NAACP president accuses Trump of having operated 'under white supremacist doctrine'
Source: The Hill
BY MARTY JOHNSON - 02/26/21 10:57 AM EST
NAACP President Derrick Johnson is keeping the pressure on former President Donald Trump after the preeminent civil rights group along with Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) filed a lawsuit against Trump last week, alleging that incited the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in violation of federal statute.
“We could not stand by and not pursue a course of action to hold those accountable for their treasonous acts,” Johnson told the Guardian in a interview, adding that Trump’s actions revolved around a “a white supremacist doctrine that was a derived from days of the Confederacy.”
Johnson had previously told The Hill that holding the perpetrators of the riot was paramount to moving forward as a country.
“If you try to move forward without holding people accountable, you only set yourself up [for] future activity that could possibly be successful in toppling our democracy,” Johnson said. “For African Americans, we see a long history of people not being held accountable ... and if we don't hold people accountable, there becomes this entitlement that it's OK to cause harm and violate the law.”
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