SINCE THEN BUT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO
IN ADDRESSING THIS THREAT.
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
SPECIFICALLY.
FRANK, CHRIS WRAY TESTIFIED
CLEARLY AS ANYONE TESTIFIED AS
OSAMA BIN LADEN BEING
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLOT ON 9/11
CLEARLY LAID THE BLAME ON
INSPIRED TERRORISM FOR THE
INSURRECTION AND THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF ARRESTS IN THIS
COUNTRY UNDER DOMESTIC TERROR
BUCKET STYLE CRIMES.
HOW DO YOU PURSUE DOMESTIC
TERRORISM WITH THE SAME VIGOR
THAT WE PURSUED FOREIGN
TERRORISM IF ONE OF THE TWO
POLITICAL PARTIES WON’T CALL IT
WHAT IT IS?
>> SOMETIMES, IT’S THE FBI’S JOB
TO SPEAK VERY PAINFUL TRUTHS AND
IT’S CERTAINLY THE FBI
DIRECTOR’S JOB TO SPEAK THE
TRUTH EVEN WHEN A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF WHO’S LISTENING
DOESN’T LIKE WHAT THEY’RE
HEARING AND I’M SURE THAT WAS
THE CASE TODAY.
I’M SURE IT WAS THE WAY IN PRIOR
TO TESTIMONY OF THE DIRECTOR
WHEN HE POINTED OUT ONCE AGAIN
IT’S DOMESTIC TERRORISM THAT’S
THE THREAT AND THE SUBSET OF
WHITE SUPREMACISTS WITH
LETHALITY, THE KIND OF VIOLENCE
THEY’RE SEEING FROM WHITE
SUPREMACIST GROUPS.
BUT HERE’S THE CHALLENGE.
WE’RE 25 YEARS AFTER THE
OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING.
PULLED OFF BY TWO WHITE GUYS,
TWO DOMESTIC TERRORIST AND HERE
WE ARE STILL WITHOUT ALL THE
TOOLS AND THE DOMESTIC TERRORISM
LAW.
NOW TODAY ARMED WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE CONSIDERS WHAT HAPPENS
ON JANUARY 6th TO BE AN ACT OF
DOMESTIC TERRORISM BECAUSE WE
DEFINE DOMESTIC TRFLERRORISM IN
LAW BUT DON’T OUTLAW IT.
IS THIS SENATE OR CONGRESS THE
ONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I’M
ASKING A RHETORICAL QUESTION, DO
WE SEE ANY INDICATION THEY’RE
GOING TO SUPPORT A HARD PLEDGED
TERRORISM EFFORT, OR SUPPORT
REGULATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA FUEL
AND FAN THE FLAMES OF HOW WE GOT
HERE OR ARE THEY GOING TO
DENOUNCE THEIR OWN BASE THAT IS
AS CHRIS WRAY DESCRIBED IN TERMS
OF THE PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED
THIS, WHITE SUPREMACISTS?
I THINK NOT.
I THINK WE’RE STILL ON A JOURNEY
TO ALMOST NOWHERE.
I DON’T THINK WE’VE IMPROVED
MUCH SINCE THE OKLAHOMA CITY
BOMBING AND IN FACT, I THINK WE
MAY BE IN A WORSE POSITION.
>> FRANK, LET ME FOLLOW UP ON
THAT.
WE DO FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
CHRISTOPHER WRAY HAS TESTIFIED
UNDER OATH AND UTTERED THESE
WORDS, RACIALLY MOTIVATED
VIOLENCE EXTREMISM SPECIFICALLY
OF THE SORT TO ADVOCATE THE
SUPERIORITY OF THE WHITE RACE AS
A PERSISTENT EVOLVING THREAT.
THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF RACIALLY
MOTIVATED FOR SURE AND BIGGEST
CHUNK OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO.
BILL BARR WAS THE AG AND DIDN’T
FOLLOW UP WITH THE TRIP TO THE
NATION OR EVEN A MISSION’S
STATEMENT THAT WE’VE HEARD
ABOUT.
HAVING MERRICK GARLAND AS OUR
COUNTRY’S ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO
QUOTED THAT SEPTEMBER TESTIMONY
FROM CHRISTOPHER WRAY, WHAT CAN
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DO TO
STRENGTHEN WRAY’S POSITION AND
FINDING ON THE THREAT OF VIOLENT
EXTREMISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY?
>> SO I THINK PEOPLE LIKE
MERRICK GARLAND WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
HERE’S WHY.
IT HAS TO BE A WHOLE OF SOCIETY
APPROACH.
IT IS NOT JUST THE FBI’S ROLE.
NOT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT’S ROLE TO MAKE CENTURIES OF HATE GO
TO MAKE CENTURIES OF HATE GO
AWAY OVERNIGHT.
I THINK SOMEONE LIKE MERRICK
GARLAND CAN HELP WITH THAT
MOTIVATION BUT WE TALK ABOUT IN
THE NEWS ABOUT COVID RELIEF AND
GETTING OUT OF THE FINANCIAL
MESS.
LET’S ALSO NOT FORGET, IT’S
GOING TO COST MONEY TO RETRAIN
POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
THIS IS A WHOLE NEW AREA FOR
THEM.
THE COUNTIES IN THE LITTLE TOWNS AND VILLAGES WHERE THIS RISES UP
AND VILLAGES WHERE THIS RISES UP