GOP Politics Inspires Mass Murder

In less than 24 hours, 16 people were murdered in Texas by domestic terrorists inspired by the same extreme right-wing, anti-immigrant hate embraced by white supremacists and Trump's Republican Party.

Donald Trump holding his campaign kickoff at Waco Texas was symbolic to white supremacists who have long embraced acts of domestic terrorism and insurrection, including the 1992 Waco Texas standoff and the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building that killed a total of 250 people. Today's GOP is spreading the same right-wing, anti-immigrant hate that is inspiring the next generation of mass murders.

Yvi Beatrice Leon becomes emotional during a visit to a memorial setup near an entrance to the Allen Premium Outlets mall after the mass shooting occurred on May 8, 2023 in Allen, Texas.BY JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES.

Texas Mall Shooter Wore “Right Wing Death Squad” Patch, Officials Probing Possible Neo-Nazi Ties: Report, Vanity Fair | 5/8/2023

By Caleb Ecarma

The FBI apparently found that the suspect, who recently murdered eight people at a Dallas-area mall, shared “writings with racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist rhetoric.”

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Video: Radical right wing mass violence sits dangerously close to Republican politics, MSNBC | 5/8/2023

An expert on the white power movement in the United States looks at the interconnectedness of radical, right-wing mass killings and Republican politics under Donald Trump.

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