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Murders and Attacks
Right-wing terror and the rise of white nationalism are the current biggest terrorist threats in the United States, constituting a majority of domestic terrorist cases.
- ADL 18
- The number of white supremacist murders in the United States more than doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year
- This far surpasses murders committed by domestic Islamic extremists and making 2017 the fifth deadliest year on record for extremist violence since 1970.
- ADL 2019
- Heat map documenting extremist attacks from 2002-2019.
- Surprise! A vast majority of attacks are motivated by some sort of “right-wing” cause.
- In 2019, there has been 1 “left-wing” attack. In 2018, there were reportedly zero. Business Insider even did a piece on this.
- Government Accountability Office (GAO) 17
- A different analysis based on statistics from the United States Extremist Crime Database which includes foreign and domestic terrorism.
- "The total number of fatalities is about the same for far right wing violent extremists and radical Islamist violent extremists over the approximately 15-year period (106 and 119, respectively)."
- “There were no attacks since 1990 by persons associated with extreme leftist ideologies that resulted in fatalities to non-perpetrators.”
- The Investigative Fund: Neiwert et al. 17
- Independent researches conclude the same thing: domestic terrorism is primarily motivated by right-wing causes.
- More Info: map with methodology of recorded instances of terrorism:
- Sivak 17
- A fact check of the ADL statistics (hint: they’re accurate)
- The Daily Caller News Foundation (a right-wing news organization founded by Tucker Carlson) conducted an independent analysis of domestic extremism for the same 10-year time frame as the ADL.
- “Our findings support the ADL statistic. Using their definition of right-wing extremists, we found that 92 percent of ideologically motivated homicide incidents were committed with a right-wing extremist or white supremacist motive.”
- Data is based on START homicide statistics
- Here’s a basic summary:
- A fact check of the ADL statistics (hint: they’re accurate)
