White House rebuffed DHS effort to make domestic terrorism a higher priority

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
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
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 4, 2019

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.

He says Jan. 6 is just the beginning.https://t.co/ax5Gd6RKwn https://t.co/XSD94qitND
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 15, 2022

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:

"US in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis"https://t.co/pSsF2dNSaZ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 4, 2019

"Deadly violence heightens concerns about domestic terrorism and white supremacists."

This @LATimes story was first published on Friday. Then updated today with the newest example.https://t.co/92xNNlxBjO
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 4, 2019

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.

Today, our biggest domestic terror threat is white American men radicalized by white supremacy.

Conservatives must be honest enough to acknowledge this.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 4, 2019

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

Trump’s visit to Dayton

He lied about what the Senator Brown and the mayor said.

The press was not allowed to take pictures but the White House released some.

He went back to attacking Biden after he left Dayton.

He only cares about how he was received.

Trump did not speak publicly which is a good thing since he has no interest in unifying the country. He should shut up and go home.

The right is blaming Sanders for the shooter since he followed liberals but Sanders has never spewed hateful rhetoric and encouraged violence like Trump has.

"failed presidential candidate" Sherrod Brown never ran https://t.co/MIHHX1I0ul
— Hanna Trudo (@HCTrudo) August 7, 2019

PROPAGANDA ALERT: The journalists traveling with @realDonaldTrump were not allowed to go into the hospital with him.

Any video of the event released by the White House will need to be viewed with extreme skepticism, as it will have been stage managed to make POTUS look good. https://t.co/Atw3EdAjb2
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) August 7, 2019

Unclear what WH is disputing. Sherrod Brown said Trump was well received by the patients. “They were hurting. He was comforting. He did the right things, Melania did the right things. And it’s his job in part to comfort people. I’m glad he did it in those hospital rooms.” https://t.co/jRMgVfp1IE
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 7, 2019

Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism https://t.co/lRzrJwOwyZ
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 7, 2019

The President’s thoughts between meeting with the victims of a mass shooting in Dayton and a terrorist attack in El Paso.

There is absolutely nothing that could stop this man from thinking only about himself every minute of every day. https://t.co/zd95b5Gnt9
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 7, 2019

WH social media director seems more concerned that people aren’t adequately praising President Trump,
rather than focusing on the victims and survivors of a mass shooting. https://t.co/xqyEJ7gvpr
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) August 7, 2019

You turned this massacre into a campaign ad? Are you kidding me?!!! https://t.co/7pnAvRkBeh
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) August 7, 2019

This is confusing. Brown said of Trump: "He was received well by the patients, as you’d expect. They were hurting, he was comforting. He did the right things, Melania did the right things." https://t.co/unun6ATX8o
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 7, 2019

My God. You shallow little turd. https://t.co/rRNKNsqrKs
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 7, 2019

Dayton mayor on Trump skipping visit to shooting site: Business owners didn’t want him there https://t.co/sfJxlFaaXm
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 7, 2019

Local resident of Dayton, OH: "I work… I usually am not able to come protest something like this, but I do not feel like this is a place where Trump should come for a photo-op on our dead people. He has made it clear he's not sincere… We didn't want him here." pic.twitter.com/3B5GdC2pdv
— Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) August 7, 2019

Latest Trump lies August 7, 2019

Trump made 56 false claims last week. The weekly lowlights analysis and complete list, from me and @tarasubramaniam: https://t.co/CuGMsTYR0D
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 6, 2019

President Donald Trump made 78 false claims last week.

24 about Mueller and Russia. 22 in his speech to conservative teens. So, so much nonsense.

My breakdown of the lowlights and lower-lights, and a fact-check with @tarasubramaniam of all 78: https://t.co/Q6rlH2moo6
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 30, 2019

In the course of a week, @realDonaldTrump made at least six false claims about Baltimore and @RepCummings' congressional district. https://t.co/PqOkBx6uYN
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) August 3, 2019

Trump made it seem like he gave some extraordinary amount of $ to Baltimore, & Elijah Cummings stole it.

Turns out, it was just routine gov't spending for retirees' Social Security, residents' Medicare/Medicaid & military members' health care, the same as every district gets https://t.co/FAYibjwvvC
— Luke Broadwater (@lukebroadwater) August 1, 2019

Trump started by falsely claiming almost no migrants show up for court. Then, a while ago, he started mocking the people who do show up. Yesterday he went furthest, saying "they’re the ones we don’t want to have come back," because "they're not the smartest."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 2, 2019

Trump made numerous false claims at his Ohio rally – CNNPolitics https://t.co/wdCxoIpLy0
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 2, 2019

He misquoted it so he could falsely say it’s the same thing he said about New Hampshire. https://t.co/5BRj8sBSqu
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 1, 2019

WE LITERALLY DID A SEGMENT TONIGHT ABOUT HOW THEY'VE SEPARATED 900 MORE CHILDREN SINCE THEY SAID THEY ENDED IT. https://t.co/G4emEpC9GW
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 1, 2019

President Trump said that black Baltimore residents thanked him for his attacks on Maryland and Rep. Elijah Cummings, but offered no evidence beyond phone calls he said he had received https://t.co/soADYZ0vFg
— POLITICO (@politico) July 30, 2019

Video games do not cause mass shootings

Republicans just don’t want to deal with the gun problem or the white supremacist problem so they blame everything else.

“Politicians” are not blaming video games. Republicans are. Only Republicans. https://t.co/sz9dzvxgzy
— Francis Wilkinson (@fdwilkinson) August 6, 2019

As mass shootings roil the nation, President Trump and top Republicans are citing video games as one explanation for the bloodshed.

But experts say there is little evidence to link violent games to real-world violence. https://t.co/KyirgADYD5
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2019

Let me make this absolutely, 100%, crystal clear, as a Johns Hopkins-trained scientist and ER doctor:

There are ZERO studies linking video games to gun violence.

There are MANY, MANY studies linking increased access to guns to gun violence.@GOPLeader, you are a lying coward.
— John Jiao, MD 🏥 (@JohnJiao) August 4, 2019

“in coverage of mass school shootings specifically, video games were more than eight times as likely to be brought up when the shooter is white than when the shooter is black.” https://t.co/LRPSBn6Abm
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) August 6, 2019

Oxford study from earlier this year: "Violent video game
engagement is not associated
with adolescents’ aggressive
behaviour: evidence from
a registered report" https://t.co/0GoxsEBXmg
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 5, 2019

Hey @realDonaldTrump: Our son plays video games like Fortnite & Overwatch. So I play them to be cool. No mentions anywhere of a Hispanic "invasion"; or Mexicans are "rapists"; or immigrants should "go back" to where we came from. Also, see chart below.#VideogamesAreNotToBlame https://t.co/sln20oRhby
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 6, 2019

Babies are shot and killed with a machine guns and what does the President of The United States say – he says the fault lies with video games.

Video games.

They are not going to change a single gun law.

They are not going to do anything to stop mass shootings.

Nothing.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 6, 2019