WTF Just Happened Today?

Day 648: Purveyor of hate speech.


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1/ A man armed with a semiautomatic assault-style rifle shot and killed 11 people during Shabbat services at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jews in the history of the United States. Robert Bowers was charged with 29 counts of federal crimes of violence and firearms offenses. He also faces state charges, including 11 counts of homicide. Bowers told police during the shootout: “I just want to kill Jews.� (Washington Post / The Guardian / CNN)

2/ Trump: “If there was an armed guard inside the temple, they would have been able to stop him.� Trump added that the shooting “has little to do� with gun laws, but, “if they had protection inside, the results would have been far better.� (CNN / New York Times / ABC News)

  • Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto: Armed guards are not the answer. “We should try to stop irrational behavior from happening at the forefront,â€� Peduto said. “And not try to create laws around irrational behavior to continue.â€� He added: “I don’t think that the answer to this problem is solved by having our synagogues, mosques and churches filled with armed guards or schools filled with armed guards.â€� (NBC News)
  • 3/ The former president of the Pittsburgh synagogue labeled Trump the “purveyor of hate speechâ€� and said he would not be welcome in the city. Lynette Lederman’s comments followed an open letter signed by a coalition of local Jewish leaders that states: “President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism.â€� More than 30,000 people have signed the open letter. (The Guardian / Washington Post)

    4/ Trump will visit Pennsylvania to commemorate the the victims of the mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue despite Pittsburgh’s mayor requesting that the trip be postponed until after the funerals are held. (NPR / Washington Post / New York Times)

    5/ Trump called for unity but blamed the media for the “anger and outrage� in the country, accusing the press of being “the true Enemy of the People� for what he called “fraudulent� reporting regarding the wave of pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and the gunman who massacred Jewish worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The media is “doing everything in their power to blame Republicans, Conservatives and me for the division and hatred that has been going on for so long in our Country,� Trump wrote in a separate tweet, cla...

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