
Because of everything that's happened this week, I've been coming back to the legal definition of domestic terrorism. Here it is:
(5) the term âdomestic terrorismâ means activities thatâ
(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intendedâ
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
Abortion clinic attacks are one of the most insidious examples of domestic terrorism. And violent white nationalismâwhich the Equivocator in Chief has failed, on multiple occasions, to disavowâcertainly fits the definition.
The United States has long held anti-terrorism rhetoric when it comes to foreign policy. We've been less willing to acknowledge what domestic terrorism really looks like. This is what it looks like. There aren't two sides to it.