CNN Says 'White Men' are the Biggest Terror Threat in US

[old salt]

There were no terrorists in TX for Ratcliffe to track.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/donald- ... orism-case
...pointing to Ratcliffe's experience as a federal prosecutor and then as a congressman serving on the House intelligence and judiciary committees.

"Ratcliffe opened, managed and supervised numerous domestic and international terrorism-related cases," she said of his time in the U.S. attorney's office, adding that he "handled top secret, secret and confidential national security information as part of his daily responsibilities."

The Texan's allies also have defended his qualifications.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Monday called Ratcliffe a "worthy successor" to Coats, upon whom he heaped praise. Trump on Tuesday hailed Ratcliffe as a "very talented guy." And former U.S. attorney Matt Orwig, who once hired Ratcliffe, said he was "imminently qualified" to be intel chief.

Orwig sought to further buttress Ratcliffe's standing by telling ABC News that his one-time protégé worked several terrorism-related cases, though he declined to specify them.

The former top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Texas also told The News that when Ratcliffe served as his anti-terrorism and national security chief, he worked to "bring together all the state, federal and local agencies" involved in security efforts.

"That's the job that he did," Orwig said. "He did it very, very well."

Ratcliffe could have stopped this shooter....don’t know why people are picking on him....shooter was radicalized on line. Ratcliffe could have stopped it.

Yeah. The shooter was between 6-9 yrs old when Ratcliffe was in that job.
How could he have missed the warning signs.
It was probably the smell of the deplorables that drew the shooter to Walmart.

[CU77]

Sure is a good thing that this most recent incident happened in an open-carry state, so that there were plenty of good guys with guns there to stop it.

[Typical Lax Dad]

There were no terrorists in TX for Ratcliffe to track.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/donald- ... orism-case
...pointing to Ratcliffe's experience as a federal prosecutor and then as a congressman serving on the House intelligence and judiciary committees.

"Ratcliffe opened, managed and supervised numerous domestic and international terrorism-related cases," she said of his time in the U.S. attorney's office, adding that he "handled top secret, secret and confidential national security information as part of his daily responsibilities."

The Texan's allies also have defended his qualifications.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Monday called Ratcliffe a "worthy successor" to Coats, upon whom he heaped praise. Trump on Tuesday hailed Ratcliffe as a "very talented guy." And former U.S. attorney Matt Orwig, who once hired Ratcliffe, said he was "imminently qualified" to be intel chief.

Orwig sought to further buttress Ratcliffe's standing by telling ABC News that his one-time protégé worked several terrorism-related cases, though he declined to specify them.

The former top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Texas also told The News that when Ratcliffe served as his anti-terrorism and national security chief, he worked to "bring together all the state, federal and local agencies" involved in security efforts.

"That's the job that he did," Orwig said. "He did it very, very well."

Ratcliffe could have stopped this shooter....don’t know why people are picking on him....shooter was radicalized on line. Ratcliffe could have stopped it.

Yeah. The shooter was between 6-9 yrs old when Ratcliffe was in that job.
How could he have missed the warning signs.
It was probably the smell of the deplorables that drew the shooter to Walmart.

Ratcliffe was counting into the future when listing the 300 terrorists he stopped..shooter probably smelled 'spics

[Brooklyn]

Another ultra right white terrorist in action:


https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/patrick-crusius/







With a manifesto detailing all his hate and mental deficiencies.

[Brooklyn]

biggest terror threat in USA today:

[Typical Lax Dad]

https://www.dhs.gov/cve


Trump Administration gutted this. Also gutting USDA.... didn’t like research reports so it’s being moved out of Washington. Out to Midwest on short notice and there will be a lot of attrition that won’t be filled. SOP.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Shooter from Trumpland/Hillbilly Elegy Land.

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/dayto ... e-updates/

[youthathletics]

We need to do away with white men.

[seacoaster]

The families and friends of yesterday’s 29 dead and 50+ wounded aren’t seeing the smiley face any more than I am. The country has a sickness, and no one really seems to care.

[Andersen]

We need to do away with white men.

A few small improvements in their outlook, awareness and behavior would work for me.

[MDlaxfan76]

We need to do away with white men.

A few small improvements in their outlook, awareness and behavior would work for me.

Yup, certainly of some.

We should recall that the original CNN reference to 'White Men' as the "Biggest Terror Threat in US" was to contrast with the claims that "Muslims" in America are dangerous. Of course, neither is itself accurate, it's the twisted ideologies of some members of those demographic generalities.

And indeed, the actual danger threat from Muslim extremists in America is dwarfed by that from white supremacist/nativists in America.

Yet, we seem to have trouble admitting that this ideology is so dangerous, and how some of our political leaders and their followers are complicit in giving oxygen to that ideology.

That's what this thread was about. Still is.

[ardilla secreta]

The El Paso shooter drove from Allen to El Paso to show his disdain for Mexicans in Texas. Guess he wasn’t real strong in history as well as reality. It’s like going to Hong Kong and wondering where all the Brits are?

[Brooklyn]

Trump laughs at domestic terrorism.


Trump laughs after audience member suggests shooting migrants


An audience member at a Donald Trump rally in Florida yelled 'shoot them' in reference to migrants at the border. Trump had asked the crowd: 'How do you stop these people?' After laughing at the response, he added: 'Only in the panhandle can you get away with that statement'.

[Trinity]

How was Trump supposed to know his base thinks he means it?

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... mes-socia/

Watch. Trump’s talking points today will be video games, social media, mental illness, lack of school prayer and Obama didn’t fix this. And Fake News.

[Brooklyn]

For Latinos, El Paso is a devastating new low in a Trump era marked by hate


https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... and-gilroy


The mass violence — and the bigoted motive that echoed the worst racist rants of anti-immigrant hard-liners — marked for many Latinos a devastating new low in the Trump era ... many Latinos on Sunday said they felt that the anger toward their community is reaching a boiling point, fueled by the heated politics of immigration.

Many said they believe that hostility is encouraged by a president who attacked a federal judge’s impartiality for being “a Mexican,” who frequently refers to asylum seekers and migrants who cross the border without authorization as part of an “invasion,” and who, at a rally speaking about migrants, said: “How do you stop these people? You can’t,” and then chuckled and joked along when someone in the crowd shouted, “Shoot them.”


The divider-in-chief sure knows how to stoke the fires of hate.

[Brooklyn]

tRUMP, the bloodletting hate machine.

[ardilla secreta]

On a news program today I heard an audio recording of George Wallace trying to persuade Lawrence Spivak on Meet the Press that he is not a racist. Where have I heard that before?

[youthathletics]

Do racist date bi-raical women? Kara Young would not fit the bill for over two years if what you say is true. Unless he is Clayton Bigsby.

[old salt]

Time to reopen the debate on wireless wiretapping of US citizens ?

If we can spy on Carter Page, why not domestic terrorists ?

[MDlaxfan76]

Time to reopen the debate on wireless wiretapping of US citizens ?

If we can spy on Carter Page, why not domestic terrorists ?

How about we leave your partisan snipes out of this one, Salty.

Page wasn't a 'warrantless wiretap' nor should we need to go there to combat domestic terrorists.
We DO need to apply the same sort of urgency and sense of importance with this ideologically based threat as we do with other such ideological hate threats.