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President Trump's election last year became a major rallying point for white nationalists, who watched as the Republican repeatedly amplified some of their views in campaign rallies and tweets.
This summer's seemingly overnight arrival of the self-described "alt-right" and white nationalist groups marked most prominently by a deadly car attack at the August "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. drew worldwide headlines, but the movement simmered for decades before it burst into public view.
It just absolutely electrified this community, Keegan Hankes, an analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hates groups, including the KKK. With Trump they really felt like they had someone to rally behind.
Experts say the movement emphasizes free speech, while downplaying its end game: A United States run by and for white people, with minorities either marginalized or removed.
Critics say that hateful agenda poses a major danger to the American values of individual freedom, equality and tolerance. White nationalism is inherently an ideology of violence," Hankes said. "There's no peaceful path to that. Redirection and victim-blaming is a common approach for the "alt-right" and a tactic Trump always uses and it's working, experts say.
This summer's seemingly overnight arrival of the self-described "alt-right" and white nationalist groups marked most prominently by a deadly car attack at the August "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. drew worldwide headlines, but the movement simmered for decades before it burst into public view.
It just absolutely electrified this community, Keegan Hankes, an analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hates groups, including the KKK. With Trump they really felt like they had someone to rally behind.
Experts say the movement emphasizes free speech, while downplaying its end game: A United States run by and for white people, with minorities either marginalized or removed.
Critics say that hateful agenda poses a major danger to the American values of individual freedom, equality and tolerance. White nationalism is inherently an ideology of violence," Hankes said. "There's no peaceful path to that. Redirection and victim-blaming is a common approach for the "alt-right" and a tactic Trump always uses and it's working, experts say.
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