Elise Stefanik’s tweets after the Buffalo shooting are deeply dangerous

After the Buffalo shooting, the Republican congresswoman went all in on defending the racist conspiracy theory. [View in browser]( [Image]( May 17, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [Elise Stefanik’s tweets after the Buffalo shooting are deeply dangerous](//link.msnbc.com/click/27740856.72353/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9pc3JhZWwtcy1hdHRhY2stc2hpcmVlbi1hYnUtYWtsZWgtcy1mdW5lcmFsLWFib21pbmF0aW9uLW4xMjk1NDIwP2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIwNTE3JnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B7ef60fb1 by Zeeshan Aleem We've seen the white supremacist "great replacement" theory peddled by supporters of the far-right GOP and members of congress such as Rep. Elise Stefanik. She published an ad last year claiming the danger of a "permanent liberal majority" due to increased immigration. [As Zeeshan Aleem writes](, that "was extremely alarming." But what is far more alarming, he writes, is how Stefanik doubled down on those beliefs less than 48 hours after an alleged gunman targeted Black people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 and injuring three others. "Republicans have the option to openly repudiate these concepts and the kind of political violence and social corrosion they incentivize," writes Aleem. Instead, we've seen Stefanik and others [leaning in](, "whipping up racial resentment and framing the idea of America as belonging to white people." We already know how deadly that is. Read Zeeshan Aleem's [full analysis]( in your Tuesday [MSNBC Daily](. TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [A photo of Mehmet Oz and Trump]( [Steve Benen]( [Tuesday will be the biggest day of the 2022 primaries so far. Here's why.]( Guide to the races: Here's what to watch for in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and more. [Read More.]( [A photo of a prayer circle in Buffalo]( [Keisha N. Blain]( [Biden needs to treat white supremacist terror as the immediate threat it is]( This is why the Buffalo mass shooting feels so depressingly familiar to Black Americans. [Read More.]( [A photo of Ted Cruz]( [Jessica Levinson]( [Ted Cruz's win at the Supreme Court is a loss for America]( The Supreme Court keeps making it easier for millionaires to rule politics. [Read More.]( [A photo of rapper Young Thug and Donald Trump]( [Ja'han Jones]( [Why Young Thug's arrest should ring alarm bells for Trump]( Is Young Thug's arrest a preview of what's to come for Trump in Georgia? [Read More.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [A photo of Xavier Becerra]( [Rachel Maddow]( [Violent, terroristic racists are a recurrent problem with no simple solution]( [The Last Word]( Lawrence: ‘Fox News has blood on its hands’]( [Photo of pontoon bridge destroyed by Ukraine]( [Morning Joe]( [Bloggers in Russia criticize military after Ukraine bridge attack]( [A photo of semi-automatic rifles]( [Zerlina]( [Trump-appointed judges rely on 'grade-school' history to justify 18-year-olds' rights to assault weapons]( MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text]   Today, José Díaz-Balart, Andrea Mitchell, and Katy Tur report live from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a swing state with some of the most closely-watched elections this year. Stay with MSNBC for special primary coverage, starting at 10 a.m. ET.   Title 42 is a decades old and rarely used public health order used to bar people with medical conditions from entering the country. Revived by the Trump administration, it enables immigration authorities to swiftly expel migrants to Mexico or their home countries. The enforcement of the policy, which also bars individuals from seeking asylum, continues to be met with skepticism by immigration advocates and public health officials. The Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced plans to end Title 42 by May 23, now that vaccines are widely available. But the fate of the policy remains in limbo because of Republican-backed lawsuits and opposition to its cessation. Thomas Saenz is president and General Counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund. He joins WITHpod to discuss the role of misinformation in the characterization of migrants, immigration and refugee policy reform and the implications of a potential continuation (or end) of Title 42. [Listen now](.     [Image] [Image]   [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)