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<\/a>Two different scenarios are playing out regarding the bombing of Dar Al Farooq mosque<\/a> in Bloomington, Minnesota: Governor Mark Dayton declared on Sunday that it was a terrible, dastardly, cowardly act of terrorism.\u201d And from the Trump Administration, which has been quick to condemn acts of terrorism elsewhere abroad and in the U.S. \u2013 abject silence.<\/p>\n In fact, Sebastian Gorka, a top national security advisor to the president, said recently on MSNBC that the president would not say anything until \u201clocal authorities provide their assessment.\u201d In fact, the local police have handed the investigation over to the police. As reported in Buzzfeed<\/a>, Gorka said:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we have some kind of finalized investigation, absolutely \u2014 so, you know, there\u2019s a great rule, all initial reports are false, you have to check them and you have to find out who the perpetrators are,\u201d Gorka\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0in response to a question about whether the White House will address the bombing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had a series of crimes committed, alleged hate crimes, by right wing individuals in the last six months that turned out to actually have been propagated by the left,\u201d he said. \u201cSo let\u2019s wait and see and allow local authorities to provide their assessment. And then the White House will make its comments.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Basically Gorka is saying that until proven otherwise, the Trump administration wants to make sure the mosque bombing is not a \u201cfake crime.\u201d Asad Zaman, director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, told Buzzfeed News that he found the comment outrageous and offensive. \u201cWaiting for an investigation to be complete has not been something Trump has done when the perpetrators have been Muslim. This hypocrisy must be called out. What prevents the president from expressing sympathy for members of the house of worship that was attacked?\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed, regarding the attacks in London at the London Bridge and in Manchester at the recent Ariana Grande concert, President Trump was quick to condemn the attacks and call out the implicated terrorists without waiting for any sort of confirmation on if the attacks were \u201creal.\u201d<\/p>\n Muslims and others took to twitter to express their anger and dismay at the apparent double standard, tweeting under the hashtag #selectivesilence. Here are some of the best:<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s #SelectiveSilence<\/a> on terrorism demeans the office of the President of the United States. pic.twitter.com\/fEvC2KqZXM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ReThink Rights (@ReThinkRights) August 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n