yrs ago, our biggest domestic terror threat was Muslim American men radicalized by Islamism.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 4, 2019
Today, our biggest domestic terror threat is white American men radicalized by white supremacy.
Conservatives must be honest enough to acknowledge this.
Read this @FrankFigliuzzi1 piece from two days ago sadly predicting this. You cannot incite hatred without there being consequences. https://t.co/22aI04DDWA
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) August 3, 2019
As with Trump’s refusal to listen to our Intelligence agencies and combat Russia’s cyberwar on all 50 states’ voting systems and on U.S. sovereignty, this is gross dereliction of presidential duty, a violation of his oath of office. https://t.co/fkUTXzgbfu
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 7, 2019
U.S. labels a white supremacist group "terrorist" for the first time https://t.co/HEVBJc1k3H
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 6, 2020
Sad! 