Rightwing terror stalks America. Will Trump do anything to stop it?

[mia]

Four of the Saturday worshippers brutally murdered at the Tree of Life synagogue had been old enough during the Holocaust and World War II to revere America as a safe haven in a world of hate. The other seven victims, the youngest of whom was 54, had grown up in a land where most blatant anti-Semitism had seemingly retreated to the shadows.

When pipe bombs were mailed to a dozen targets of Donald Trump’s wrath, the only frail consolation had been that no one had been injured. Now with the worst incident of anti-Semitic violence in American history all comfort has vanished....

...After Oklahoma City, the FBI made monitoring domestic terrorism a priority. That emphasis died as the Twin Towers toppled and the bureau was transformed into a single-minded bulwark against al-Qaida and its successors. Even after this sad-eyed weekend, it is hard to see the FBI effectively monitoring rightwing domestic terrorism as long as Trump is president and someone like Jeff Sessions presides over the Justice Department.

In an ideal world, Republicans of good will (and in a democracy it is imperative to believe they still exist) would bravely and consistently repudiate the bile that fills the swamps of Trumpism and Fox News. For as domestic terrorism stalks synagogues, black churches and the mail of Trump opponents, it is imperative to confront the enduring truth of the dictum – popularized by the comic-strip character Pogo – “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/29/rightwing-terror-stalks-america-pittsburgh

[samnsara]

1. no..because he IS it!

[dalton99a]

6. Bingo

[rampartc]

2. for trump and his cult rw violence is a feature of maga

[dlk]

3. As Long as Trump Receives His Desired Attention, He Will Continue to Stoke Domestic Terrorism

He is a very sick and twisted man.

[beachbum bob]

4. ignore, and deflect its ALL THE DEMOCRATS FAULT. That is ALWAYS he gameplan

[ck4829]

5. K&R

[Wounded Bear]

7. Trump won't stop it, that's his base...

[Adrahil]

8. No... it serves his interests. NT