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| East Coast Elitist Cory Booker Says He Will Create Office to Combat White Supremacy if Elected President |
| 2019-08-16 |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Cory Booker on Thursday said he would create a White House office to combat white supremacy and hate crimes if elected, becoming the latest Democratic presidential candidate to call for action after a racially motivated massacre in Texas. Booker said he would also require the FBI and the Justice Department to allocate the same level of resources and attention to white supremacist-inspired violence as they devote to international terrorism. The New Jersey senator announced his plan less than two weeks after a gunman in El Paso, Texas, killed 22 people inside a Walmart after posting an anti-immigrant screed online that echoed some of President Donald Trump's heated rhetoric. The attack was among three mass shootings in the span of a week that killed 34 people in all. The incidents have roiled the presidential race, with Democrats accusing Trump, a Republican, of fomenting hatred while failing to embrace common-sense gun restrictions. Several candidates, including Senator Kamala Harris on Wednesday, have released plans to fight gun violence and white supremacy in the days since the El Paso massacre. Trump, who has said he is not a racist, has expressed support in the wake of the shooting for "red flag" laws that limit access to guns for dangerous people and a potential expansion of background checks for gun purchases. He has not endorsed any specific legislation. Last week, at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, where a white supremacist gunned down nine people in 2015, Booker criticized Trump's language while linking the El Paso shooting to the United States' long history of racism. "To say this is to speak the truth plainly, because with the truth there can be no reconciliation," said Booker, who is African-American. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 He's as white as he is Afr-American. Typical affirmative action grifter. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-08-16 19:51 |
| #6 Even his beard |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-08-16 19:04 |
| #5 Another political showboater. Is it just me or are there actually more of these clowns now that Ringling Bros., Barnum, and Baily have shut down? |
| Posted by: Roger Smith 2019-08-16 18:47 |
| #4 Charter Member - AAA (Anal Aperture Anon) |
| Posted by: Shith Slereting3318 2019-08-16 14:56 |
| #3 Another racist screeching into the wind |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-08-16 14:54 |
| #2 How about the lead in the water in the city you represented as Mayor and still (mis)represent as a POS Senator? |
| Posted by: Frank g 2019-08-16 14:53 |
| #1 Suggest you don't break out the tape measure for furniture and drapes just yet Farticus.... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2019-08-16 14:13 |