'After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans worried for years about the increasing number of domestic terrorism attacks by radical Islamists.
However, in the past seven years, most terrorist attacks in the United States, “probably two-thirds to three-fourths, would be categorized by the FBI and by a University of Maryland project as right-wing terrorism,” said Brandon Prins, professor and director of graduate studies in the University of Tennessee's political science department. He was the guest speaker at a recent League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge luncheon.
“In the United States, Islamic terrorism attacks have been eclipsed by white nationalist violence that we see more of today,” he said.'
Acts of rightwing domestic terrorism stoked by Russian misinformation campaigns as propagated by Fox ‘news’ and Republican members of Congress.
However, in the past seven years, most terrorist attacks in the United States, “probably two-thirds to three-fourths, would be categorized by the FBI and by a University of Maryland project as right-wing terrorism,” said Brandon Prins, professor and director of graduate studies in the University of Tennessee's political science department. He was the guest speaker at a recent League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge luncheon.
“In the United States, Islamic terrorism attacks have been eclipsed by white nationalist violence that we see more of today,” he said.'
UT professor to Oak Ridge League: Most recent terrorist attacks in U.S. made by right-wing groups
Most terrorist attacks in the U.S. in the last seven years have been made by right-wing groups, a professor told the Oak Ridge League of Women Voters.
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Acts of rightwing domestic terrorism stoked by Russian misinformation campaigns as propagated by Fox ‘news’ and Republican members of Congress.
