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This Department of Homeland Security official spells out who is the “real threat” in Donald Trump’s America — both in terms of their stated ideology; and the increasing number of lives taken because of their stated ideology.
Trump was warned of this growing, and very real domestic threat posed by “right-wing domestic terrorists” ...
And Trump couldn’t care less.
Trump is ignoring right-wing extremists who 'want to start a race war,' former DHS official says
by Suzanne Smalley, Yahoo News; www.msn.com — Aug 28, 2020
A former Department of Homeland Security official under President Trump told Yahoo News Friday that she is alarmed by the way the administration has ignored and even downplayed the growing threat posed by right-wing domestic terrorists, whom she said are “hands down” a far graver threat to American lives than left-wing protest groups such as antifa.
Elizabeth Neumann, a political appointee who recently stepped down as assistant secretary for threat prevention and security policy at DHS, said she was disappointed by the portrayal by speakers at the Republican National Convention of lawless Democratic cities — even as nothing was said about extreme right-wing domestic terrorists and white supremacists.
“It is completely a sideshow to distract from the real threat and it’s extremely dangerous,” Neumann said on “Skullduggery,” a Yahoo News podcast, of the administration’s posture. “There are multiple arrests that the FBI has conducted in the last few months at these peaceful protests where you have right-wing extremists coming in trying to take advantage of the cover of the protests to carry out these violent acts and they are trying to start a race war. They’re very clear about their ideology and what they’re trying to do and we won't say it. We won’t call it like it is and that’s a problem.”
An expert on domestic terrorism, Neumann also worked on homeland security issues in the administration of George W. Bush administration. She said she is alarmed by the dramatic increase in white supremacist activity and the speed with which these groups have been able to win recruits.
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Ms Neumann recently joined Miles Taylor, as yet another former Trump-appointed Administration official — who will be voting for Joe Biden. Seeing Trump’s incompetence firsthand, has made them do a 180, for the sake of the country.
The Lead — Source: CNN
Elizabeth Neumann, President Donald Trump's former secretary of Homeland Security, says that the President is intentionally trying to scare people with his divisive language.
[Interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper]
Miles let it be known that there will be a “big announcement after Labor Day” — about even MORE former Trump officials, who will be joining them in their public denouncements of Donald Trump.
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[Interview with CNN’s Andersen Cooper — as reposted by RVAT]
Andersen Cooper asks Elizabeth Neumann, the former Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention in Trump's DHS, about how receptive Trump's White House was to warnings about threats from domestic extremists.
Are you a Republican, ex-Republican, or Trump-voter who won’t support the president this November?
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Ms. Neumann is no bleeding-heart liberal — far from it. But she has decided to put her personal ideology on hold for now. For the sake of protecting the nation, from the danger that is Donald Trump.
She is urging other fact-based Conservatives to do the same. Urging them to vote for Biden for the sake of the nation.
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