Trump's darkness: White supremacy, Christian nationalism and the coronavirus
Trump's darkness: White supremacy, Christian nationalism and the coronavirus
This pandemic has brought out the worst in Trump and in his most racist and fanatical followers
https://www.salon.com/2020/04/15/trumps-darkness-white-supremacy-christian-nationalism-and-the-coronavirus/
CHAUNCEY DEVEGA at Salon
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This has largely been ignored by the mainstream news media amid the tumult of the coronavirus pandemic, white neo-fascists and other right-wing extremists have recently been caught planning or engaging in acts of political violence and other crimes.
Last month, a white supremacist planned to bomb a Kansas City hospital where coronavirus patients were being treated. He was shot and killed by FBI agents sent to arrest him.
Online, various white supremacists and right-wing extremists have been plotting about how to use the coronavirus to advance their goals including through political violence.
Reportedly, some white supremacists have strategized online about how to use the coronavirus as a biological weapon to infect and kill nonwhites, Jews, Muslims and other targeted groups.
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We need to be vigilant at calling out groups of white people having coronavirus gatherings - especially not in their own neighbourhoods.