"The Long List of Murders Committed by White Extremists Since the Oklahoma City Bombing"
Guess what they have in common.
Mark FollmanFeb. 7, 2017 5:30 AM
Right-wing extremists who carried out a deadly gun rampage in June 2014. Las Vegas Police Department
On Monday, in a case little noticed by the national media, a man went on trial in federal court for plotting a potentially horrific terrorist attack in upstate New York. In 2015, this man allegedly planned to enlist accomplices to help him bomb a house of worship and open fire with assault rifles on any bystanders. "High casualty rates" was the goal. "If it gets down to the machete, we will cut them to shreds," he allegedly said, according to prosecutors .. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-islamberg-insight-idUSKBN0OH1D920150601 .
As the media picks apart the White House's absurd suggestion that attacks in Paris, San Bernardino, Orlando, and elsewhere were somehow ignored, the bigger story may be this: Trump has been almost entirely silent about terror plotted and carried out by white supremacists and other far-right extremists.
.. that the attack was "incomprehensible" and expressed his "deepest condolences to all." But despite frequently warning about the dangers of violent extremism .. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-extremists-program-exclusiv-idUSKBN15G5VO , Trump has said nothing publicly about the case at any point since Roof went on trial in December.
After a white man went on a deadly rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in November 2015—apparently motivated by an infamous video sting that falsely claimed Planned Parenthood was trafficking in "baby parts"—Trump described the perpetrator as a "maniac .. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/donald-trump-planned-parenthood-colorado-216236 ." But after that, he went on at much greater length about Planned Parenthood's alleged misdeeds.