US EditionTrump Ally's Claim About 'Left-Wing Violence' Just Doesn't Add Up
Former DHS official Wolf testified that left-wing extremist violence has risen sharply, with fatalities up nearly 150 percent, challenging prior focus on white supremacist threats.
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Trump ally's claim about 'left-wing violence' just doesn't add up
Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf’s appearance before a Senate hearing on political violence this week resurfaced inconvenient remarks for a witness called by Republicans intent on painting rising political violence as a left-wing problem.Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) read back Wolf’s Senate testimony from five years ago. “White supremacist extremists, from a lethality standpoint over the last two years … are certainly the most pe…
Trump ally told us 'look at the data' on left-wing violence — we did and it doesn't add up
Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf’s appearance before a Senate hearing on political violence this week resurfaced inconvenient remarks for a witness called by Republicans intent on painting rising political violence as a left-wing problem.Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) read back Wolf’s Senate testimony from five years ago. “White supremacist extremists, from a lethality standpoint over the last two years … are certainly the most pe…
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