Trump's darkness: White supremacy, Christian nationalism and the coronavirus
Trump's darkness: White supremacy, Christian nationalism and the coronavirus
This pandemic has brought out the worst in Trump — and in his most racist and fanatical followers
https://www.salon.com/2020/04/15/trumps-darkness-white-supremacy-christian-nationalism-and-the-coronavirus/
CHAUNCEY DEVEGA at Salon
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This has largely been ignored by the mainstream news media amid the tumult of the coronavirus pandemic, white neo-fascists and other right-wing extremists have recently been caught planning or engaging in acts of political violence and other crimes.
Last month, a white supremacist planned to bomb a Kansas City hospital where coronavirus patients were being treated. He was shot and killed by FBI agents sent to arrest him.
Online, various white supremacists and right-wing extremists have been plotting about how to use the coronavirus to advance their goals — including through political violence.
Reportedly, some white supremacists have strategized online about how to use the coronavirus as a biological weapon to infect and kill nonwhites, Jews, Muslims and other targeted groups.
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We need to be vigilant at calling out groups of white people having coronavirus gatherings - especially not in their own neighbourhoods.