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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 OP
Yup teach1st Aug 2017 #1
+1 dhol82 Aug 2017 #3
I remember that dhol82 Aug 2017 #2
This? elleng Aug 2017 #4
Yes, put together by DHS in 2009. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #5

teach1st

(5,937 posts)
1. Yup
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 09:41 PM
Aug 2017
https://thinkprogress.org/republicans-blasted-obama-administration-for-warning-about-right-wing-domestic-terrorism-de556496606c/

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 Page’s 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 US’s 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 weren’t 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
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 09:43 PM
Aug 2017

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.

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