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Originally Posted by metallicat
He's fueling the hatred and division in the US, and the ones that are getting angrier and more self righteous are these extremists who decide to go after minority groups. Obviously it isn't as simple as that, but Trump is emboldening these racists and bigots. Attacking a synogogue?
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Trump also preaches a pro-evangelical politics that, although for many of the wrong reasons, is very pro-Jewish.
The shooters main two motivations were:
1. Jews controlling Trump; and
2. Jews wanting immigrants to flood the country.
There's an undercurrent of antisemitism in both left and right politics, which has emboldened people like Bowers.
Edit: to add to this post, unfortunately these kinds of attacks targeting Jewish people are not new, localized to the USA, or confined to any single political movement.