Donald Trump

=== Incitement of violence ===
Research suggests Trump's rhetoric caused an increased incidence of hate crimes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/7d0949974b1648a2bb592cab1f85aa16|title=Trump words linked to more hate crime? Some experts think so|last1=Kunzelman|first1=Michael|last2=Galvan|first2=Astrid|date=August 7, 2019|access-date=October 7, 2021|work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/22/trumps-rhetoric-does-inspire-more-hate-crimes/|title=Analysis &#124; Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 22, 2019|access-date=October 7, 2021|first1=Ayal|last1=Feinberg|first2=Regina|last2=Branton|first3=Valerie|last3=Martinez-Ebers}}</ref> During his 2016 campaign, he urged or praised physical attacks against protesters or reporters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/4203094/donald-trump-hecklers/|title=Donald Trump Tells Crowd To "Knock the Crap Out Of" Hecklers|last=White|first=Daniel|date=February 1, 2016|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/trump-gianforte-congressman-assault-journalist-montana|title=Trump Thinks It's Totally Cool That A Congressman Assaulted A Journalist For Asking A Question|last=Koerner|first=Claudia|date=October 18, 2018|work=[[BuzzFeed News]]|access-date=October 19, 2018}}</ref> Numerous defendants investigated or prosecuted for violent acts and hate crimes, including participants of the January 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol, cited Trump's rhetoric in arguing that they were not culpable or should receive leniency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-domestic-terrorism-el-paso|title="The President of the United States Says It's Okay": The Rise of the Trump Defense|last=Tracy|first=Abigail|date=August 8, 2019|access-date=October 7, 2021|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Rosalind S.|last1=Helderman|first2=Spencer S.|last2=Hsu|first3=Rachel|last3=Weiner|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rioters-testimony/2021/01/16/01b3d5c6-575b-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html|title='Trump said to do so': Accounts of rioters who say the president spurred them to rush the Capitol could be pivotal testimony|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 16, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref> A nationwide review by ABC News in May 2020 identified at least 54 criminal cases from August 2015 to April 2020 in which Trump was invoked in direct connection with violence or threats of violence mostly by white men and primarily against minorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889|title='No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.|date=May 30, 2020|first=Mike|last=Levine|work=[[ABC News]]|access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref>