Mehdi Hasan: Trump Showed ‘No Anger or Outrage’ over Synagogue Shooting

HAYES Whenever a Muslim ░░░░░░░░ commits an act of ░░░░░░░░ violence the President treats ░░░░░░░░ as part of a ░░░░░░░░ menace perpetrated by a ░░░░░░░░ group of people he ░░░░░░░░ called to ban from ░░░░░░░░ the country in total ░░░░░░░░ billion Muslims worldwide After ░░░░░░░░ nightclub massacre in Orlando ░░░░░░░░ choose but one instance ░░░░░░░░ tweeted Appreciate the congrats ░░░░░░░░ being right on radical ░░░░░░░░ terrorism Yet despite a ░░░░░░░░ of anti Muslim and ░░░░░░░░ Semitic rhetoric an evidence ░░░░░░░░ right wing violence in ░░░░░░░░ U S is on ░░░░░░░░ rise indeed despite three ░░░░░░░░ attacks on Muslim and ░░░░░░░░ places of worship in ░░░░░░░░ the past six months ░░░░░░░░ Trump continues to treat ░░░░░░░░ individual act of white ░░░░░░░░ supremacist violence as a ░░░░░░░░ isolated incident utterly disconnected ░░░░░░░░ any larger context Joining ░░░░░░░░ now Masha Gessen author ░░░░░░░░ staff writer at The ░░░░░░░░ York Times and The ░░░░░░░░ Yorker and Mehdi Hasan ░░░░░░░░ at The Intercept and ░░░░░░░░ of The Deconstructed podcast ░░░░░░░░ wrote this month that ░░░░░░░░ and Jews face a ░░░░░░░░ threat from white supremacists ░░░░░░░░ must fight it together ░░░░░░░░ Mehdi let me start ░░░░░░░░ you Something is happening ░░░░░░░░ I don t want ░░░░░░░░ be alarmist about it ░░░░░░░░ this is enough now ░░░░░░░░ say there is something ░░░░░░░░ deeply disturbing happening underneath ░░░░░░░░ feet Hasan Massively disturbing ░░░░░░░░ I think we ve ░░░░░░░░ even before these attacks ░░░░░░░░ attacks have crystallized it ░░░░░░░░ the sheer barbarism and ░░░░░░░░ sheer death tolls we ░░░░░░░░ seen in Pittsburgh and ░░░░░░░░ San Diego in the ░░░░░░░░ and abroad in New ░░░░░░░░ even though Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ it s not a ░░░░░░░░ problem The statistic I ░░░░░░░░ earlier this week 70 ░░░░░░░░ of all terrorist related ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ the past decade have ░░░░░░░░ at the hands of ░░░░░░░░ right wing extremists not ░░░░░░░░ the hands of jihadists ░░░░░░░░ single one of the ░░░░░░░░ deaths on U S ░░░░░░░░ last year terrorist deaths ░░░░░░░░ at the hands of ░░░░░░░░ nationalists or people connected ░░░░░░░░ white nationalists This is ░░░░░░░░ massive problem and Trump ░░░░░░░░ course has to keep ░░░░░░░░ it And you were ░░░░░░░░ in your intro to ░░░░░░░░ about the different ways ░░░░░░░░ which he reacts to ░░░░░░░░ types of terrorist threats ░░░░░░░░ this were ISIS or ░░░░░░░░ 13 Chris you know ░░░░░░░░ d be having a ░░░░░░░░ different conversation If this ░░░░░░░░ ISIS we d be ░░░░░░░░ about drone strikes and ░░░░░░░░ Bay and a bigger ░░░░░░░░ ban If this were ░░░░░░░░ 13 it would be ░░░░░░░░ deportations more money for ░░░░░░░░ build a bigger wall ░░░░░░░░ it s white nationalists ░░░░░░░░ from Trump all you ░░░░░░░░ on Saturday was thoughts ░░░░░░░░ prayers that s what ░░░░░░░░ literally tweeted and then ░░░░░░░░ said the suspect s ░░░░░░░░ apprehended No kind of ░░░░░░░░ or outrage or any ░░░░░░░░ of policy prescriptions here ░░░░░░░░ deal with this problem ░░░░░░░░ wonder why.”