How Come Trump Hasn’t Denounced the Right Wing Terrorism In This Country?

In recent years, however, as violent incidents have been stacking up, the federal government has again turned its attention to domestic terrorism.

“In 2016, we had three homicides by far-right/white supremacists,” said Levin, whose center tracks hate crimes and other extremist violence. “Then we had 11 in 2017, and we had 17 in 2018 and at least 26 in 2019. That would be the worst year for far-right extremist homicides since Timothy McVeigh.”

In September, the Department of Homeland Security released its “Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence,” saying domestic terrorists “have caused more deaths in the United States in recent years than have terrorists connected to FTOs (foreign terrorist organizations).”

The report said white supremacist violent extremism “is one of the most potent forces driving domestic terrorism.”

“White supremacist violent extremists’ outlook can generally be characterized by hatred for immigrants and ethnic minorities, often combining these prejudices with virulent anti-Semitism or anti-Muslim views,” the report said.

In the same manner that ISIS inspired and connected with potential radical Islamist terrorists, the report said, white supremacist extremists connect with like-minded individuals online.

“In addition to mainstream social media platforms, white supremacist violent extremists use lesser-known sites like Gab, 8chan, and EndChan, as well as encrypted channels,” the report said. “Celebration of violence and conspiracy theories about the ‘ethnic replacement’ of whites as the majority ethnicity in various Western countries are prominent in their online circles.”

The internet and social media have played an enormous role in the movement’s resurgence, experts say.

“We are witnessing the internationalization of the white supremacist movement,” said a report released in September by the ADL. “Over the past decade, we have seen surging violence in the United States, Europe and beyond motivated by elements of white supremacy… These killers influence and inspire one another.”

In the last two months alone, more than a dozen Americans have been arrested as a result of investigations into a growing domestic terrorism threat from individuals and groups with international ties, according to a joint report issued in April by the ADL and George Washington University.

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