1/ Trump attacked Obama after the former president called on Americans to “soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments.� Tweeting paraphrased quotes from Fox News hosts, Trump rhetorically asked: “‘Did George Bush ever condemn President Obama after Sandy Hook. President Obama had 32 mass shootings during his reign. Not many people said Obama is out of Control.’� Trump also claimed (again) that he is “the least racist person� in the world. Obama did not mention Trump in his comments. (Politico)

2/ The Trump campaign paid for more than 2,000 Facebook ads this year that included the word “invasion� in relation to immigration. The campaign has spent roughly $1.25 million on Facebook ads about immigration since late March. The campaign spent nearly $5.6 million on Facebook ads overall during that same period. “We have an INVASION!� many of the ads say in large letters. “It’s CRITICAL that we STOP THE INVASION.� While there is no evidence that Trump’s campaign messaging influenced the shooter in the white supremacist terrorist attack that left 22 people dead and dozens injured in El Paso, the shooter declared in his manifesto that “this attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.� (Media Matters / New York Times / The Guardian / USA Today / VICE News)

📌 Day 651: Trump suggested that he might invoke a state of national emergency in order to justify using the military to arrest and detain migrants and refugees at the southern border. When asked what role active duty military personnel would play, since U.S. law prohibits the U.S. Army from being used to enforce domestic law, Trump said “Well it depends, it depends.� He continued: “National emergency covers a lot of territory. They can’t invade our country. You look at that it almost looks like an invasion. It’s almost does look like an invasion.� (ABC News)

📌 Day 788: Mick Mulvaney: Trump “is not a white supremacist.� The acting chief of staff went on to say it was “absurd� to draw a connection between Trump’s statements about immigration and the acts of a shooter who embraced both white nationalism and Trump. Last week Trump called undocumented immigrants coming to U.S. an “invasion� as he vetoed a congressional resolution that would block his declaration of a national emergency at the U.S. border with Mexico. (Washington Post / CNN)

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