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PBS Promotes ‘Spike in Racist Incidents’ After Trump Win with SPLC

The PBS NewsHour displayed its usual disaste for the Trump victory on Tuesday night by investigating whether today’s political climate is leading to a “spike in racist incidents”? Naturally, PBS turned to the radical-left Southern Poverty Law Center for predictable answers.

PBS reporter Stephanie Sy recounted incidents where tiny groups of neo-Nazis marched to cause outrage, like outside a playhouse with  The Diary Of Anne Frank. Then she added “since the election, Black, Latino and LGBTQ Americans in at least 25 states, including kids and teens, have been subjected to racist text messages.”

SPLC CEO Margaret Huang had an easy answer for this: Trump backers.

 

SY: Based on the content, Margaret, what do you make of these mass texts? And what is the intention behind them?

MARGARET HUANG, SPLC: It’s really clear to us that hate and extremist…

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