Boehner Won't Call Las Vegas Shootings 'Domestic Terrorism'
Source: TPM
SAHIL KAPUR JUNE 10, 2014, 10:33 AM EDT
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was asked Tuesday if he considers the Las Vegas shootings on Sunday to be "an act of domestic terrorism."
"I -- I'm not sure how I'd describe it," he responded to reporters in the Capitol. "But clearly we had a couple of sick individuals who engaged in a horrific crime. And our hearts go out to those families, especially the families of those two officers who went down."
The perpetrators, identified as Jerad Miller and Amanda Miller, killed two police officers and one civilian before taking their own lives. They appear to have harbored extreme animosity toward the federal government, mixing Second Amendment advocacy with violent rhetoric and open calls for armed revolution.
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While reading this article and the quote from Boehner, "I -- I'm not sure how I'd describe it," I was reminded of this article I posted earlier:
St. Louis archbishop claims he wasnt sure it was illegal for priests to have sex with kids
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025073984
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)You can bet if a gunman went into DC and shot a couple of the "representatives" it would instantly be labeled Domestic Terrorism. Boehner needs to sober up and get to work.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Fox News long ago so he has nothing to give the cops families.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,403 posts)Perhaps the Beard Liberation Front will have to change its name, or get its door kicked in by MI5 in the middle of the night.
maxrandb
(15,378 posts)because he'd lose "3 fugging quarters" of his base!
phantom power
(25,966 posts)The GOP isn't ever going to admit to RW terrorism. It simply isn't an option for them. It's up to the Democrats, if they choose to.
wiggs
(7,820 posts)a car sales lot. The Bush folks instantly called him a domestic terrorist and gave him 25 years.
SunSeeker
(51,783 posts)Even with 2 cops shot point blank while eating lunch. Even with their bodies draped with notes and flags announcing the killers' cause.
But set fire to some expensive SUVs at a dealership, you are terrorizing the entire community.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/31/us/cries-of-activism-and-terrorism-in-suv-torching.html
Nihil
(13,508 posts)Just goes to show that there is little point in expecting such politicians to demonstrate
either honesty or consistency.
SansACause
(520 posts)Otherwise, it's just an unfortunate accident.
Can you seriously imagine that if arabs carried out the three terror attacks this week done by white men, there would be non-stop Malaysian Airlines-esque coverage of the men and how they were all connected together by a meeting at a mosque in 2011 (or some such)?
Chakab
(1,727 posts)Funny that by doing this, they put the lie to the notion that we can't handle terrorist attacks with standard law enforcement procedures and without gutting civil liberties.
840high
(17,196 posts)BetsysGhost
(207 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Like they didn't strike terror in people.
...spineless fucking jellyfish.
santamargarita
(3,170 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)You mean your base?
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)ter·ror·ism noun
\ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm\
the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal
ter·ror·ist adjective or noun
ter·ror·is·tic adjective
But then I wouldn't call Mr. Bonehead a "representative," either.
sakabatou
(42,198 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)cprise
(8,445 posts)Looking clearly at right-wing terrorism
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101695056
Its an active pattern of denial and suppression -- a lot like rape culture, IMO.