Obama decries leaders "who demonize those who don't look like us"
In a rare public statement Monday about twin mass shootings that have rattled the nation, former President Barack Obama offered a forceful rebuke of the growing gun violence in America, denouncing not only the lack of federal gun control measures but public leaders who demonize marginalized groups and stoke racial divisions.
Without naming President Trump or the divisive rhetoric of his successor on immigration and race — which some Democrats have said fans the hatred behind violent acts like Saturday's massacre in El Paso — Obama urged the public to rebuff "leaders" who scapegoat certain groups and employ bigoted language.
"We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don't look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people," Obama said in his statement.
Mr. Trump, during his first official televised remarks about the shootings on Monday, denounced white supremacy and "racist hatred." But he did not concede that his own inflammatory — and at times racist — rhetoric has come under criticism from many Americans.
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And the right reacted with a collective massive case of butthurt.
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