Thread by @andrewkimmel

I'll be following the House Judiciary Committee hearing that examines the increase in white nationalist crimes and domestic terrorism. 👇

.@RepDougCollins started it off by throwing shade to @IlhanMN (without mentioning her name) and equated her "anti-Semitism" to that of violent white nationalists

"White supremacy has experienced a resurgence in the last 3 years.... a clear corollary to the rise in polarizing and hateful rhetoric on the part of candidates and elected leaders. This is a particularly dangerous problem." - Eileen Hershenov of the @ADL

"White supremacists are responsible for more than half of all extremist murders. In the last year that figure has risen to 78%... White supremacists were responsible for more than 3/4 of all extremists murders. There is a crucial need for this hearing." - Eileen Hershenov, @ADL

"FB's mission is to give people power to build community. Our users share billions of pictures, stories, videos about their lives. That diversity... highlights much what is best about FB. But as we give people voice we want to make sure they don't use that voice to hurt others."

"There is no place for terrorism or hate on FB. We remove any conduct of hate... of course FB rejects all hateful ideologies. Our rules have always been clear that white supremacists are not allowed on the platform in any circumstance." Facebook Public Policy Director Neil Potts

"It's important to note that hate speech removals can be particularly complex... It's harder to detect than some forms of branded terrorist propaganda... content can sit in a gray area... it may be offensive but it does not violate YouTube's policies." @alexrosebud from Google

"Violence and hate speech have no place on YouTube." @alexrosebud from Google

Candace is about to speak at the committee. Remember this: “If Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well — OK, fine. The problem is he had dreams outside of Germany. He wanted to globalize. He wanted everybody to be German.” - @RealCandaceO of @TPUSA

"I'm a democrat and I support the president of the United States... America is not a more racist or more white nationalist nation... brown people need to be scared... that's the narrative they want you to hear." @RealCandaceO

Wow - @RealCandaceO is comparing democratic policies as worse than white nationalism. She is using her platform right now purely to spread political propaganda. Just brought up antifa as a far-left terrorist organization.

"They threw water on me... they threw eggs on me." @RealCandaceO on her "attack" by the far-left antifa

"Democrats have been conning minorities... racial division and class warfare is central to their platforms." @RealCandaceO

It was embarrassing to watch @RealCandaceO on this panel. She called the rise of white nationalism and its spread on social media (what this entire hearing is about and we know to be true) as a non-issue. 🤦‍♂️

"Instead of hiding under hoods they now organize on computer screens... the alt right, neo-Nazis, the KKK, Proud Boys, all pose the same threat today." Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

"We call on all communities to tear down all structures that facilitate white supremacists. The banks/the tech companies that provide open platforms/the web hosts that prop up these sites... they must be dismantled." Kristen Clarke, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

"There are churches burning in LA. We need the FBI to do a better job... We need to see this justice dept using its bully pulpit to condemn hate as it happens. We are deeply disturbed by their deafening silence in the wake of hate we've seen across the country." @KristenClarkeJD

"We are concerned about the FBI's "Black Identity Extremism" association. It is not real. It is not a real threat. It is the gov't going after civil rights activities. It is a mere distraction & taking resources away from white supremacy & real threats today." @KristenClarkeJD

"The @NAACP used me to speak out against the <hate> crimes... that was just a fundraising mechanism. The NAACP never wants racism to go away." @RealCandaceO

"The @NAACP never wants racism to go away." -@RealCandaceO at the House Committee hearing on the rise of hatred/white nationalism/domestic terrorism

"The core ideology of white nationalism, which is a euphemism for white supremacy, is against African-Americans... puppeteered by Jews." - Eileen Hershenov of the @ADL

Candace Owens says she became a conservative "when I became educated about the issues and stopped reacting emotionally..." She then listed "fake" narratives in mentioning the "myth" of police brutality in 2016.

Why is @RealCandaceO talking about abortion at a hearing about hate?

"They will look at the genetic inferiority of people that are not white.. they will demonize refugees & immigrants... they will say the Jews are doing this..." Eileen Hershenov of @ADL on white nationalists

"In the last 10 years, about 23% of the extremist murders domestically... were by radical interpretations of Islam. What we are seeing in the last 3 years is a resurgence where most of the crimes are from right wing extremists." -Eileen Hershenov of the @ADL

"There are not many cases in the US recently <of radical Islamic terrorism>. The bully platform has to be used to call out where we are seeing extremism." - Eileen Hershenov of the @ADL

.@replouiegohmert just brought up his "friends" @DiamondandSilk and asked why they are targeted by the platforms (?) to FB's Neil Potts. What the hell is happening?

Mort Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America defended Trump's "very fine people" comment about neo-Nazis. He also incorrectly stated that the media misquoted Trump and that Trump denounced neo-Nazis after that comment. That is simply not true.

Hey @ZoaKlein: "I am not putting anybody on a moral plane, what I’m saying is this: you had a group on one side and a group on the other, and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and horrible and it was a horrible thing to watch, but there is another side..."

.@ZoaKlein: "...There was a group on this side, you can call them the left. You’ve just called them the left, that came violently attacking the other group. So you can say what you want, but that's the way it is."

"I think there is blame on both sides. You look at, you look at both sides. I think there’s blame on both sides, and I have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about it either. And, and, and, and if you reported it accurately, you would say." - @realDonaldTrump

It is sad that @RealCandaceO does not recognize the virulent rhetoric of @TPUSA (a non-profit who is in constant violation of their 501c3 tax-exempt status). She is using this committee platform to spread political propaganda & it's a disgrace to the other panelists.

.@RepAndyBiggsAZ: "You never ever see characterizations in a list of witnesses <speaking about @RealCandaceO's bio>. This is seemingly going beyond the bounds of what is the norm... This demonstrates animus..."

How can one tell every word out of @RealCandaceO is bullshit? She just said the president is "trying to bring us all together."

.@ZoaKlein is using his platform at the committee to slander @IlhanMN as an anti-Semite and has just misquoted her to make it appear as such.

How can anyone take this committee hearing seriously? We need more panelists like Eileen Hershenov and Kristen Clarke who use FACTS and STATISTICS in reporting the real threat in rising white nationalism/domestic extremism. Mort Klein and Candace Owens are there as a distraction.

Eileen Hershenov just called out @ZoaKlein who incorrectly stated the New Zealand terrorist was a "left-wing" radical and corrected him in stating he was a right-wing extremist.

.@RepMcClintock is now giving his argument on BOTH SIDES. "Legitimate speech being suppressed on college campuses..." NO IT IS NOT.

What this committee has shown me is that the rise of white nationalism and domestic extremism is going nowhere, as its views are deeply rooted within our nation's representatives.

"It was said that we're fear mongering. And the concern of white nationalism is misplaced or "stupid" (referring to what @RealCandaceO said)... Words have consequences. And we owe the American people better rhetoric." - @RepRichmond

"We cant have 1600 Pennsylvania Ave give harbor and empower people to feel that way." - @RepRichmond on Trump empowering white nationalists and hate groups

.@GReschenthaler just brought up @IlhanMN as an anti-Semite

"There should be consequences to members of Congress who make anti-Semitic remarks. It only emboldens others to continue that." @ZoaKlein talking about @IlhanMN

"When it coms to campuses, where there has been constant verbal violations against Jews. Universities refuse to name these people... expel them... when this happens against blacks or gays they are expelled as they should be." @ZoaKlein on campuses allowing BDS protests

"We should study why is it that one half of the world's Muslims have anti-Semitic views... Imams must step up to the plate to make it clear that the Koran must stop promoting hate." @ZoaKlein

"BDS is an anti-Semitic movement... there are rallies about this demonizing Jewish people & the Jewish state of Israel. We need strong federal laws that American governmental bodies will not do business with companies that do business w/ people associated with BDS..." @ZoaKlein

.@GReschenthaler props up @ZoaKlein with his questioning of BDS and his remarks about @IlhanMN

.@RepCicilline just called out @RealCandaceO and @ZoaKlein for using this committee for political purposes and not discussing the facts on the rise of extremism.

.@RepCicilline just called out Facebook on not removing @FaithGoldy's white nationalist / anti-Semitic video that lived on the platform after they implemented their new policy against white nationalist content.

After being asked that the GOP denounce Trump's hateful rhetoric, @RepGregSteube responded that democrats should call out anti-Semitism from those on the left (referencing @IlhanMN).

"There are two thing we need from our leaders... when you have anti-Muslim bans and anti-refugee bans... this is celebrated and emboldens white supremacists." - Eileen Hershenov of @ADL

Damn. @tedlieu just played @RealCandaceO's statement on Hitler.

"We expressed grave concern over those comments." Eileen Hershenov of the @ADL on @RealCandaceO's Hitler apologist remarks.

.@RepArmstrongND yields to @GReschenthaler who then gives times to @RealCandaceO to respond to @tedlieu in playing her Hitler comment. She proceeds to say he thinks "black people are stupid" to which Chairman Nadler interrupts her... and she then argues with @RepJerryNadler 🤦‍♂️

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.@RepValDemings: "I'm glad to see my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and hear their concerns... let's remember a young student who was pistol whipped, tortured, beaten and tied to a fence... today we remember a young man by the name of Matthew Shepard."

.@RepValDemings to FB's Neil Potts and Google's Alexandra Walden : "Would you be willing to submit to an audit?"

"White nationalists are fundraising by live-streaming this hearing... it's really troubling." -@RepMGS

"We need a Justice Dept. that is willing to roll up its sleeves... we know through our own work that law enforcement agencies are ill-equipped and not prepared..." @KristenClarkeJD

"Data collection is so key. Hate crimes go underreported... better data reporting is crucial in the war against hate." @KristenClarkeJD

"Don't use us as props." - Eileen Hershenov of the @ADL

.@LaCongresista to FB and Google: "You have not made me feel any better... in what we are doing to respond to messaging on social media."

"There is a slight increase <in hate crimes>... if you look at the FBI data from 2017, you see that all of this has risen. Jews up 37%...religious attacks... ethnicities, attacks against immigrants and refugees up." - Eileen Kershenov of the @ADL

.@LaCongresista to FB and Google: "I hope you do more."

"A mass murderer who did call out one of the witnesses on this panel (@RealCandaceO) as being an inspiration/the idea that we would give any legitimacy to speech that might in any way trigger that kind of action/I do think it is deeply hurtful for people watching." @RepJayapal

.@RepJayapal correctly stated that the New Zealand terrorist listed @RealCandaceO as an inspiration. And then calls into question why the GOP minority (@repdougcollins) invited her to the committee knowing such.

.@RepLucyMcBath: What resources are needed for the survivors of hate crimes?

Dr. Abu-Salha: Many American states don't have hate crime laws. We have to have hate crime laws in every state. We need to revisit the definition of hate crimes.

Dr. Abu-Salha on @ZoaKlein saying Muslims hate Jews: "I was trained by Jewish professors in medical school. I have Jewish friends. The Jewish community came to our rescue after NZ. Mr. Klein turned this into an Islamaphobic discussion."

"What is a Jewish American vs. an Israeli society? Mr. Klein combined foreign policy w/ today's discussion. I don't have to give any pledge of allegiance to a foreign power to prove my case." -Dr Abu-Salha on @ZoaKlein speaking for political purposes rather than against extremism

"Fighting terrorism has been at the top of the agenda of Muslim Americans. When you single out any groups, Jewish, Christian, Black... you make them more vulnerable." Dr. Abu-Salha

"Education is the key and our way out of this." -@RepDean

"I'm disappointed that that policy is so new." @RepDean on FB's recent update to their policy on white nationalist posts

.@RepLouCorrea: When our political leaders echo white supremacy/white nationalist ideals... does that inspire violence in our streets?

Dr. Abu-Salha: It does. If you are in charge, you are a role model. You represent our country..."

"It would be inspiring for our leaders to be uniting and fair and calculated when they talk about issues... and reinforce solidarity. We are the most diverse country in the world. And if our leaders don't practice that genuinely... we are on a dark path." - Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha

.@RepDMP: What is white nationalism?

Hershevno: It is a euphemism for white supremacy/to keep the dominance of the white race/fear of the imminent genocide of the white race.

Rep: Would white nationalists perceive me as a threat?

Hershevno: As an immigrant, as a Latina... yes

"We had to be placed in lockdown... they were screaming profanities... we had to wait there for a few hours... it was a very threatening and fearful experience for me." - @RepDMP on being targeted by the Proud Boys

"I was trained in medical school by Jewish professors/I have Jewish friends/The Jewish Community came to our rescue & we had an interfaith night after the NZ massacre. I find it troubling that @ZoaKlein turned this conversation into an/Islamaphobic conversation." Dr Abu-Salha

Here is FBs Neil Pott blanking on Faith Goldy's name 🤣
"For groups like, uh, this woman whose name has just slipped my mind/We found out via the user report. We then reviewed her against our policies. And then we were able to remove her & consider her to be a white nationalist."

Watch this interaction between @RepDMP and @ADL's Eileen Hershenov on the simplest definition of white nationalism and whether her family would be considered a threat/target.

Thank you @JacksonLeeTX18 for submitting the following reports at today's hearing:

LA church fires: nytimes.com/2019/04/05/us/…

Hate crimes rise for 3rd consecutive year: nytimes.com/2018/11/13/us/…

226% increase in hate crimes where Trump hosts rallies: washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…