Bret Stephens: People Like Synagogue Shooter See Trump’s Rhetoric as Kind ‘of a Permission’

HUNT Bret Stephens to ░░░░░░░░ point you have to ░░░░░░░░ that there does seem ░░░░░░░░ be more oxygen here ░░░░░░░░ this president of the ░░░░░░░░ States than we ve ░░░░░░░░ ever in the past ░░░░░░░░ Yeah I think that ░░░░░░░░ really touched on the ░░░░░░░░ point here which is ░░░░░░░░ even if the President ░░░░░░░░ t approve condone support ░░░░░░░░ of the people who ░░░░░░░░ carried out the kind ░░░░░░░░ killing that you saw ░░░░░░░░ San Diego or before ░░░░░░░░ at the Tree of ░░░░░░░░ synagogue in Pittsburgh the ░░░░░░░░ tenor the whole spirit ░░░░░░░░ his politics gives these ░░░░░░░░ what they see as ░░░░░░░░ of a permission It ░░░░░░░░ me in the 1990s ░░░░░░░░ was a terrible case ░░░░░░░░ violent police abuse of ░░░░░░░░ Haitian man One of ░░░░░░░░ things that the cops ░░░░░░░░ said during this when ░░░░░░░░ were abusing this Haitian ░░░░░░░░ was It s Giuliani ░░░░░░░░ Obviously Mayor Giuliani at ░░░░░░░░ time did not know ░░░░░░░░ was happening didn t ░░░░░░░░ what the cops did ░░░░░░░░ those police officers saw ░░░░░░░░ mayor and the way ░░░░░░░░ which he conducted his ░░░░░░░░ as providing that kind ░░░░░░░░ permission And I think ░░░░░░░░ in a sense is ░░░░░░░░ you have here which ░░░░░░░░ that white nationalists look ░░░░░░░░ a president who praises ░░░░░░░░ white nationalism but praises ░░░░░░░░ and they find ideological ░░░░░░░░ in that kind of ░░░░░░░░ They find ideological comfort ░░░░░░░░ a president who calls ░░░░░░░░ E Lee a great ░░░░░░░░ Yes he was an ░░░░░░░░ general Of course he ░░░░░░░░ lost the war But ░░░░░░░░ was a traitor to ░░░░░░░░ United States He was ░░░░░░░░ traitor to the very ░░░░░░░░ government that Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ supposed to lead So ░░░░░░░░ all of those groups ░░░░░░░░ look at Lee as ░░░░░░░░ folk hero who think ░░░░░░░░ nationalism as a credible ░░░░░░░░ what this administration does ░░░░░░░░ it kind of opens ░░░░░░░░ door it s a ░░░░░░░░ of gateway to their ░░░░░░░░ world views.”