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SunsetDreams2
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January 13, 2021
more here
https://www.vox.com/21506029/trump-violence-tweets-racist-hate-speech
I know we have all heard some of this or even all of it at the time these events occurred. It is nice to have them all in one place for reference. Most of us seen this train wreck coming. Its so damn sad that it had to take an attack on one of our branches of government in order for some jerks in congress to wise up! It didnt have to get to this point. I dont want to hear any of those assholes ever claim to be patriots again!
Donald Trump Is The Accelerant
A comprehensive timeline of Trump encouraging hate groups and political violence.
On the very day that Congress counted the electoral votes that certified President-elect Joe Bidens victory, Trump opened up the US Capitol to an insurrection.
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Trumps messaging on January 6 is precisely in line with how hes historically addressed violence on the part of hate groups and his supporters: He emboldens it.
As far back as 2015, Trump has been connected to documented acts of violence, with perpetrators claiming that he was even their inspiration. In fact, dozens of people enacted violence in Trumps name in the years before the Capitol attack, according to a 2020 report from ABC News.
In 2016, a white man told officers Donald Trump will fix them while being arrested for threatening his Black neighbors with a knife. That same year, a Florida man threatened to burn down a house next to his because a Muslim family purchased it, claiming that Trumps Muslim ban made it a reason for concern. Then there are the more widely known examples, like Cesar Sayoc, who mailed 16 inoperative pipe bombs to Democratic leaders and referred to Trump as a surrogate father; and the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, in 2019 that left 23 dead, where the shooters manifesto parroted Trumps rhetoric about immigrants.
On the very day that Congress counted the electoral votes that certified President-elect Joe Bidens victory, Trump opened up the US Capitol to an insurrection.
....
Trumps messaging on January 6 is precisely in line with how hes historically addressed violence on the part of hate groups and his supporters: He emboldens it.
As far back as 2015, Trump has been connected to documented acts of violence, with perpetrators claiming that he was even their inspiration. In fact, dozens of people enacted violence in Trumps name in the years before the Capitol attack, according to a 2020 report from ABC News.
In 2016, a white man told officers Donald Trump will fix them while being arrested for threatening his Black neighbors with a knife. That same year, a Florida man threatened to burn down a house next to his because a Muslim family purchased it, claiming that Trumps Muslim ban made it a reason for concern. Then there are the more widely known examples, like Cesar Sayoc, who mailed 16 inoperative pipe bombs to Democratic leaders and referred to Trump as a surrogate father; and the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, in 2019 that left 23 dead, where the shooters manifesto parroted Trumps rhetoric about immigrants.
more here
https://www.vox.com/21506029/trump-violence-tweets-racist-hate-speech
I know we have all heard some of this or even all of it at the time these events occurred. It is nice to have them all in one place for reference. Most of us seen this train wreck coming. Its so damn sad that it had to take an attack on one of our branches of government in order for some jerks in congress to wise up! It didnt have to get to this point. I dont want to hear any of those assholes ever claim to be patriots again!
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