Republicans have a racism problem and it’s getting worse. The majority of them don’t think white supremacists are a serious threat. Does that mean the majority of Republicans are white supremacists? I hope not but many of them are. The white supremacist problem won’t go away once Trump is gone. He has made it worse but it was here before him and will be here after him.
Dems have long been more likely than Rs to say that white nationalism is a “somewhat” or “very” serious threat. But the gap has expanded from 33 points right after Charlottesville to 52 points now. https://t.co/7pCOyXhSiB pic.twitter.com/Md42rUVt3l
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 18, 2019
"The longer Trump remains the head of the GOP, the whiter we can expect the GOP to become. And tragically for our country, that means the GOP will need to increasingly gin up fear of the other and play on white anxiety to win" https://t.co/cUgdB98ktp
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) August 13, 2019
There is clear evidence that violence by white extremists is an undeniable and intensifying problem. But the question of how the government should attack domestic extremism, especially white supremacists, remains politically fraught under President Trump. https://t.co/fVgKTWVjxP
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 11, 2019
In the days since the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, more 2020 candidates have started using the words "white supremacist" to describe not just some of Pres. Trump's supporters, but even the president himself. https://t.co/iT1vZ1Ou4x
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 13, 2019
Honestly this story from @kenklippenstein should be getting more attention. The FBI designated white supremacists a "medium threat" while identifying "black identity extremists" a top counterterrorism priority. https://t.co/nSU6D9OCb7
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) August 12, 2019
White supremacists were responsible for *ALL* race-based domestic terrorism in 2018. 100%.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 10, 2019
Trump’s DoJ & Barr then worked **to hide that report from Congress**-all while defunding federal programs to combat white supremacist violence.
This is a white supremacist administration. https://t.co/2GvN2tU0fg
Don’t buy the pundits muddying the waters over the white nationalist threat. The FBI Director Chris Wray made clear in his testimony: “A majority of the domestic terrorism cases we’ve investigated are motivated by white supremacy.”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 7, 2019
“White Replacement” is a white Supremicist ideological theme & racist trope across Europe & USA. “Invasion” is an old fascist anti-immigrant theme. Vladimir Putin used both to “warn” France to get rid of Democracy or they’ll be replaced by an invasion of blacks. Trump mimics him https://t.co/M5dIfeVbWt
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) August 7, 2019
Sad! 