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White Nationalists claim Donald Trump encouraged racist violence and elevated their cause | White Nationalists claim Donald Trump encouraged racist violence and elevated their cause |
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A well known white nationalist claims that he shoved a black woman at a Donald Trump campaign rally because he was acting “pursuant to the directives and requests of” Mr Trump. | A well known white nationalist claims that he shoved a black woman at a Donald Trump campaign rally because he was acting “pursuant to the directives and requests of” Mr Trump. |
Matthew Heimbach, a 26-year-old white nationalist, who was filmed apparently shoving African American protesters at a Louisville, Kentucky, rally because Mr Trump himself had encouraged the crowd to forcibly remove them. | Matthew Heimbach, a 26-year-old white nationalist, who was filmed apparently shoving African American protesters at a Louisville, Kentucky, rally because Mr Trump himself had encouraged the crowd to forcibly remove them. |
After one of the protesters filed suit against Mr Heimbach and another man accusing them of assault and battery — while also trying to hold Mr Trump accountable for the violence — Mr Trump filed a challenge to the case that was quashed by a federal judge. That judge noted that prior Trump rally violence meant that the then-Republican nominee’s directive to supporters was “particularly reckless.” | |
“Get ‘em outta here!” Trump said at the rally, before the violence from his supporters. | “Get ‘em outta here!” Trump said at the rally, before the violence from his supporters. |
Mr Heimbach now argues that, because Mr Trump had encouraged crowds in past rallies to “knock the c*** out of” protesters and had promised to pay any legal fees that would result, the Trump campaign should be responsible for financing his defence. | Mr Heimbach now argues that, because Mr Trump had encouraged crowds in past rallies to “knock the c*** out of” protesters and had promised to pay any legal fees that would result, the Trump campaign should be responsible for financing his defence. |
“Any liability,” Mr Heimbach, who is representing himself, wrote in a counterclaim denying the charges levied against him, “must be shifted to” Mr Trump. | “Any liability,” Mr Heimbach, who is representing himself, wrote in a counterclaim denying the charges levied against him, “must be shifted to” Mr Trump. |
The white nationalist movement has frequently been connected to Mr Trump and his campaign rhetoric. A little over 100 days in office, a group of white nationalists and members of the white supremacy group the Ku Klux Klan also say that the president’s election has helped their cause and encouraged their views. | The white nationalist movement has frequently been connected to Mr Trump and his campaign rhetoric. A little over 100 days in office, a group of white nationalists and members of the white supremacy group the Ku Klux Klan also say that the president’s election has helped their cause and encouraged their views. |
“With Donald Trump as president, it has given the white people, especially the white Christian people, a voice,” Will Quigg, the KKK’s California Grand Dragon, told 60 minutes in a report released Sunday. | “With Donald Trump as president, it has given the white people, especially the white Christian people, a voice,” Will Quigg, the KKK’s California Grand Dragon, told 60 minutes in a report released Sunday. |
Mr Heimbach, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, is “considered by many to be the face of a new generation of white nationalists.” | Mr Heimbach, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, is “considered by many to be the face of a new generation of white nationalists.” |
Mr Heimbach did not immediately respond to a request for comment. | Mr Heimbach did not immediately respond to a request for comment. |
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