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Opinion | The El Paso Killer Loved Trump. Do You? Then You’re Responsible, Too.

JL;DR SUMMARY CJ Werleman discusses the implications of the El Paso mass shooting, in which a gunman influenced by white supremacy and Donald Trump's rhetoric killed at least 20 people. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpHate CrimesRacismWhite SupremacyXenophobiaMass ShootingsTrump SupportersEl Paso ShootingExtremist ViolenceRacial Hatred

Places mentioned

El Paso, Texas, United States
"At least 20 people were shot dead by a Trump-loving white supremacist in El Paso, Texas on Saturday"
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
"The gunmans alleged manifesto reads like a carbon copy of those written by the killers who carried out the recent attacks on the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand"
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"the killers who carried out the recent attacks on the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand; the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh"
San Diego, California, United States
"and the synagogue in San Diego."

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