Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) kept in mind on Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow that the FBI is not tracking violent acts dedicated by persons connected with Antifa or Black Lives Matter, as the Bureau does not classify either leftist group as “domestic terrorist” organization.
Throughout a Home Oversight Hearing on counterterrorism on September 29, Mace asked Timothy Langan, assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Department about the Bureau’s approach to criminality related to Antifa and Black Lives Matter. Langan said the FBI does not categorize Antifa or Black Lives Matter as “domestic terrorist” companies due to the Bureau’s labeling of the two groups as “movements.” He likewise stated the FBI does not identify either leftist group as “anti-government” or “anti-authority” companies.
“It was shocking,” Mace stated of her Langan’s testament. “This belongs to the FBI. We had our 6th hearing on the Oversight Committee on white supremacy and domestic terrorism, and I’m not going to thin down the dangers that are out there with regards to that, but it was our 6th hearing on this. Of course, I’m going to ask concerns about Antifa and Black Lives Matter.”
She remembered,” [The FBI was] talking of America that they do not track acts of violence by these violent groups. [It] is astounding, and even more because inquiry, the FBI then tell me that there have to do with 75 open cases of ‘anti-government-related’ categories. … We have actually all seen the violence over the last 2 years throughout cities around the nation, actually Antifa and Black Lives Matter burning down street corners, ruining business, destroying people’s livelihoods, pulling individuals out of their automobiles and beating them in broad daytime, and we do not track Antifa because– quote– it’s a motion.
“We understand [Antifa] is an organization,” Mace included. “It is a violent organization … and we don’t track Antifa.”
Mace said the Biden administration is not properly prioritizing its counterterrorism resources while noting Attorney general of the United States Merrick Garland’s memo requiring a coordinated effort across all levels of police to resolve what he declaredis “a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and hazards of violence” versus civil servant operating in public schools.
She remarked, “To see what our federal government is doing to parents … when parents simply wish to vent and state [that] teaching these things to our kids is not, okay, and we’re not the opponent.”
“We have enemies within,” she concluded, “but let’s track individuals who are doing the violent acts and concentrate on those [who are] devoting those violent acts, and that’s not what we’re doing. It’s in reverse. … They’re doing it backwards, concentrating on the incorrect people.”
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