There is no doubt about it.
Domestic terrorism committed by radical-Christian white supremacists is the biggest threat to our national security, and it is increasing at an alarming rate.
The President of the United States is the leader of a homegrown, fascist movement based on maintaining white and Christian supremacy that we can call Trumpism.
The President of the United States is a professional racist whose actions are influenced by his desire to win and maintain the political support of radical-Christian white supremacists.
The President of the United States uses his bully pulpit to foment racial hatred, spread racist conspiracy theories, and encourage violence against immigrants, non-Christians, people of color, his political enemies, journalists, media personalities, and health-care providers.
The President of the United States has created a political and legal environment that encourages domestic terrorism, emboldens and protects domestic terrorists, and makes American citizens less safe.
The President of the United States tolerates domestic terrorism because he leverages it for his own political advantage.
Trumpism is bigger than Donald Trump and will exist as a political force after the end of his political career.
The Republican Party and the current Cabinet—including the Justice Department—have committed themselves to realizing fascist and racist goals and programs of Trumpism.
The Republican Party and the current Cabinet have turned against our Constitutional system and jeopardized national security in order to realize Trumpism.
The Republican Party and the current Cabinet are implementing a systematic program designed to suppress the votes of American minorities and divide the Jewish vote.
The Republican Party and the current Cabinet are implementing a systematic program designed to end legal immigration into this country by people of color.
The United States Supreme Court now has a conservative majority that seems poised to make Trumpist programs the supreme law of the land.
The Department of Homeland Security has disbanded its task force on domestic terrorism, eliminated funding for programs to prevent domestic terrorism, and removed radical-Christian white-supremacist groups from its terrorism watch lists.
Fox News, the most popular “news” network in America, most particularly the program hosted by Tucker Carlson, regularly promotes the “Great Replacement” and “White Genocide” racist conspiracy theory used as justification by many domestic terrorists in their personal manifestos.
Evangelical Christianity is a key wing of Trumpism. American evangelical Christian organizations have supported racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, and white-supremacist teachings since the Civil War and are currently engaged in blatant efforts to promote and fund Trumpist political candidates, despite laws to the contrary.
The President of the United States, the Republican Party, and the Trumpist National Rifle Agency oppose any restrictions on assault rifles and ultra-lethal ammunition, the tools of the trade for domestic terrorists.
One other fact: The majority of Americans do not support institutional, legalized racism.
So how did we end up here? Because we let it happen.
How do we fight racism and domestic terrorism in this country? By actively fighting it. By making racism and anti-Semitism loathsome again. By showing, through our actions, words and physical presence, that we are, indisputably, the majority.
We defeat Trump, because by defeating him we remove the loudest voice for white supremacy, end his power to implement racist policies, and destroy the myth of Trumpism’s invincibility.
We leverage Trump-resistance organizations and platforms like Indivisible to mobilize against racism, anti-Semitism, and white-supremacist groups.
We call out racism, anti-Semitism and hate whenever we experience it in our daily lives. We don’t let fear and intimidation keep us silent. Apathy equals acceptance. Hate increases when the reaction to it is silence.
We show up when white supremacists hold rallies in our community and we shout them down, marginalize them, and let them know they are not welcome.
We show solidarity and support for the victims of racism, anti-Semitism, and domestic terrorism.
We pressure the news media to call racism for what it is. It’s not “racially insensitive.” It’s racist.
We pressure the government to admit that domestic terrorism is our biggest threat and to keep us safe from it.
We pressure the government to end mass incarceration of immigrants and citizens of color by fighting for criminal justice reform.
We pressure the government and law enforcement to ensure that hate crimes are prosecuted and the perpetrators punished with appropriate jail sentences.
We work with our community law enforcement agencies to fund more training for police.
We condemn religious leaders who embrace racism and anti-Semitism. If our own church supports such ideologies, we find another church.
We support voter registration efforts in our community.
We help make the government look like our citizenry by voting for qualified candidates of color.
We contribute to groups like the ACLU that fight racist government actions and laws in court and that file lawsuits against white supremacists to imprison and bankrupt them.
We work to remove all Confederate monuments and make Juneteenth a national holiday.