CNN host: ‘Direct line’ between Trump rhetoric on immigration and synagogue massacre

Published October 29, 2018 12:17pm ET



A CNN host on Monday insisted there is a ‘direct’ connection between President Trump’s rhetoric on the migrant caravan making its way to the U.S. southern border, and the murder of 11 Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh over the weekend.

“You can draw a direct line from all of the vitriol and hate rhetoric about the caravan that’s some 2,000 miles away from our border and the gunman in Pittsburgh, who referenced that, and somehow turned it into an attack on Jews,” host Alisyn Camerota said.

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