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White supremacists killed 22 people in El Paso and 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Since 9/11, white supremacists and other far-right extremists have perpetrated three times as many attacks on our country as radical Islamic terrorists. Domestic terrorism by white supremacists is now a bigger threat to our country than international terrorism.
The president should place a high priority on taking action against white supremacists. Instead, however, President Donald Trump is encouraging them. At Charlottesville, there were white supremacists on one side and their opponents on the other side. Trump notoriously said that there were “very fine people on both sides.”
Trump coddles white supremacists because he needs them to get re-elected. They are among his most ardent supporters. The KKK, for example, has endorsed Trump.
In the 2020 presidential election, America will decide whether to sanction white supremacy or to reject it.
John Kawamoto
Kaimuki
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