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Cory Booker Will Create White House Unit That Fights ‘Hate’ If Elected

16-8-2019 < No Fake News 51 241 words
 
Cory Booker says he will create an office to combat white nationalism if he becomes President












Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker has vowed to create a White House office to combat “hate crimes” if elected President.






Booker says he will make fighting white supremacy and hate crimes a priority under his administration.


Reuters reports: Booker said he would also require the FBI and the Justice Department to allocate the same level of resources and attention to white supremacist-inspired violence as they devote to international terrorism.


The New Jersey senator announced his plan less than two weeks after a gunman in El Paso, Texas, killed 22 people inside a Walmart after posting an anti-immigrant screed online that echoed some of President Donald Trump’s heated rhetoric.


The attack was among three mass shootings in the span of a week that killed 34 people in all.





The incidents have roiled the presidential race, with Democrats accusing Trump, a Republican, of fomenting hatred while failing to embrace common-sense gun restrictions.


Several candidates, including Senator Kamala Harris on Wednesday, have released plans to fight gun violence and white supremacy in the days since the El Paso massacre.




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