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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI recall a report on extremist organizations that was put out in Obama's term and the republicans
wouldn't allow it to be made public.
It's abundantly clear now why they wanted it buried.
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I recall a report on extremist organizations that was put out in Obama's term and the republicans (Original Post)
shraby
Aug 2017
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https://thinkprogress.org/republicans-blasted-obama-administration-for-warning-about-right-wing-domestic-terrorism-de556496606c/
And let's not forget that President Trump froze funding to groups fighting right-wing terror and white supremacy.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-counter-violent-domestic-extremism-white-supremacism-cve-funding-freeze-10-million-a7715101.html
The gunman in the shooting at a Sikh temple over the weekend has been labeled a potential domestic terrorist defined as one who incites politically-motivated violence against his or her own country. In Wade Michael Pages case, that political motivation was likely white supremacy, a growing problem in the United States.
But when, in 2009, the Department of Homeland Security reported that white supremacy is the USs biggest threat for domestic terror, it was met with harsh criticism. Conservatives blasted the department for defining terror threats too broadly, instead of focusing on potential Islamic terrorists. Then-House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was one of those who berated DHS, saying that they werent focusing on the real threats the US faces:
But when, in 2009, the Department of Homeland Security reported that white supremacy is the USs biggest threat for domestic terror, it was met with harsh criticism. Conservatives blasted the department for defining terror threats too broadly, instead of focusing on potential Islamic terrorists. Then-House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was one of those who berated DHS, saying that they werent focusing on the real threats the US faces:
And let's not forget that President Trump froze funding to groups fighting right-wing terror and white supremacy.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-counter-violent-domestic-extremism-white-supremacism-cve-funding-freeze-10-million-a7715101.html
dhol82
(9,353 posts)2. I remember that
I think it was the FBI that wanted to say that right wing groups were more of a problem than international terrorism.
Republicans went apeshit.
Who here remembers when Janet Napolitano tried to WARN us? [View all]
https://thinkprogress.org/republicans-blasted-obama-administration-for-warning-about-right-wing-domestic-terrorism-de556496606c/
She was forced to take the report down in the face of near universal condemnation by Republicans and Conservatives of all stripes.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9455959
sinkingfeeling
(51,493 posts)5. Yes, put together by DHS in 2009.