Trump's rhetoric didn't cause this massacre by Barbara Kay

All the individuals behind these attempted and successful acts of human slaughter are mysteries in the end. A divisive and volatile environment may further excite their dark passions, it is true. A national leader who is careless in his often divisive rhetoric does nothing to calm the social waters. But that's a far cry from actually causing a massacre. And so, when CNN asked Rabbi Jeffrey Myers if Trump would be welcome at the Tree of Life Synagogue, he wisely replied: "The President of the United States is always welcome. I am a citizen, he is my president. He is always welcome." That was the right, that was the unifying, thing to say.

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