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Ritchie Torres: “Even though White Supremacist violence has been the dominant driver of domestic terrorism in the United States for…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2021
Even though White Supremacist violence has been the dominant driver of domestic terrorism in the United States for decades, the Federal Government did not designate a White Supremacist group as a terrorist organization until 2020.
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

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Torres highlights the delayed federal response to White Supremacist violence.

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