John Oliver called out President Donald Trump for creating an “appalling” atmosphere in which hate can flourish, leading to this weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
“Clearly, white nationalism and anti-immigrant hysteria did not start with this president,” Oliver said Sunday on “Last Week Tonight.” “But he certainly seems to have created an environment where those kinds of views can fester and indeed thrive.”
The alleged gunman behind Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso, in which 22 people were killed, allegedly left a manifesto with anti-immigrant hate speech.
View the complete August 5 article by Ed Mazza on the Huffington Post website here.