There's a difference, Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) told CNNs Alisyn Camerota, when she asked him why Trump hadnt condemned the white supremacist who killed six Muslim congregants during prayer at a Canadian mosque on Jan. 29.
Again, death and murder on both sides is wrong, but if you want to take the dozens of scenarios where ISIS-inspired attacks have taken innocents, and you give one example of what was in Canada, Im going to condemn them all, Duffy said. But again, you don't have a group like ISIS or Al Qaeda thats inspiring people around the world to take up arms and kill innocents. That was a one-off, that was a one-off, Alisyn. And you have a movement on the other side.
When Camerota brought up other examples of white people committing acts of terrorismthe Oklahoma City bombing and the Charleston shooting of black church-goersDuffy was dismissive.
Oklahoma was, what, 20 years ago? he said. That's different than this whole movement that has taken place through ISIS.
It does matter, he said later of the Charleston massacre. Look at the good things that came from it. Nikki Haley took down the confederate flag, that was great!
Duffy went on to ask Camerota whether there was any way to prevent white supremacist attacks.
What do we do on the white supremacy front to make sure we don't have another attack like Charleston? I am with you on that, Alisyn, he said.
