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Trump's Facebook Fans Call for Race War
The morning after five Dallas police officers were killed and six others were wounded in a shooting spree, Donald Trump posted a message to his Facebook wall calling for the restoration of "law and order." He also cited to the "senseless, tragic" deaths in Baton Rouge and suburban Minneapolis, referring to Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were killed by police earlier in the week, without mentioning their names. (This was his first official statement regarding those shootings.) He added, "racial tensions have gotten worse."
Trump's reasonable statement prompted overheated and extreme reactions from his Facebook followers. Some claimed a race war was underway. Others predictably slammed Obama. And some defended Trump's supposed defense of white people. Here's a sampling:
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Mother Jones
Trump's reasonable statement prompted overheated and extreme reactions from his Facebook followers. Some claimed a race war was underway. Others predictably slammed Obama. And some defended Trump's supposed defense of white people. Here's a sampling:
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Mother Jones
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And of course, it's too many words for his brainless followers to read 
