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HATRED IN AMERICA - DIVIDED WE FALL Police believe the El Paso shooter targeted Latinos Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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ince last weekend, politicians, pundits and conspiracy theorists have pointed their collective fingers for the senseless killings (Texas and Ohio) at everyone/thing from Mr. Trump to the decline of “American family values,” to transgender acceptance — the list goes on. Whichever way you look at the terrorists’ attacks, the senseless murders of innocent people is always linked to hatred in some shape or form. “Even by America’s recent standards, it was an appalling weekend .On Saturday, a gunman slaughtered 20 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas; minutes before he opened fire, he reportedly went online and posted a violent screed that spoke of a ‘Hispanic invasion.’ The country was still grappling with the news when another gunman—in Dayton, Ohio, this time—murdered nine more people in a nightclub district,” Columbia Journalism Review reported. Several Democratic candidates for president have said Trump’s past comments have contributed to divisions in the country. They are not alone, the social media platforms and newspapers across the U.S. and the world have placed the blame, at least in part, on the commander in chief’s rhetoric towards immigration and his alleged racist comments. “I say to President Trump, please stop the racist anti-immigrant rhetoric,” Senator Bernie Sanders said. “Stop the hatred in this country
Senior Airman Anthony Tasker, 50th Security Forces Squadron, provides first aid to simulated shooting victim, Senior Airman Oceana Goodsell, 50 SFS, during an active shooter exercise in the fitness center at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The base engaged in a week-long exercise that tested and assessed emergency response forces’ procedures while accomplishing the mission. – Courtesy photo / U.S. Air Force, Christopher DeWitt
which is creating the kind of violence that we see.” Senator Kamala Harris said Trump’s language has “incredible consequence.” “We have a president of the United States who has chosen to use his words in a way that have been about selling hate and division among us,” she said. Pete Buttigieg perhaps said it best, “What you have here is two things coming together. One, the weak gun safety policies of this country. And two, the rise of domestic terror-
ism inspired by white nationalists.” It’s about the hate rumbling around our society and Trump’s role in stoking it, but it’s also about failures that go much deeper than Trump. All of it demands our attention, he said in a television interview. On Meet the Press, Sunday, Veronica Escobar, a Democrat who represents El Paso in Congress, made clear that her first responsibility is to her grieving community, but added an important point. “It’s not
politicizing an event… [to say that] we have not just a gun epidemic in this country, but we have a hate epidemic in this country,” she said. On Monday, former President Barack Obama said, "We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don't look like us, or suggest that other people, including
immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people." "It's time for the overwhelming majority of Americans of goodwill, of every race and faith and political party, to say as much -- clearly and unequivocally," he added. Once again, Trump blames the media for the latest terrorist attacks that took 31 lives over the weekend.
“The Media has a big responsibility to life and safety in our Country. Fake News has contributed greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years. News coverage has got to start being fair, balanced and unbiased or these terrible problems will only get worse!” President Trump tweeted on Monday. Read More on our website unde News