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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSooo....white supremacists/trump supporters are NOT instigating the violence? Hmmmm...
trump is the one encouraging the violence and has stoked the violence
And it is, in large part, coming from his own supporters who are instigators, inciting violence where protesters are peaceful
Nazi's Caught Dressing As BLM Protestors To Instigate Riots
https://bipartisanreport.com/2020/07/27/nazis-caught-dressing-as-blm-protestors-to-instigate-riots/
White supremacists pose as Antifa online and instigate violence
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-floyd-protests-antifa-twitter-white-supremacists-far-right-racist-a9544276.html
Gov Walz: Organized Groups Now Using Protests to Break the Back of Civil Society
https://heavy.com/news/2020/05/gov-walz-organized-groups-now-using-protests-to-break-the-back-of-civil-society/
Police: Richmond riots instigated by white supremacists disguised as Black Lives Matter
https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/2020/07/27/police-richmond-riots-instigated-by-white-supremacists-disguised-as-black-lives-matter/
Mystery 'Umbrella Man' Vandal From Minnesota: Police Say Hes A White Supremacist Instigator
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/07/28/mystery-umbrella-man-vandal-from-minnesota-police-say-hes-a-white-supremacist-instigator/#1b39787f48ee
Trumps words show that yes, he has encouraged violence
https://www.ajc.com/news/national-govt--politics/trump-words-show-that-yes-has-encouraged-violence/7sIekwrBayVArwRRmZf6HI/
'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889
Were white supremacists following Trump's advice about dealing with protesters?
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-told-white-supremacists-attack-protesters-so-they-did-650622
trump supporters spraying mace/pepper spray on protesters:
Link to tweet
Walleye
(31,017 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)We are dealing with anti-socialists. Apprently they are Trump's core voters.
Walleye
(31,017 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)Thanks for posting this.
Unrepentant Fenian
(1,078 posts)And to defame BLM. His evil side knows no boundaries and he's not hobbled by ANY scene of decency.
KS Toronado
(17,230 posts)Bev54
(10,052 posts)I have been in an argument with a Trump troll today on this very subject, this has put it all in one place for me. Much appreciated.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)fierywoman
(7,683 posts)iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)Alex4Martinez
(2,193 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,793 posts)The only organized 'Antifa' seems to be Trump supporters showing up with their spray paint, Molotov cocktails, guns, or vandalism tools, pretending to be protesters.
liberalla
(9,247 posts)radius777
(3,635 posts)These are people pretending the be antifa and BLM in order to defame the left/liberals/Dems in the minds of white voters.
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)niyad
(113,302 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)This was left-wing propaganda and that I needed to be objective
OH, btw, Id also previously sent him links showing the FBI labeled right-wing domestic terrorism as one of the greatest threats to America and a quote from trumps own former head of DHS saying the same thing
But *I* needed to be objective
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)malaise
(268,980 posts)We knew this ages ago - the Con is behind the violence