A gunman opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, this morning, leaving 20 dead and at least 26 others injured.
Hours after the mass shooting in El Paso on Saturday, which left 20 dead and at least 26 others injured, former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi accused President Donald Trump and his administration of"facilitating and enabling" American youth to commit acts of domestic"terrorism" by failing to explicitly condemn hate against immigrants.
"We have a hate problem. Yes, we have a gun problem. Yes, we have a violence problem," Figliuzzi continued,"but we have a developing hate problem and it is race-based and if as soon as they confirm that this posting is indeed the shooter's posting, we should feel free to call what it it is and that is terrorism.
"He's the father figure, he's giving the license, he's facilitating and enabling. What we need is the similar figure — the President — to come out immediately, once this is confirmed, and say, 'I stand for something other than hate, I rebuke all the hatred going on here,'" he continued."Until we see the figure do that, that's giving the license, we'll continue to have this hate problem.
"About half the FBI's terrorism cases right now, as we speak, are actually this stuff, the domestic stuff," he added."That is extremely disturbing."
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