ANTI-SEMITISM/MASS SHOOTINGS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Anti-Semitism has ‘moved from the margins into the mainstream,’ Anti-Defamation League CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt said Sunday [10-21-18]. His remarks on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ came a day after a gunman fatally shot 11 and injured seven others in Pittsburgh in the deadliest attack on a synagogue in U.S. history. The tragedy can be linked to concurrent political rhetoric, Greenblatt said…Social media is accentuating the pattern, he continued, suggesting tech giants should aid in addressing the phenomenon…President Donald Trump, addressing the attack at a political rally Saturday in Illinois, expressed shock that anti-Semitic acts took place ‘in this day and age.’ But his surprise was misplaced, Greenblatt said.”
–Eleanor Mueller, “Anti-Semitism has moved ‘into the mainstream,’ ADL director says,” Politico, October 22, 2018 11:59 am