Donald Trump freezes funding to groups fighting right-wing terror and white supremacism

[workinclasszero]

Donald Trump freezes funding to groups fighting right-wing terror and white supremacism
Grants had been approved by former President Barack Obama to target far-right hate groups and Islamist radicals at community level
Lucy Pasha-Robinson 4 hours ago

Donald Trump has reportedly frozen $10 million (£7.7m) of grants destined to counter violent extremism in the US.

More than 30 organisations were pegged by former President Barack Obama’s office to receive funding, although the White House has since put the grants on hold pending review.

Among those approved were local governments, city police departments, universities and non-profit organisations fighting all forms of violent extremism in the US.
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Former white supremacist Chuck Leek, who has since become a volunteer with Life After Hate - one of the organisation’s that was due to receive government funding - said the white supremacy movement was becoming more active.

“The white supremacist movement is far more active in the last six months than I have seen it in 10 or 12 years," he told CBS.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-counter-violent-domestic-extremism-white-supremacism-cve-funding-freeze-10-million-a7715101.html

[Doodley]

1. Of course these hate groups are likely to support and promote Trump.

[workinclasszero]

2. Yup

Those scumbags are Trump's base voters.

You know, the deplorables some on the left insist we must understand and sympathize with.

[Ninsianna]

3. Gotta protect the base. All those "economic concerns" ya know.

[workinclasszero]

4. You betcha ya!

They just want to MAGA.

That's code for White Power.

[WePurrsevere]

5. Apparently only Islamic Terrorists are a problem....

Not our homegrown terrorist bigots...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-cut-white-supremacism-countering-violent-extremism-programme-neo-nazi-counter-extremism-a7558796.html?amp

Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly pushing to erase neo-Nazis and white supremacists from the US government’s counter-extremism programme by moving it to focus exclusively on Islamist terrorism.

American officials briefed on the proposed changes told Reuters the Countering Violent Extremism (DVE) initiative could be renamed to “Countering Radical Islamic Extremism”.

The reclassification would remove its work combating far-right attacks and mass shootings, such as the massacre of black churchgoers in Charleston, which are rarely classified as terrorism by American authorities.

Much more at the above link.

[MountCleaners]

6. RWers in general

deny the existence of these groups. They aren't sorry about the OKC bombing, either> They all have blood on their hands as far as I'm concerned.