Trumpism echoes Timothy McVeigh’s right-wing extremism, 30 years after the Oklahoma bombing
- Written by Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer – Writing, Editing, and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
This week, it will be 30 years since the Oklahoma bombing.
On the morning of April 19 1995, anti-government right-wing extremist Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck loaded with 5,000 pounds of agricultural fertiliser and diesel fuel at the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. At 9am, McVeigh lit two separate fuses...