By BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
January 23, 2021 10:05 AM
2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a news conference at the The 9/11 Tribute Museum in New York City, October 29, 2019. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic representative from Hawaii, on Friday expressed concern that a proposed measure to combat domestic terrorism could be used to undermine civil liberties.
Gabbard’s comments came during an appearance on Fox News Primetime when host Brian Kilmeade asked her if she was “surprised they’re pushing forward with this extra surveillance on would-be domestic terror.”
“It’s so dangerous as you guys have been talking about, this is an issue that all Democrats, Republicans, independents, Libertarians should be extremely concerned about, especially because we don’t have to guess about where this goes or how this ends,” Gabbard said.
She continued: “When you have people like former CIA Director John Brennan openly talking about how he’s spoken with or heard from appointees and nominees in the Biden administration who are already starting to look across our country for these types of movements similar to the insurgencies they’ve seen overseas, that in his words, he says make up this unholy alliance of religious extremists, racists, bigots, he lists a few others and at the end, even libertarians.”
She said her concern lies in how officials will define the characteristics they are searching for in potential threats.
“What characteristics are we looking for as we are building this profile of a potential extremist, what are we talking about? Religious extremists, are
we talking about Christians, evangelical Christians, what is a religious extremist? Is it somebody who is pro-life? Where do you take this?” Gabbard said.
She said the proposed legislation could create “a very dangerous undermining of our civil liberties, our freedoms in our Constitution, and a targeting of almost half of the country.”“ You start looking at obviously, have to be a white person, obviously likely male, libertarians, anyone who loves freedom, liberty, maybe has an American flag outside their house, or people who, you know, attended a Trump rally,” Gabbard said.
The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 was introduced in the House earlier this week in the aftermath of rioting at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month that left five dead.
“Unlike after 9/11, the threat that reared its ugly head on January 6th is from domestic terror groups and extremists, often racially-motivated violent individuals,” Representative Brad Schneider (D., Ill.) said in a statement announcing the bipartisan legislation.
“America must be vigilant to combat those radicalized to violence, and the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act gives our government the tools to identify, monitor and thwart their illegal activities. Combatting the threat of domestic terrorism and white supremacy is not a Democratic or Republican issue, not left versus right or urban versus rural. Domestic Terrorism is an American issue, a serious threat the we can and must address together,” he said.
Don’t worry about this… its all a cover for an economic reset. /s
While there is some merit to Stuck’s article, imo, its only part of the package for the NWO. To suggest russia and china are part of the conspiracy to prevent a global collapse economically , I think is silly. Communists don’t trust one another much when vying for top dog positions, its perilous. as displayed in the missing persons photos in the Stalin era, or billionaires being shot in china, or the anti-aircraft firing squad in N Korea.
With communists their whole goal is to subjugate ALL persons to the State and control all means of production and governance. It don’t take a rocket scientist to figure out by looking at where communism is/has been, that this is a playbook thats repeated everywhere. Over thinking the problems often leads to targeting the wrong problem. This is a well orchestrated takeover by the communists who’ve been playing the long game, due much to our self induces complacency and ultimate demise.
To bad Tulsi is quitting as she’s probably the last remaining sane voice within the demoncrap party.
She’s only partly sane. Much like most folks in both useless parties, she “gets it” on some things, and is clueless on others. Personal freedom but not economic freedom, while most on the right favor economic freedom but not personal freedom. That is why libertarians confuse most folks they are talking with because people simply cannot fathom how one could, on principle, favor BOTH personal and economic freedom. Imagine that.
People on the right believe in personal responsibility and Constitutional government.
Not that makes much difference, but I no longer click on links to National Review.
NR once made me laugh, but not any more….
The only terrorists are the useful idiots touting such bizarre and extreme positions against huge swaths of the American people
At the range, I find that I am pretty good at targeting as well.
I used to practice gun control, but ammo is in too short supply to do that anymore. I still believe in gun control – hitting your target with every round.
Calling it the White Genocide Act was determined to be a bit too honest.