WHEELER: The Democrat Case for War on America

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The Biden Administration, Democrats, and their allies in the media are making a case for war. Immediately following Biden’s inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a national warning about a domestic threat for the first time in its history: 

“Ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence,” stated the DHS warning.

The White House spokesman, Jen Psaki, declared that “the rise of domestic violent extremism is a serious and growing national security threat.” 

Jake Sullivan stated in his first press conference as Biden’s National Security Advisor that “domestic violent extremists” are a top national security priority.

Who are these “domestic violent extremists?”  Democrat Representative Sheila Jackson Lee provided one definition in a March 2nd tweet:

“In Washington DC on January 6th, where it is alleged that 40,000 protesters were in DC with the mindset to overturn a legitimate election & to kill the Speaker, the Vice President, and Members of Congress, in that instance, only 300 persons have now been arrested and are being prosecuted.” 

In short, the party that encouraged and even bailed rioters out of jail last year, wants peaceful protestors prosecuted for beliefs Democrats say are dangerous.

And according to the Washington Post, Democrats say that Trump supporters are even more dangerous than extremist Muslim terrorists:  

“The Jan. 6 attack has left many lawmakers, and especially Democrats, insisting domestic terrorism has eclipsed the threat from foreign actors such as the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.”

The reason this appears to be a casus belli is that Democrats who objected when President Bush used powers granted under the Patriot Act to spy on Islamic terrorists now insist on granting greater spy powers for the Biden Administration to pursue American citizens. 

According to the Post, the new mission for Biden’s DHS is to turn its investigative powers “inward” and “protect Americans from other Americans.” An odd choice of policy for a man who ran on “unifying the country.” 

The January 6th riot at the Capitol might seem like a convenient excuse but Democrats have been categorizing their political opposition in stark terms for a long time. In 2011 for example, then Vice-President Biden said that “Tea Party Republicans” were “acting like terrorists.”  

If one is inclined to believe that the Biden Administration’s focus is on just a few violent and racist militias they say are terrorizing the country, recall who else Democrats say are engaged in “systemic racism” – local police departments and county sheriffs.  

Last year while police officers were being shot in Los Angeles, Louisville, and elsewhere, Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters were celebrating. Democrats, including Kamala Harris, were raising funds to bail them out of jail, calling for police departments to be defunded, and accusing local police of committing genocide against minorities.  

If last year did not claim enough ironical paradoxes, here is an important one to ponder:

While Democrats were calling Trump supporters dangerous, police departments systemically racist, and painting the nation’s history with disdain, an academic report that was released last summer warned that armed and dangerous left-wing militias were the real threat. 

The “Contagion and Ideology Report,” presented by the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, refers to groups such as Redneck Revolt, Antifa, John Brown Gun Club, and a host of others, as “anarcho-socialist extremists.”

These are some of the groups that Democrats describe as “peaceful protestors.” 

The Miller Center is made up of academics and though they call their findings “preliminary” and recommend more investigation, the study produced evidence that contradicts the “peaceful protester” narrative of Democrats and the media.

“We find evidence that violent anarcho-socialist networks played an active online role in preparing for and coordinating real-world riots nation-wide and in real-time,” the report states.

While the Democrats are focusing the nation’s intelligence resources on conservatives, the Rutgers University report provides an ominous warning: 

“These data hint that insurgent behavior, stochastic terror, and even attacks on vital infrastructure may be fomenting, and even indicate the possibility of a mass-casualty event.”

All of this raises serious questions about the motives of Democrats wanting to focus on conservatives who they claim are a threat and ignore left-wing extremists that have participated in the violence. Perhaps Democrats view Antifa as a suitable replacement for the police they are defunding.

Scott Wheeler

Scott Wheeler is an accomplished and diverse investigative reporter having worked in many mediums as a newspaper reporter and editor, as well as chief correspondent for American Investigator Television Magazine. Wheeler has authored two books and has produced 17 television documentaries. At least two times Wheeler’s reports have been on the desk of the President of the United States, sent by Congress with requests for investigation. Wheeler’s work has invoked investigations by national federal agencies, as well as by foreign governments. Wheeler has been a contributor to Forbes Magazine, The Washington Times, The Hill, The Washington Examiner and other publications.