TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019Trump has legitimised white
nationalist violence
The president speaks at the White House yesterday about the shootings (EPA)
CARLI PIERSON
Republican members of congress tweeted out “thoughts and prayers” on Sunday after the attacks in El Paso
and Dayton over the weekend that left at least 31 dead, just like they have in the litany of previous mass
shootings, knowing full well that America needs much more from their elected officials than that. Others,
including Donald Trump, have blamed the mass shootings on video games and mental illness.
Although the police haven’t officially confirmed the El Paso shooter’s motive, make no mistake: he drove
nine hours from outside Dallas to El Paso with his assault-style weapon for the sole purpose of slaughtering
Mexicans; one of the deadliest attacks on Mexican people in US history. Before he set out on his macabre