01-09-2021, 12:59 AM
ABC does the legwork - find 54 cases where the perp actually says, 'this is for Trump' or similar. YUCK!
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-ab...d=58912889
- After a Latino gas station attendant in Gainesville, Florida, was suddenly punched in the head by a white man, the victim could be heard on surveillance camera recounting the attacker’s own words: “He said, ‘This is for Trump.'"
- When police questioned a Washington state man about his threats to kill a local Syrian-born man, the suspect told police he wanted the victim to "get out of my country," adding, "That’s why I like Trump."
- When three Kansas men were on trial for plotting to bomb a largely-Muslim apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas, one of their lawyers told the jury that the men "were concerned about what now-President Trump had to say about the concept of Islamic terrorism."
- Reviewing police reports and court records, ABC News found that in at least 12 cases perpetrators hailed Trump in the midst or immediate aftermath of physically assaulting innocent victims.
- In another 18 cases, perpetrators cheered or defended Trump while taunting or threatening others
- And in another 10 cases, Trump and his rhetoric were cited in court to explain a defendant's violent or threatening behavior
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-ab...d=58912889
- After a Latino gas station attendant in Gainesville, Florida, was suddenly punched in the head by a white man, the victim could be heard on surveillance camera recounting the attacker’s own words: “He said, ‘This is for Trump.'"
- When police questioned a Washington state man about his threats to kill a local Syrian-born man, the suspect told police he wanted the victim to "get out of my country," adding, "That’s why I like Trump."
- When three Kansas men were on trial for plotting to bomb a largely-Muslim apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas, one of their lawyers told the jury that the men "were concerned about what now-President Trump had to say about the concept of Islamic terrorism."
- Reviewing police reports and court records, ABC News found that in at least 12 cases perpetrators hailed Trump in the midst or immediate aftermath of physically assaulting innocent victims.
- In another 18 cases, perpetrators cheered or defended Trump while taunting or threatening others
- And in another 10 cases, Trump and his rhetoric were cited in court to explain a defendant's violent or threatening behavior