Blumenthal: Trump Rhetoric ‘a Factor’ in New Zealand Massacre

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CAMEROTA: "You mean the President talking about it? I mean, I know it’s hard to call this out. I’ve heard this from a guest this morning, they’re having a hard time calling this out for some reason."
BLUMENTHAL: "I think it’s more than the President. It’s the people who enable him and who fail to stand up to him and speak out. And we’re seeing some glimmers of spine now in the United States Congress, some of my colleagues in the last three votes standing up to him and saying no to his trampling on the Constitution. But it is also more than words. The President has defied Constitutional norms and principles in declaring a national emergency. Words have consequences, like saying we have an 'invasion' on our border, and talking about people as though they were different in some fatal way. I think the public discourse from the President on down is a factor in some of these actions."