Thread by @ZhiZhuWeb

"many of the Oath Keepers present at the Capitol were military veterans. The U.S. government is unintentionally training its own insurrectionists"
~Clint Watts @selectedwisdom

#Jan6th
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"the Oath Keepers prepared to carry out terrorism — violence in pursuit of political change — unlike anything the United States has witnessed in recent history."

#Jan6th
#OathKeepers
#DomesticTerrorism
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"Unlike in the case of international terrorism, where the US State Dept designates foreign terrorist organizations so that the Justice Department can then preemptively pursue investigations based on affiliations, no such designation process exists for domestic terror groups"

"At the moment, extremist groups... are not trying to overthrow the government violently — they’re trying to take it over at the ballot box. Oath Keepers ... Proud Boys, white supremacists & neo-Nazis are running in elections, too.

What is extreme when extremists are in power?"

"But if members of Congress ... or if those elected to office are members of the same extremist groups participating in insurrections, the silent majority will be overtaken by a violent minority."

#Jan6Insurrection
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"The federal government must decide beyond cases at the individual level which ideologies and corresponding groups conducting or advocating violence to overthrow the government — in plain sight — are domestic terror groups."

#Oathkeepers #ProudBoys
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