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<p>In response to two more deadly mass shootings over the weekend, one in El Paso, Texas, and one in Dayton, Ohio, both perpetrated by whites males and motivated by racism and xenophobia, Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to condemn &quot;white supremacist terrorism.&quot; Given her father&#39;s history, the hollow sentiment didn&#39;t go over well.he</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As our nation mourns the senseless loss of life in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio and prays for the victims and their loved ones, we must also raise our voices in rejection of these heinous and cowardly acts of hate, terror and violence.</p>&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1158006879710261248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">White supremacy, like all other forms of terrorism, is an evil that must be destroyed.</p>&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1158081349674315776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She wrote:</p><blockquote> <p>As our nation mourns the senseless loss of life in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio and prays for the victims and their loved ones, we must also raise our voices in rejection of these heinous and cowardly acts of hate, terror and violence.</p> </blockquote><p>Then added:</p><blockquote> <p>White supremacy, like all other forms of terrorism, is an evil that must be destroyed.</p> </blockquote><p>Many people have been quick to point out the hypocrisy of this statement, given that her dad&#39;s entire platform has been based on pandering to white supremacists, and spouting and encouraging racism, xenophobia and hate.</p><p>Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib urged her to &quot;trying checking your dad.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your prayers aren&#39;t working. Try checking your dad on his tweets. 251 mass shootings in the U.S. in 216 days.<br><br>He incites violence every day w/ his hate agenda &amp; racism. More people are dying b/c he fails to fight white supremacist terrorists.<br><br>They are the ones who hate America. <a href="https://t.co/dYzF2G7fEa">https://t.co/dYzF2G7fEa</a></p>&mdash; Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1158147787747409922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And many, many others echoed her sentiment.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your father is a white supremacist.</p>&mdash; Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffreyGuterman/status/1158082470551674880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Absolutely Ivanka,.... Oh, If only someone had access to the President, and the guts to tell HIM this.....OH WAIT!...</p>&mdash; Nik Carter (@TheNotoriousNIK) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousNIK/status/1158366130190372864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The terrorism is coming from inside the house...the white one.</p>&mdash; 🇺🇸GᖇEGOᖇY PATRIOT ᗩᒪᒪEᑎ🇺🇸 (@GregoryGAllen) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregoryGAllen/status/1158225586348875777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maybe bring it up at dinner or something?</p>&mdash; John Iadarola (@johniadarola) <a href="https://twitter.com/johniadarola/status/1158229956687622145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Start with your Daddy, pumpkin.</p>&mdash; La Llorona in Real Life, Motherfuckers🔪 (@doloresquintana) <a href="https://twitter.com/doloresquintana/status/1158213816326512640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh boy do I have bad news about your family.</p>&mdash; Austin Gobbleson (@osutein) <a href="https://twitter.com/osutein/status/1158229868531847168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LOL!! Girl. Start at home first.</p>&mdash; Hannah Drake (@HannahDrake628) <a href="https://twitter.com/HannahDrake628/status/1158217721512943616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tell ur da</p>&mdash; El Oshcuro (@DaveOshry) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveOshry/status/1158213552152305665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Some are simply sharing Trump&#39;s own words and actions as evidence of his complicity in white supremacist violence.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/eK17pE93NR">https://t.co/eK17pE93NR</a></p>&mdash; SS7019 (@sharmila819) <a href="https://twitter.com/sharmila819/status/1158230708122296320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Others, like Mia Farrow, are saying it&#39;s too late for Ivanka to even pretend to speak out against her father&#39;s platform for the common good.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ivanka, There came a time when, for ethical reasons, the endurance of the nation and the common good, you needed to stop supporting your father’s discourse and decisions. That time has long passed</p>&mdash; Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/1158167204078194689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tell that to your daddy, Ivanka — the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhiteSupremacistInChief?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhiteSupremacistInChief</a>. Until then, give us all a goddamn break.</p>&mdash; Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1158212303030013954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Some just asked if she was kidding.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/rmayemsinger/status/1158058551144640512</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>If only this was satire and not intentional, calculated, cold-hearted ignorance.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Ivanka Trump tweets that white supremacy is 'evil.' People are urging her to 'check your dad.'

In response to two more deadly mass shootings over the weekend, one in El Paso, Texas, and one in Dayton, Ohio, both perpetrated by whites males and motivated by racism and xenophobia, Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to condemn &quot;white supremacist terrorism.&quot; Given her father&#39;s history, the hollow sentiment didn&#39;t go over well.heAs our nation mourns the senseless loss of life in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio and prays for the victims and their loved ones, we must also raise our voices in rejection of these heinous and cowardly acts of hate, terror and violence.&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) August 4, 2019 White supremacy, like all other forms of terrorism, is an evil that must be destroyed.&mdash; Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) August 4, 2019 She wrote: As our nation mourns the senseless loss of life in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio and prays for the victims and their loved ones, we must also raise our voices in rejection of these heinous and cowardly acts of hate, terror and violence. Then added: White supremacy, like all other forms of terrorism, is an evil that must be destroyed. Many people have been quick to point out the hypocrisy of this statement, given that her dad&#39;s entire platform has been based on pandering to white supremacists, and spouting and encouraging racism, xenophobia and hate.Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib urged her to &quot;trying checking your dad.&quot;Your prayers aren&#39;t working. Try checking your dad on his tweets. 251 mass shootings in the U.S. in 216 days.He incites violence every day w/ his hate agenda &amp; racism. More people are dying b/c he fails to fight white supremacist terrorists.They are the ones who hate America. https://t.co/dYzF2G7fEa&mdash; Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 4, 2019 And many, many others echoed her sentiment.Your father is a white supremacist.&mdash; Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) August 4, 2019 Absolutely Ivanka,.... Oh, If only someone had access to the President, and the guts to tell HIM this.....OH WAIT!...&mdash; Nik Carter (@TheNotoriousNIK) August 5, 2019 The terrorism is coming from inside the house...the white one.&mdash; 🇺🇸GᖇEGOᖇY PATRIOT ᗩᒪᒪEᑎ🇺🇸 (@GregoryGAllen) August 5, 2019 Maybe bring it up at dinner or something?&mdash; John Iadarola (@johniadarola) August 5, 2019 Start with your Daddy, pumpkin.&mdash; La Llorona in Real Life, Motherfuckers🔪 (@doloresquintana) August 5, 2019 Oh boy do I have bad news about your family.&mdash; Austin Gobbleson (@osutein) August 5, 2019 LOL!! Girl. Start at home first.&mdash; Hannah Drake (@HannahDrake628) August 5, 2019 Tell ur da&mdash; El Oshcuro (@DaveOshry) August 5, 2019 Some are simply sharing Trump&#39;s own words and actions as evidence of his complicity in white supremacist violence.https://t.co/eK17pE93NR&mdash; SS7019 (@sharmila819) August 5, 2019 Others, like Mia Farrow, are saying it&#39;s too late for Ivanka to even pretend to speak out against her father&#39;s platform for the common good.Ivanka, There came a time when, for ethical reasons, the endurance of the nation and the common good, you needed to stop supporting your father’s discourse and decisions. That time has long passed&mdash; Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) August 5, 2019 Tell that to your daddy, Ivanka — the #WhiteSupremacistInChief. Until then, give us all a goddamn break.&mdash; Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) August 5, 2019 Some just asked if she was kidding.https://twitter.com/rmayemsinger/status/1158058551144640512If only this was satire and not intentional, calculated, cold-hearted ignorance.

In response to two more deadly mass shootings over the weekend, one in El Paso, Texas, and one in Dayton, Ohio, both perpetrated by whites males and motivated by racism and xenophobia, Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to condemn &quot;white...