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During a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump was asked if he "see(s) today that white nationalism is a rising threat around the world?" in the wake of the terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand, which left at least 50 dead.
"I don't really. I think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems, I guess," the President said. "If you look at what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that's the case, I don't know enough about it yet. They're just learning about the person and the people involved. But it's certainly a terrible thing."
The man charged with murder in the New Zealand attack cited a list of white nationalists who inspired him in his putative manifesto posted online.
Facts First: White nationalism is certainly a rising threat in the US, with plenty of evidence to back it up.
In the past two years there have been a number of high profile incidents involving white nationalists, perhaps most notably the Unite the Right march in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017. One woman was killed and 19 were injured when a speeding car slammed into a throng of counter-protesters.
Last year's shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh claimed the lives of 11 people. Federal prosecutors charged the gunman, an avowed white nationalist, with hate crimes. In February, authorities arrested a Coast Guard lieutenant, an alleged white supremacist, who was planning an attack on several television anchors and elected officials.
The data suggests these are all part of a broader rise in white nationalism across the US.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/16/poli...ump-on-threat-of-white-nationalism/index.html
"I don't really. I think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems, I guess," the President said. "If you look at what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that's the case, I don't know enough about it yet. They're just learning about the person and the people involved. But it's certainly a terrible thing."
The man charged with murder in the New Zealand attack cited a list of white nationalists who inspired him in his putative manifesto posted online.
Facts First: White nationalism is certainly a rising threat in the US, with plenty of evidence to back it up.
In the past two years there have been a number of high profile incidents involving white nationalists, perhaps most notably the Unite the Right march in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017. One woman was killed and 19 were injured when a speeding car slammed into a throng of counter-protesters.
Last year's shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh claimed the lives of 11 people. Federal prosecutors charged the gunman, an avowed white nationalist, with hate crimes. In February, authorities arrested a Coast Guard lieutenant, an alleged white supremacist, who was planning an attack on several television anchors and elected officials.
The data suggests these are all part of a broader rise in white nationalism across the US.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/16/poli...ump-on-threat-of-white-nationalism/index.html