President trump condemns White Supremacy, but fails for acknowledge his own ratist rhetoric t that was echoed in t man necessary owe of the antigunman who killed 22 people in el paso. Trump proposed no new major gun control measures but instead blamed video games and Mental Illness for the spike in Mass Shootings. President trump Mental Illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. Amy well get response from two leading gun control advocates, plus well speak to manny and Patricia Oliver. Their son joaquin was killed last year in the Mass School Shooting in parkland, florida. They just happened to be in el paso on saturday to unveil a mural near the u. S. Mexico border on what would have been joaquins 19th birthday. And we will get an update on the political crisis in puerto rico. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The death toll in saturdays massacre at an El Paso Walmart has gone up to 22 people
Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Today were going indepth on this weeks two big stories. The future of puerto rico now that the governor has been forced to resign. And the growing threat of White Supremacy in america. We begin there. Just last month, fbi director chris wray warned about the rise of domestic terrorism related arrests. He said a majority of the cases are motivated by some version of what you might call quote white supremacist violence. Last weeks massacre in el paso is now being investigated as a domestic terror attack. George selim is the former director of homeland securitys office of Community Partnerships which used to administer grants to organizations working to counter violent extremism. He has served under president George W Bush and president todae antidefamation league. So, how long has the u. S. Been really tracking these White Nationalist groups . George historically, as we look at these trends, it really starts with the signing into law
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