Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) placed the blame for the shooting in El Paso, Texas over the weekend squarely on President Trump’s shoulders.
During a vigil for victims of the two mass shootings over the weekend that left 30 people dead, Ocasio-Cortez said Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric is “directly responsible for what happened in El Paso,” she said, according to the New York Daily News.
Ocasio-Cortez called white supremacy an international terrorism threat and said it should be defined as such under federal law.
“There are so many different issues that are weaving themselves into a braid of violence into our country. One of them is white supremacist terrorism,” she said.
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Love me some AOC!
Ah, she’s just saying that because it’s a fact.
Me, too, as you know – but:
Indirectly responsible.
Only the shooter himself is directly responsible, unless he’s a robot – and maybe he is practically a robot for Trump, but I have seen no actual evidence to this effect.
I understand that “white supremacist” is the best term in common use, and that’s why she used it, but I prefer “Neo-Nazi.”
Trump spoke of an “invasion” by “rapists and murderers” who were “infesting” the country.
OK, he didn’t QUITE say “shoot them” but he came pretty close.