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FBI director: White supremacy a 'persistent, pervasive threat'
The Hill ^ | 04/04/19 | Zack Budryk

Posted on 04/04/2019 10:35:35 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday told lawmakers that white supremacist violence is a “persistent” and “pervasive” threat in the U.S.

"The danger, I think, of white supremacists, violent extremism or another kind of extremism is of course significant," Wray said at an FBI budget request hearing before the House Appropriations Committee.

"We assess that it is a persistent, pervasive threat," he said. "We tackle it both through our joint terrorism task forces on the domestic terrorism side as well as through our civil rights program on the civil side through hate crime enforcement."

Wray’s comments follow those of President Trump, who said after last month's mass shooting in New Zealand that white supremacists were “a small group of people that have very, very serious problems.”

Trump sparked controversy in 2017 after a deadly Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally when he said there "some very fine people on both sides."

The House Judiciary Committee announced it will hold a hearing on white nationalism and hate crimes on Tuesday.

"This hearing will examine hate crimes, the impact white nationalist groups have on American communities and the spread of white identity ideology,” the panel said in a statement. “The hearing will also foster ideas about what social media companies can do to stem white nationalist propaganda and hate speech online."

An indictment unsealed last week found that federal investigators have filed criminal charges for murder, assault and kidnapping against 18 members and associates of a violent Alaska-based white supremacist gang.


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KEYWORDS: fbi; hatecrime; whitesupremacy; wray
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To: Jim Noble

I live in the deep South (Alabama). I am rural, surrounded by red necks and good ‘ol boys. I don’t know any white supremacists. Have not seen a klansman in years. Lot’s of Patriots black and white. We all just want everyone to go sit in a corner and color.


21 posted on 04/04/2019 10:54:22 AM PDT by Himyar (Comes A Stillness)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

22 posted on 04/04/2019 10:55:39 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh... is it white supremacists that are attacking people in MAGA hats?

Is it white supremacists who are stalking people at their workplace and restaurants hounding them down (and attacking them?

Is it white supremacists who are deplatforming people and banning them from getting bank accounts or having a presence on the internet?

If so - I completely agree with the FBI director.


23 posted on 04/04/2019 10:58:36 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: GOPJ
What I want to know about are the 'hate crime' statistics.

When a 'hate crime' is determined to be a hoax, is it removed from the record as a 'hate crime' or is it still counted as a 'hate crime'?

If we're going to keep a list of 'hate crimes' we should also include a list of 'hate crime' hoaxes.

24 posted on 04/04/2019 11:01:45 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Violent “progressives” vs violent “white supremacist” (as defined by progressives being pretty much anything that’s not them)

Which is actually doing more? Which feels safer acting up because they’ve got more tall grass to hide in?

So-called “progressives”.

Then there’s comparing the numbers of violent Muslims vs the numbers of violent “white supremacist” ...

Muslims by a much larger margin.


25 posted on 04/04/2019 11:01:51 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: BenLurkin

Your proverbial Illinois Nazis have no allies, no tall grass to hide in.

Quite unlike the Left or Muslims.


26 posted on 04/04/2019 11:03:57 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: yesthatjallen

Blah blah blah


27 posted on 04/04/2019 11:04:19 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Ultimately it’ll just be anyone who isn’t Woke.


28 posted on 04/04/2019 11:05:14 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: cuban leaf

That was Charlottesville Virginia, city of Hate.


29 posted on 04/04/2019 11:06:03 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: yesthatjallen

If by “White Supremacy” they mean “White Liberalism”, I wholeheartedly agree.


30 posted on 04/04/2019 11:06:21 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: Skywise

Of the murder last year in Chicago, Detroit, LA and NYC, I wonder how many were committed by White Nationalists.


31 posted on 04/04/2019 11:07:53 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Maskot

Wray was another terrible pick and a wasted opportunity. A deep State hack of the worst order. I remember a couple of months after he was confirmed he made a big show and railed against the Russian meddling in the 16 elections. Just another Rat tool pretending to be a Republican.


32 posted on 04/04/2019 11:09:24 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: yesthatjallen

An FBI Director who actually believes this crap should removed from his job immediately...


33 posted on 04/04/2019 11:11:13 AM PDT by MCEscherHammer
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To: All

Tell me about all these “white suprematists” participating in the “knockout game”.....Oh, wait....


34 posted on 04/04/2019 11:11:29 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Donald Trump seems to have a knack for picking the exact WRONG person for the job. I don’t know if it’s bad advice or Trump himself, but he better figure it out.

Wray is a Sessions. GET RID OF HIM!


35 posted on 04/04/2019 11:16:16 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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The Hill just can't pass up a chance to repeat that old canard ....

...Trump sparked controversy in 2017 after a deadly Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally when he said there "some very fine people on both sides."

If you read the whole statement, the President was speaking about the peaceful protestors who were there on both sides. But his statement has be disected by the MSM and every other lover of Antifa and the violent left as somehow referring to the guy behind the wheel.

36 posted on 04/04/2019 11:16:31 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: yesthatjallen

Wake me up when House democrats investigate antifa, Islamic terrorism, left wing terrorism, illegal alien invasion, and George Soros bankrolling ALL of the above.


37 posted on 04/04/2019 11:17:51 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: yesthatjallen

Maybe Wray is talking about the left creating “safe spaces” that is no different then excluding groups from socializing around drinking fountains? /s


38 posted on 04/04/2019 11:18:33 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: faucetman

Wray is a Sessions. GET RID OF HIM!

He’s worse than that. He’s a Comey.


39 posted on 04/04/2019 11:18:51 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: yesthatjallen

This is part of their 2020 meme

https://www.neonrevolt.com/2019/03/31/they-want-the-keys-to-the-kingdom-unmasking-obamainwhiteface-petebuttigieg-with-the-help-of-sorosrentboy-franklinleonard-qanon-greatawakening-blacklistanon-neonrevolt/


40 posted on 04/04/2019 11:20:53 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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