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Restore federal funding to stop white supremacist hate

The petition to the Department of Homeland Security and key congressional leaders reads:
"Protect our communities from white supremacist hate. Immediately restore federal funding to stop white supremacists, Nazis and other extreme right-wing organizations that either directly or indirectly engage in domestic terrorism."

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Dear Katy,

Donald Trump may have just exposed himself on the world stage as an unequivocal champion of white supremacist Nazi hate, but his racist regime has been aiding and abetting domestic terrorists, like the ones in Charlottesville, since his band of white supremacists took over the White House.¹

Months ago, Trump's racist administration cut federal funding devoted to dismantling white supremacist and Nazi hate groups in the United States.² He has stacked his administration with bigots and racists and repeatedly legitimized Nazis and white supremacists, giving them license to engage in senseless killings and bloodshed. In May, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a warning about the escalating threat of radical white extremist violence.³ But Trump's hateful administration has done nothing to curtail this growing crisis.

The only way we can defeat Trump's hate is to stand united against it. Together, we pushed white supremacist Steve Bannon out of the White House and toppled Trump's business council. Now, we must use the same grassroots power to demand that the federal government take the threat of white extremist terror seriously and act.

Tell DHS and key congressional leaders: Restore federal funding to stop Nazis, white supremacists and other right-wing extremists engaging in domestic terrorism. Click here to sign the petition.

What white supremacists planned in Charlottesville was more like a military invasion than a protest.⁴ They seemed more committed to inciting violence and raising the profile of their extremist movement than staging a peaceful rally.⁵

Heather Heyer, the anti-racist protester who was killed by an extremist Nazi sympathizer last week, is just the latest victim of white supremacist terror. In 2015, white supremacist Dylann Roof committed one of the most violent acts of domestic terrorism in our recent history when he brutally murdered nine people in a historically Black church in Charleston. Earlier this year, white supremacists killed a Black man in New York and two white men defending a Muslim woman in Portland.⁶

Many traditional corporate media outlets position these terrorists as lone wolves, but it is important to remember that they are a part of a growing movement. The number of Nazi sympathizers on Twitter has grown by more than 600 percent since 2012.⁷ Trump's racist rhetoric and administration are encouraging and empowering them to take their hate offline and to the streets.

DHS established the Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) program to protect communities from domestic hate groups. It provides funding and resources to help communities develop and sustain local prevention efforts. Life After Hate, a group that focuses on breaking down white supremacy, was the only organization of its kind that DHS had approved for CVE federal funding before Trump took office.⁸ Just weeks before the terror attack in Charlotteville, anti-Muslim Trump aide Katharine Gorka, wife of known Nazi sympathizer and Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka, pushed the CVE to eliminate Life After Hate's grant.⁹ Now, no CVE funding supports groups that exclusively confront white supremacy. Trump's administration is planning to refocus the CVE program on extremism connected to Muslim groups only.¹⁰ That is blatantly discriminatory and completely unacceptable.

Tell DHS and key congressional leaders: Restore federal funding to stop Nazis, white supremacists and other right-wing extremists engaging in domestic terrorism. Click here to sign the petition.

Trump openly supported the white supremacists who marched through the streets of Charlottesville spewing anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant and anti-Black hate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker Paul Ryan and many other Republicans have publicly denounced white supremacist hate groups, but their cowardly statements have stopped well short of calling out Trump by name. Until Republican party leaders stop introducing policies that throw people of color, LGBTQ people and immigrants under the bus, their words have no meaning.

In a desperate attempt to control the damage from Trump's latest vile, unacceptable and racist rants, Rep. Michael McCaul, chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, just tacked a discussion about right-wing hate groups onto an already-scheduled hearing on domestic terrorism on September 12.¹¹ But that is not enough. Domestic terrorism by the hate-filled white supremacist pro-Trump movement is on the rise. If Republicans really cared about keeping their constituents safe, they would take bold action and root racists and racism out of their party and platform.

Members of Trump's administration and party, especially Rep. McCaul and his counterpart in the Senate, Sen. Ron Johnson, have a choice: Side with the white supremacist-in-chief who condones violence, or put the safety of their constituents first and make sure the federal government fights against hate. Click the link below to sign the petition.

https://act.credoaction.com/sign/stophate?t=8&akid=24595%2E12967895%2EjCusvu

Thank you for standing up to hate,

Nicole Regalado, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets

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