Trump Channels the Manifesto
Really quite remarkable. We’ve now seen the first portion of the President’s comments. He gave a generic condemnation of the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand and then proceeded to give a meandering speech about foreign “invasion”, i.e., immigrants “rushing our border”, calling them “murderers and killers”. In other words, moments after denouncing the massacre he went on with a lie-laden screed much of which was indistinguishable from the attacker’s manifesto.
Trump decries "murderers and killers coming in" over the the border. pic.twitter.com/kiYIHJ825r
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 15, 2019
Trump decries "murderers and killers coming in" over the the border. pic.twitter.com/kiYIHJ825r
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 15, 2019
After Trump signed the veto, he got asked about white nationalism and white supremacy. He basically wrote it off as an isolated problem.
Asked about global threat of "white nationalism", Trump dismisses it, saying it's a "small group of people."
Says it's not clear yet whether New Zealand gunman was part of white supremacist world. pic.twitter.com/cWl9FbPNnB
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 15, 2019