Last week, crazed Bernie Sanders fanatic James T. Hodgkinson set out to murder House Republicans. However, the FBI aren’t treating the attempted mass assassination as a terror attack.
Instead, FBI Assistant Director in Charge Andrew Vale said Tuesday that they’re treating it as an “assault”:
“At this time the FBI has assessed that the deceased shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, acted alone. We also assess that there was no nexus to terrorism. The FBI is investigating the shooting as an assault of a member of Congress and assault on a law enforcement officer,” Vale said.
NEW: FBI finds Alexandria shooter acted alone; “does not believe there is a nexus to terrorism” in GOP baseball practice shooting. pic.twitter.com/3SpakJkCXB
— ABC News (@ABC) June 21, 2017
A press release issued by the FBI prior to the press conference also gave no indication of Hodgkinson’s motive. This despite the fact that he had a list of names of six Republican lawmakers in his pocket at the time he opened fire and that he researched the Republican National Convention the night before his attempted assassinations.
Oh, and he was also a member of a Facebook group called “Terminate The Republican Party.”
The FBI must have also missed the part where Hodgkinson actually asked if the members playing baseball were Republicans or Democrats. He only came back to the field with his rifle after he found out it was Republicans.
It wasn’t terrorism? Really?
Isn’t terrorism the act of violence in the pursuit of political aims? I’d say shooting a congressman was almost bang on the definition.
— Kristian Sturt (@FootieWriter) June 21, 2017
…that’s still terrorism.
— Jon Gold (@TheCoolSub) June 21, 2017
It’s domestic terrorism.
— Mythos Mike (@MythosMike) June 21, 2017
How is this NOT terrorism? A specific group was targeted for violence, the definition of terrorism!
— AR-12 (@ARJones12) June 21, 2017
He attempted to commit mass murder expressly for ideological reasons. That is the definition of a terrorist. It doesn’t matter if he’s alone
— Tony (@tony_f70) June 21, 2017
And the tweets go on and on. But of course, liberals on Twitter seem to believe that the FBI’s decision not to categorize Hodgkinson’s attack as terror is a matter of racism:
“…terrorism the act of violence BY A NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN PERSON in pursuit of political aims.” There, fixed it for you.
— Fire Granny Sessions (@Monique_Sonya) June 21, 2017
No terrorism? Wonder what you’d call it if his skin was a bit more……ummmmm, brown?
— Dorothy Zbornak (@RandomRenee_) June 21, 2017
Fixed this for you RT @AP: BREAKING: FBI official says shooter was white
— dildo sven (@AbeBroman) June 21, 2017
That’s strange when one Muslim attacks without support. We call that terrorism. I wonder what the difference is?
— Democracy (@krain723) June 21, 2017
Of course not. He was white. Now had he been brown, terrorist for sure!
— Nevertheless… (@thatianaviana) June 21, 2017
Good grief. Hodgkinson’s attempted mass assassination was absolutely an act of domestic terrorism. The FBI got this one wrong.
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