‘In this country we have a gun violence epidemic but we also have a hate epidemic.’
Trump is a responsible party in this weekend’s slaughter.
For a long time, two cancers have been eating away at American society: the gun lobby and white supremacy. And Washington politicians persist in refusing treatment.
Trump behaves like a dangerous arsonist. His words reinvigorate and legitimize white supremacists. This is today’s America.
So this is life in America in 2019. The nation goes to bed thinking about one mass shooting, then wakes up to learn about another.