Three days after a horrific mass shooting in Buffalo, Democratic lawmakers attacked GOP leadership, claiming that Republicans supported the suspected killer’s racial conspiracy theory.
This is a replacement theory, according to Clark, in which nonwhites are being introduced to the United States to replace white voters and weaken their power.
This belief, which is common among white nationalist groups, was at the heart of Payton Gendron’s racist outburst on the internet.
Our hearts are with Buffalo as it reels from this massacre. How does the GOP continue to allow this? Are they immune to our anguish? Will they renounce white supremacy & those in their party who embrace it? Will they finally act to keep guns away from dangerous criminals?
— Katherine Clark (@RepKClark) May 16, 2022
He is accused of shooting 13 individuals, 10 of whom were killed, at a business in a mostly black neighborhood.
Even while certain members of their party toyed with or endorsed the idea that American culture is now at risk of minority dominance, Republican leaders have remained silent on the replacement concept.
Democrats said Tuesday that politicians who preach nativism don’t accept the consequences when the rhetoric is pushed too far.
Republicans deny that their rhetoric incited white supremacists or contributed to the incident in Buffalo.
Democrats have been accused by Republicans of politicizing the Buffalo tragedy. McCarthy believes that turning this into a political game demonstrates how insignificant they are.
Rep. Katherine Clark on CNN calls Trump's New Zealand statement "very lukewarm" and says that his inability to denounce white supremacy "makes him complicit in it."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 19, 2019
"This president shows us over and over who he is by failing to denounce white supremacy."
On Tuesday, President Biden paid a visit to Buffalo and the gunshot victims. He described racial supremacy as a poison during a presentation.
After Republicans backpedaled in their response to violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, Biden declared he chose to run against Trump in 2020.
A day after the march, a car killed a counter-protester.
Though perceptions differ, Trump’s hold on the Republican Party is strong.
On Capitol Hill, the parties are always jockeying for political advantage, especially around election season, when both chambers may change hands to the Republicans.
