Janet Napolitano was right.
Five years ago, the office of the then-secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security released an assessment on right-wing extremism titled
"Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling
Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment." Under key findings,
the report said DHS "has no specific information that domestic
right-wing terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but
right-wing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their
fears about several emergent issues." The election of the nation's first
African American president and the economic downturn were cited as
"unique drivers for right-wing radicalization and recruitment."
Critics pounced on a footnote that defined right-wing extremism as "those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial, or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."
Critics pounced on a footnote that defined right-wing extremism as "those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial, or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."
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