There is no easy way to address a crisis, especially in this political climate. Immediately, the knee-jerk reaction is to blame the current administration or those opposed to the ideas we believe would have prevented said tragedy.

Because of previous “winking and nodding” (as Ben Shapiro describes it) President Trump has done to the alt-right, the larger sense from the Left is that he is responsible for inciting race-related brutality. This emotional take completely dismisses the facts regarding the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter. Not only was the killer vehemently opposed to the president but he hardly represents the first of this brand of violence on American soil. The history of anti-Semitism, in word and deed, existed long before his actions and will continue long after in places near and far. This is the sad truth.