Flashback to Nov. 2018 ABC investigation
“a nationwide review conducted by ABC News has identified at least 17 criminal cases where Trump's name was invoked in direct connection with violent acts, threats of violence or allegations of assault.”
Nearly all -- 16 of 17 -- cases identified by ABC News are striking in that court documents and direct evidence reflect someone echoing presidential rhetoric, not protesting it.
The perpetrators and suspects identified in the 17 cases are mostly white men, as young as teenagers and as old as 68, while the victims represent an array of minority groups -- African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims and gay men.
ABC News was unable to find any such case echoing presidential rhetoric when Barack Obama or George W. Bush were in the White House.
One of the 17 Cases
JAN. 25, 2017: At JFK International Airport in New York, a female Delta employee, wearing a hijab in accordance with her Muslim faith, was "physically and verbally" attacked by 57-year-old Robin Rhodes of Worcester, Mass., "for no apparent reason," prosecutors said at the time.
When the victim asked Brown what she did to him, he replied: "You did nothing, but ... [Expletive] Islam. [Expletive] ISIS. Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you." Rhodes ultimately pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of "menacing," and he was sentenced to probation.
Fast forward to Trump’s racist words prior to the El Paso Massacre
"This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!", Trump
When he asked the crowd, "How do you stop these people?" one rally attendee shouted, "Shoot them."
When asked in July whether he is concerned that his tweets about four Democratic congresswomen of color were seen as racist and that white nationalist groups are finding common cause with him,
Trump said, "It doesn't concern me because many people agree with me."
Fast forward to after the Massacre
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