The Democratic representative's comments arrived in the wake of Saturday's attack on a synagogue in San Diego.
Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib hit out at the Trump administration for failing to adequately address "homegrown terrorism within white nationalist groups" in the wake of Saturday's attack at a synagogue in the San Diego area.
The alleged shooter behind Saturday's attack, identified as John Earnest, age 19, opened fire on members of the synagogue with a rifle on Saturday morning, striking Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, who died later in a hospital, and injuring three others, including an 8-year-old girl. On Saturday, Trump condemned the shooting, telling supporters at a rally that"the entire nation mourns the loss of life, prays for the wounded and stands in solidarity with the Jewish community."However, the president has faced scrutiny over his apparent failure to condemn white nationalism outright in response to not only Saturday's tragedy and last month's shootings that left 50 Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand, dead.
During a CNN interview with Jake Tapper on Sunday, however, the president's counselor, Kellyanne Conway, sought to distance the president from that quote after being confronted with it following the Christchurch attack, saying of Trump:"He does think it's a threat. There is no question it's a threat."
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