Stefanik echoed racist theory allegedly espoused by Buffalo suspect

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Stefanik echoed racist theory allegedly espoused by Buffalo suspect
Marianna Sotomayor, The Washington Post
May 15, 2022

Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican representing New York and the No. 3 House Republican, and other GOP lawmakers came under scrutiny Sunday for previously echoing the racist "great replacement" theory that apparently inspired an 18-year-old who allegedly killed 10 people while targeting Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo.

The baseless conspiracy theory claims that politicians are attempting to wipe out White Americans and their influence by replacing them with non-White immigrants. The theory was cited repeatedly by 18-year-old shooting suspect Payton Gendron in an online document that appeared to have outlined his intention to carry out his planned attack in Buffalo because of its significant population of Black people.

Eleven of the 13 people shot at Tops Friendly Market on Saturday were Black, according to police.

While Stefanik has not pushed the theory by name, she and other conservatives have echoed the tenets of the far-right ideology as part of anti-immigrant rhetoric that has fired up the Republican base ahead of the midterm elections.

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[Free Vulcan]

And CRT is nothing but regurgitated Marxism that killed over 100M people, and spouted by every woke liberal in existence. You can almost hear the screams of the victims of Marxism when any Dems speaks.

See how easy that is!

[Kamaji]

Never miss an opportunity to use a crisis for political gain.  The standard democrat party doctrine.

[jmyrlefuller]

If the shooter had been spooked by replacement theory, why were all but one of his victims over 50 years old, the majority over 65? He killed old people well past child bearing age. That won't put a dent in reproduction rates.

That leads me to believe that the shooter wasn't doing this to make a difference, but to shock people. He surely knew that making it look like a racist attack would get a rise out of people. The manifesto, poorly written and copy pasted, was a red herring—and the media took the bait.

[GtHawk]

If the shooter had been spooked by replacement theory, why were all but one of his victims over 50 years old, the majority over 65? He killed old people well past child bearing age. That won't put a dent in reproduction rates.

That leads me to believe that the shooter wasn't doing this to make a difference, but to shock people. He surely knew that making it look like a racist attack would get a rise out of people. The manifesto, poorly written and copy pasted, was a red herring—and the media took the bait.

Also if replacement theory was his motivation, why in the wide wide world of sports did he target Blacks and not Hispanics? Seems to me even an individual as mentally disturbed as him would be aware if that was what was happening it would be being accomplished by the uncontrolled flood across our southern border and the favoritism of Hispanics by democrats over Americans.....especially Black Americans.