Demagogic Clown: AOC Declares Trump ‘Directly Responsible’ for El Paso Mass Shooting; Trump Told to ‘Stay Away’
By Townhall. Let’s begin with a reminder that my position on partisan blame after horrific acts of violence has been quite clear and consistent. I believe it’s almost always grossly unfair, and a cheap political smear, to pin mass murder on mainstream ideological opponents, even by implication. Leave it to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to make the least fair point in the dumbest and ugliest way possible. Take it away, lady:
Ocasio-Cortez: Trump's immigration rhetoric is "directly responsible" for El Paso mass shooting https://t.co/6jZPnAP9wx pic.twitter.com/vWiXGFLD42
— The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) late Monday said that President Trump’s divisive rhetoric on immigration was “directly responsible” for the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas that left at least 22 people dead. The freshman New York congresswoman made the comments while speaking at a vigil in Brooklyn for the victims of the shooting in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, according to the New York Daily News. “I’m tired of the questioning if the president is racist. He is,” Ocasio-Cortez told a crowd of about 500 people, the newspaper noted.
The only person “directly responsible” for the Texas massacre is the right-wing, immigrant-hating white supremacist terrorist and doomsday environmentalist who perpetrated it. Period. And while I’ve been a frequent critic of President Trump’s language on any number of issues — and while it’s true that the killer’s manifesto mirrored some of Trump’s words and phrases (“invasion” and “fake news”) — it’s a very dangerous and dishonest game indeed to claim that heated political rhetoric is even partially responsible for acts of extreme violence. (Read more from “Demagogic Clown: Aoc Declares Trump ‘Directly Responsible’ for El Paso Mass Shooting” HERE)
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Beto O’Rourke on Texas Shooting: Trump ‘Has No Place’ in El Paso
By USA Today. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who is from El Paso, Texas — the location of a mass shooting where more than 20 people were killed in an apparent racist attack — said Monday that President Donald Trump is not welcome there.
O’Rourke, who has repeatedly labeled Trump a “racist,” said that Trump helped create the tragedy in El Paso.
“This president, who helped create the hatred that made Saturday’s tragedy possible, should not come to El Paso,” O’Rourke wrote on Twitter. “We do not need more division. We need to heal. He has no place here.”
Trump will be visiting El Paso on Wednesday, Mayor Dee Margo said during a press conference on Monday afternoon. Margo said he will meet with the president, as it is not a political visit. (Read more from “Beto O’Rourke on Texas Shooting: Trump ‘Has No Place’ in El Paso” HERE)
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