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Trump released a Twitter video after visiting the Pittsburgh community devastated by the synagogue massacre that some viewed as political. MSNBC Political Analyst Sam Stein breaks it all down » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination…

Washington (CNN)Land O'Lakes and Purina, the two companies that dumped Iowa Rep. Steve King this week over his incendiary comments, learned what a growing number of corporate interests are discovering in a hyper-partisan America: It doesn't always pay to play in politics. On Twitter, Trump himself encouraged his supporters to "Buy L.L. "The environment today is hyper-polarized and really very toxic," said Bruce Freed, who runs the Center for Political Accountability, a nonprofit that promotes greater political transparency at publicly traded companies. "They'll move jobs or move dollar-wise in terms of their own spending" if they disagree with a company's politics. Officials with Intel, which announced over the weekend that it would no longer support King, declined to comment on the reasons behind the company's move. Political action committees associated with corporations long have donated to King, despite the immigration hard-liner's long history of racially and ethnically insensitive comments. In all, the Minnesota-based company has contributed $12,000 to King since Jan. 1, 2008, including $2,500 this year, according to the Center's data. Judd Legum, who writes the political newsletter Popular Information, said that endorsement sparked him to lead a social media campaign, urging companies to abandon King. As for Nike, the ad campaign demonstrates it knows its audience, despite the conservative backlash, Levick said. Nike is selling to millennials "who expect their companies to be socially involved," he said, not to "60-year-old guys like me who don't need to buy multiple pairs of shoes."

WASHINGTON — Tragedy and terror have dominated the last 72 hours in American politics. While most politicians, Democrats and Republicans, see this as a problem, President Trump sees it as an opportunity. Oct. 28, 201801:55 Consider Trump’s rally in Illinois on Saturday just hours after the shooting in Pittsburgh. “This evil anti-Semitic attack is an assault on all of us. On the caravan: “Republicans want no crime, and no caravans, right?... So I can’t call her Pocahontas anymore, but I think I will anyway, do you mind?” On his critics and opponents: “You have the haters and they continue to hate. “Our political rhetoric has become much more demonizing. Actually, it is their Fake & Dishonest reporting which is causing problems far greater than they understand!” But how can the president participate in finding a solution to the division and hatred when he doesn’t see them as problems — but instead conditions to exploit? With eight days to go until the 2018 midterms, it is very possible that the pipe bomb scare and shootings in Pittsburgh are the final issue-events of this campaign season. But with eight days left… Trump, GOP defiant that incendiary rhetoric didn’t cause the recent violence The Washington Post: “President Trump and his Republican allies remained defiant Sunday amid allegations from critics that Trump’s incendiary attacks on political rivals and racially charged rhetoric on the campaign trail bear some culpability for the climate surrounding a spate of violence in the United States.” More: “Trump, who has faced calls to tone down his public statements, signaled that he would do no such thing — berating billionaire liberal activist Tom Steyer, a target of a mail bomb sent by a Trump supporter, as a ‘crazed & stumbling lunatic’ on Twitter, after Steyer said on CNN that Trump and the Republican Party have created an atmosphere of ‘political violence.’” Vice President Mike Pence told NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard this when asked about Trump’s language: "Look, everyone has their own style, and frankly, people on both sides of the aisle use strong language..." Trump “reads the dutiful words of unity and grief … that aides put in front of him, but he refuses to stick to the script” The New York Times: “The president has made clear he does not see national harmony as his mission.

Donald Trump will travel to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to mourn victims of the synagogue massacre, the White House press secretary has announced at a rare and acrimonious official briefing. He said the city did not have enough public safety officials “to provide enough protection at the funerals and to be able, at the same time, to draw attention away to a potential presidential visit”. The White House announcement also came despite an open letter to the president from the leaders of a Jewish group in Pittsburgh saying Trump was not welcome there until he publicly states opposition to white nationalism. Despite these factors, at a tense White House press briefing Sarah Sanders told reporters on Monday afternoon that the president intends to make the trip along with his wife, Melania Trump, to express the support of the American people and grieve with the local community. “The president cherishes the American Jewish community for everything it stands for and contributes to our country,” Sanders said. This was only the second one in October, whereas the president has been holding informal question and answer sessions regularly as he campaigns for the midterm elections. Asked why the president has been attacking the media instead of uniting the country, Sanders said testily: “The very first thing that the president did was condemn the attacks, both in Pittsburgh and in the pipe bombs. The very first thing the media did was blame the president and make him responsible for these ridiculous acts.” She added: “It’s outrageous that that would be the very first reaction of so many people across this country.” Cesar Sayoc is charged with federal crimes after being apprehended last week in the mail bomb plot against leading Democrats and cable TV company CNN, all of which have been targets of Trump’s rhetoric. Jim Acosta, the chief White House correspondent at CNN, asked Sanders if the term “enemy” should be reserved for people “who are actually the enemy of the United States rather than journalists”. The spokeswoman replied: “The president is not referencing all media, he’s talking about the growing amount of fake news that exists in the country, and the president’s calling that out.” Acosta asked Sanders which outlets she and Trump regard as enemies of the American people.

Governor John Kasich joins Hardball to talk about the tragic shooting in Pittsburgh over the past weekend and Trump blaming the media and Democrats. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily…

Days after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, we are learning more about the suspect’s social media presence on a platform called “Gab.” NBC’s Ben Collins and former FBI Special Agent Clint Watts join Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Velshi to discuss…

Following the horrific massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Velshi remember the eleven people who were shot and killed on Saturday. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for…

The Democratic donor Tom Steyer on Sunday denounced as antisemitic a now-deleted tweet from Kevin McCarthy, the No2 Republican in the House of Representatives, that said Steyer and two other wealthy donors were trying to buy the November midterm elections. Then Pittsburgh happened | Cas Mudde Read more McCarthy’s tweet, posted on Tuesday and deleted the next day, was captured in images on media sites. “We cannot allow Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg to BUY this election! #MAGA,” McCarthy wrote. “I think that there – that is a classic attempt to separate Americans. I think that absolutely falls into the category of what I’m describing as political violence.“ Steyer spoke a day after a gunman killed 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in what the Anti-Defamation League said was the deadliest attack ever on the Jewish community in the US. The suspect made antisemitic remarks to police. Trump condemned the attack and antisemitism. Steyer, who is well known for his ads calling for Trump’s impeachment, said he did not blame Trump for the shooting, “but I’m absolutely associating and blaming him for creating the atmosphere that exists”. Cesar Sayoc: details of pipe bomb suspect's past emerge before court date Read more He said the Republican party has created a politically violent atmosphere and accused Trump himself of lawlessness.