Posted on 02/15/2021 10:03:13 AM PST by RandFan
Members of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of fiscally conservative Democrats, are calling for the passage of two bills aimed at combating national security threats in the wake of the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The group of moderate Democrats argues that additional action needs to be taken to prevent similar instances in the future and hold those responsible for the attack accountable, opting to officially endorse Rep. Brad Schneider’s (D-Ill.) Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act and Rep. Stephanie Murphy’s (D-Fla.) Security Clearance Improvement Act.
Murphy’s bill would bar those who took part in the riot and those who support QAnon — a sprawling conspiracy theory that centers around the baseless belief that former President Trump and his allies are working with the military to expose a shadowy cabal of elites who control U.S. politics and run child trafficking rings — from obtaining or maintaining a federal security clearance.
Murphy, a co-chairwoman of the coalition, argued that steps need to be taken to prevent conspiracy theories from infiltrating the government.
“As a former national security specialist at the Pentagon, I know how dangerous it is for individuals who participated in a violent attempt to overthrow our government to receive a security clearance and access classified information,” she said in a statement.
“QAnon has spread far beyond the fringes, and we must now take steps to ensure these dangerous conspiracy theories don’t infiltrate our government. Holding a security clearance is a privilege, not a right.”
Schneider’s bill, which he recently reintroduced, would authorize offices within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that would be tasked with investigating and prosecuting instances of domestic terror and would require the agencies to provide Congress with a biannual report on their threat assessments, with a focus on white supremacists.
The Illinois Democrat said he feels that the increase in resources to monitor domestic terrorism has been evident since the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, with the attack on the Capitol shining a light on the gravity of the threats the country faces.
“The threat of domestic terrorism has never before been as stark as it is now, in the wake of the January 6th attack on the Capitol,” he said in a statement. “Since 2017, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act has been ahead of the curve in recognizing the threat of racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism and offering clear steps in how to prevent its spread.”
The calls for the House to act on the measures come just over a month after a mob of supporters of former President Trump stormed the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of President Biden's Electoral College victory, resulting in multiple deaths including that of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick.
Lawmakers are continuing to grapple with the aftermath of the attack with Congress expected to launch investigations into how the Capitol was breached.
Trump was impeached by the House on a single article saying he incited the riot with a speech to the mob that morning.
The Senate voted to acquit the former president 57-43 on Saturday, falling short of the 67 votes needed to convict Trump.
The Unicorn Coalition?
The republicons will be all in, of course.
The great purge.
Has anybody else noticed that almost without fail January 6 is always described as a “deadly” event?
“As a former national security specialist at the Pentagon...”
Ie..a clerk.
“Blue dogs...”
Annoying as blue balls.
the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, with the attack on the Capitol
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Both of them staged events to paint patriots as dangerous.
My CIA Congresscritter will no doubt sign onto this.
What “deadly insurrection?”
These lying, Rat scumbags are pushing the BS Capital meme a bit too far.
What “moderate democrats?”
Stephanie Murphie? Sounds like a nice Irish girl. How about her real name...”Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung” She is a Vietnamese boat person, stabbing America in the back.
Every war leads to a wave of refugees from that country. They turn on us when they come here. THAT is reason number one to stop these idiotic adventure wars.
MS-13 came from El Salvador. Afghans, Syrians, Iraqis, Vietnamese, Ukrainians, Somali skinnies from Blackhawk down, you name it, they flood in.
Play with a turd, get poop on your fingers.
If you recall, the Left initiated the attack against the KKK idiots, and then a KKK driver panicked and killed a Leftist with his car.
But God forbid others were against the destruction of history.
He better watch out they’ll be doing this to him
Democrats weren’t happy with this guys votes on abortion and on being the only democrat to vote NO on allowing men to to call themselves a women and compete with women in college sports.
In the 3rd Congressional district looks like Daniel Lipinski will lost because of redistricting. Which had previously included adjacent Chicago city wards to his 23rd in a district that dealt exclusively with city issues such as a subway L service and the Stevenson Expressway Wards which were reliable Dan’s father William O Lipinski supporters but since nost had areas with hispanic last names those areas were redistrcted and assigned to Gutieriez’s district.
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There are no Blue Dogs. You know this. The last 3 pro-life Democrats got zotted in 2020: Peterson lost, McAdams lost (to our future GOP star in Burgess Owens), and Lipinski got primaried.
You forgot "insurrection". They can't start knocking us off without that "insurrection" label.
How do they define “support Qanon”? Would that be anyone who shared or commented on a post/article that could be ultimately traced to a Qanon site? Anyone who visited a site that has at one time linked to a Qanon post/article? Anyone who interacts with others who interact with Qanon sites? The possibilities are endless (which is precisely the intent).
“Hold those responsible for the attack accountable.” There were already laws on the books. They cannot the “circle back” the create new, ex post facto laws.
Correct - there are no blue dogs any more. Probably the last was Zell Miller.
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