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Tulsi Gabbard: Domestic terrorism bill ‘targets almost half of the country’
Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic representative from Hawaii, on Friday expressed his 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 that they want to move forward with this extra surveillance of possible domestic terror.” “It’s as dangerous as you ‘ve already talked about, it’s an issue that all Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians should be concerned about, especially since we do not have to guess where it’s going or how it ends,” Gabbard said. She continued: ‘When people like former CIA director John Brennan talk openly about how he has spoken to or nominated candidates or nominees in the Biden administration for these kinds of movements similar to the uprisings they are doing across our country start searching. Abroad, he saw that in his words he was forming this unholy alliance of religious extremists, racists, bigots; he mentions a few others and in the end even libertarians. She said her concern was how officials would define the qualities they were looking for in potential threats. “What qualities are we looking for when we build this profile of a potential extremist, what are we talking about? Religious extremists, we are talking about Christians, evangelical Christians, what is a religious extremist? Is this someone who is pro-life? Where are you taking it? Gabbard said. She said the proposed legislation could create a very dangerous undermining of our civil liberties, our freedoms in our Constitution and a target of almost half of the country. ” You’re starting to look natural, must be a white person, probably men, libertarians, anyone who loves freedom, freedom, maybe has an American flag outside their house, or people who, as you know, have a Trump rally attended, “Gabbard said. said. The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 was introduced in the House earlier this week in the aftermath of the riots at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. “Unlike after 9/11, the threat that erupted on January 6 was from domestic terrorist groups and extremists, often racially motivated violent individuals,” Representative Brad Schneider (D., Ill.) Said in a statement. he announced the dichotomy. law. ‘America must be vigilant in combating those who radicalize into violence, and the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act gives our government the tools to identify, monitor and stop their illegal activities. Combating the threat of domestic terrorism and white supremacy is not a democratic or Republican issue, neither left versus right nor urban versus rural. “Domestic terrorism is an American issue, a serious threat that we can and must address together,” he said.