Days after an Islamic extremist murdered 49 people in an Orlando gay bar, Democratic lawmakers were huddling at the Capitol to discuss the danger of conservatives angered by federal overreach.
Democratic lawmakers apparently organized a congressional forum last week to take a look at “violent extremism on America’s public lands” after they became frustrated that the GOP majority refused to get involved in a full investigation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff earlier this year.
The Washington Post reported: “The session also looked at this type of domestic terrorism more broadly. While the rise of right-wing extremist groups was a focus of the session, so were Republicans who played footsie with the armed outlaws who commanded the refuge, closing it to the public and forcing federal employees to stay away.”
According to people on the left, Obama’s tenure in the White House has seen a massive increase in activity from right-wing extremist groups in the U.S.
“This antigovernment movement has exploded since President Obama took office. In 2008, we documented approximately 150 radical antigovernment groups. Last year, we counted almost 1,000,” claimed Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. “The movement is dangerous. It includes almost 300 armed militia groups committed to resisting what they see as a tyrannical federal government.”
Take those numbers with a grain of salt. We’ve told you about SPLC before.
It seems odd, though, considering the guys who took over Malheur didn’t hurt anyone, that the Democrats would be so worried about them at this moment. Agents of the state did fill one of them, LaVoy Finnicum, with bullet holes before the thing was over—but there were no 49 dead innocents in Oregon.
There were in Orlando. And they were shot by an Islamic extremist.
By the way, anyone remember the last time the president invited a right-winger to the White House?
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