The Dept of Homeland Security identified white nationalists as the most significant domestic terrorist threat within the US. Findings highlight the significance of white nationalists as a persistent and lethal threat within the US.
1.Threat Assessment: White supremacy extremism accounted for more fatal attacks in the US than any other domestic violent extremist group.White supremacists caused the majority of related deaths, accounting for 40 of 48 fatalities.
DHS concluded that white supremacists aka Republicans remain the most persistent & lethal threat within the homeland.
The intelligence community emphasized that narratives related to election lies aka #TheBigLie, the violent breach of the Capitol & conspiracy theories promoting violence spur domestic violent extremists to engage in violence. Small groups of extremists, radicalized independently online, pose significant challenges. Racially motivated extremists & militia groups present the most lethal threat across the US.
