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ck4829

(35,099 posts)
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 11:42 AM Feb 2017

Donald Trump often tweets about terror and violence, but he ignored an attack on Muslims in Quebec

On Sunday night, a gunman opened fire on a mosque in suburban Quebec City, leaving six people dead and many others wounded. Local authorities have since charged 27-year-old Canadian citizen Alexandre Bissonnette with murder and attempted murder for his alleged role in the attack.

In an address to the House of Commons shortly after the incident, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the shooting. "Make no mistake: This was a terrorist attack," Trudeau said. A number of world leaders quickly denounced the attack, with Russian President Vladimir Putin calling it "staggering in its cruelty and cynicism," according to the Kremlin.

But more than three days after the shooting, the response from Canada's southern neighbor has been remarkably muted.

On Trump's famed social media accounts, a bullhorn the president often uses to communicate with millions of followers, the attack in Quebec City does not appear to have been mentioned at all.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/02/donald-trump-often-tweets-about-terror-and-violence-but-he-ignored-an-attack-on-muslims-in-quebec-city/?utm_term=.e6f7bc6b94e6

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Oak Creek
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All attacks on places of worship by right wingers.

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Donald Trump often tweets about terror and violence, but he ignored an attack on Muslims in Quebec (Original Post) ck4829 Feb 2017 OP
+1, as soon as he sees the person is brown skinned he'd make sure to let everyone know how horrible uponit7771 Feb 2017 #1
To quote one of the talking 2naSalit Feb 2017 #2
His silence speaks volumes randr Feb 2017 #3
there was no mention DK504 Feb 2017 #4
He doesn't care because it is Canada. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #5
No, he doesn't care because the victims are Muslim ... and the killer is a "white supremacist" etherealtruth Feb 2017 #6
yeah they are white supremacists starshine00 Feb 2017 #7
+1 dalton99a Feb 2017 #14
Exactly. athena Feb 2017 #16
Which reminds me, did he ever do anything after the Georgia tornadoes sinkingfeeling Feb 2017 #8
Said he send government assistance, approved 'disaster' declaration, nothing heard since. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #9
Thanks. We were traveling from Florida and we're on the far sinkingfeeling Feb 2017 #10
He's not commenting b/c attacker is WHITE, pro-TRUMP, and not MUSLIM. Full stop. anneboleyn Feb 2017 #11
He was a white nationalist and drumpf supporter. lark Feb 2017 #12
IOKIYA nazi buddy of dRumfenfuhrers. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author moondust Feb 2017 #15
Trump's silence is a deafening roar. Girard442 Feb 2017 #17

uponit7771

(90,378 posts)
1. +1, as soon as he sees the person is brown skinned he'd make sure to let everyone know how horrible
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 11:43 AM
Feb 2017

... the non whites are

2naSalit

(87,056 posts)
2. To quote one of the talking
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 11:46 AM
Feb 2017

bimbos back in a preselection interview,

"...who cares!? They're Muslims!!"


That's the mindset in the WH these days.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
4. there was no mention
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 12:03 PM
Feb 2017

of this in his comic book briefing. So he is unaware, in so many ways, of anything other than what is happening in his 3tr grade class room.

 

starshine00

(531 posts)
7. yeah they are white supremacists
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 12:13 PM
Feb 2017

maybe the point of the spackled on foundation is to hide this but this is what they are, it is what all of them are.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,098 posts)
9. Said he send government assistance, approved 'disaster' declaration, nothing heard since.
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 01:39 PM
Feb 2017

Nothing else shows up on the first five pages of Google search for trump georgia tornadoes.

sinkingfeeling

(51,507 posts)
10. Thanks. We were traveling from Florida and we're on the far
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 05:03 PM
Feb 2017

side of Albany, GA when it hit. Cellphone alerted to take cover and found an auto dealership and parked under their overhang for 20 minutes.

lark

(23,224 posts)
12. He was a white nationalist and drumpf supporter.
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 05:09 PM
Feb 2017

He wasn't Muslim so Donnie boy just didn't care how many people he killed. It didn't fit with his internal narrative so isn't real to him.

Mc Mike

(9,118 posts)
13. IOKIYA nazi buddy of dRumfenfuhrers.
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 08:23 PM
Feb 2017

Those attacks are "Religious Freedom" getting "Restored". The natural order. etc.

Bradblog covered an AP story that Bissonette is a tRump fan, btw.

Response to ck4829 (Original post)

Girard442

(6,090 posts)
17. Trump's silence is a deafening roar.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 12:36 AM
Feb 2017

By making not even a perfunctory statement, he's telling the world that the killing of non-Aryans by Aryans is normal: nothing to get all upset over.

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