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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,523 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:15 PM Aug 2020

Former DHS official said Trump is letting right-wing extremists 'start a race war'

Elizabeth Neumann, a former assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security specializing in domestic terrorism, said the Trump administration is allowing right-wing extremists to "start a race war."

Neumann, who resigned in April 2020, appeared on an episode of Skullduggery, a Yahoo News podcast, on Friday to discuss her dissatisfaction with how the speakers at this week's Republican National Convention described Black Lives Matter protestors.

RNC speakers portrayed cities with ongoing protests in Democrat-run states as "lawless," brushing over instances of white supremacists escalating to violence during the demonstrations. Neumann called the portrayals "completely a sideshow to distract from the real threat."

"There are multiple arrests that the FBI has conducted in the last few months at these peaceful protests where you have right-wing extremists coming in trying to take advantage of the cover of the protests to carry out these violent acts and they are trying to start a race war," Neumann said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-department-homeland-security-official-201652287.html

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Former DHS official said Trump is letting right-wing extremists 'start a race war' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
POC already know that .. Iliyah Aug 2020 #1
K & R Nevilledog Aug 2020 #2
".. letting..".. trump is fucking Encouraging it. Cha Aug 2020 #3
Just about to type the same words..... spanone Aug 2020 #4
It's so Bloody obvious.. Cha Aug 2020 #5
this kind of stuff never breaks through the noise... stillcool Aug 2020 #6

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
6. this kind of stuff never breaks through the noise...
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:30 PM
Aug 2020

it's so infuriating that people accept what they're told without question...even when there is video, and arrest records. I hate people too much these days, and that is a result of my exposure to propaganda. Knowing that things are blown up in order to create perception doesn't help, as I still get triggered just coming here. It's toxic.

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