Fact check: The Center for Strategic and International Studies found that right-wing extremists were responsible for approximately 67 percent of extremist-related terrorist plots and attacks between 2015 and 2020.
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JD Vance says it's a “statistical fact” that the left commits more political violence.
(newrepublic.com)
I can't think of any recent cases besides the guy that shot Steve Scalise. Do they have a list of cases they're going off, because 67% seems low.
They do, but they're almost all "eco-terrorism" related, which includes property damage as "violent". So basically, every time an environmentalist sabotages logging or mining equipment, it goes on the same list as folks that murder politicians, commit mass shootings, or blow up government buildings.
That’s an interesting point you raise. Could you point me to where I could read a bit more about how those stats are collected? Happy to Google but you seem in the know so figured I’d ask for directions.
I mean, knowing that, I'm a little disappointed that eco terrorism only accounts for less than 33% of all "violent" crime.
Do or do not young padewan, inside you the force is
Probably counting protests as violence...
Lol, I don't think they're counting anything
Well, the ADL reached a conclusion of 75%. Obviously, it somewhat depends on methodology and chosen metrics.
The ADL has no credibility though. They count saying 'free Palestine' as an anti-Semitic attack, even when a Jew says it.
You'll perhaps recall that the ADL wasn't the source I originally used.
They were literally responding to you saying, "Well, the ADL reached a conclusion of 75%." so they can be forgiven for idk... mentioning the ADL.
@xxce2AAb@feddit.dk Knows their numbers
https://www.csis.org/analysis/war-comes-home-evolution-domestic-terrorism-united-states
Between 2008 and 2017 right wing was 71% of all terrorist incidents. Muslim extremism was 26%, left wing extremism was 3%.
It is a "statistical fact" that JD Vance suckles cow udders for sexual pleasure
::couch looking on hot with jealousy::
It's a statistical fact that JD Vance is a fucking liar, and that fascists won't let the facts get in the way of a useful narrative.
Hey Couch Fucker,
But then again the politically violent right world never let facts get in the way of calling for political violence.
Also, highly unethical to be hosting a white supremacist podcast while being the vice president.
“If you look at the problem, the problem is on the left. It’s not on the right,”
ORLY?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Charlie_Kirk
"Robinson's grandmother said the entire family are Republicans and Trump supporters.[86] Robinson was registered to vote but not affiliated with any party, and there is no record of him voting in Washington County (of which St. George is the county seat).[1] Robinson had no criminal record prior to his arrest.[87]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators
"Federal charging documents described Boelter as acting with "the intent to kill, injure, harass, and intimidate Minnesota legislators".[6] His anti-abortion views are considered a possible motive.[50] Boelter was registered to vote in Oklahoma as a Republican for the 2004 United States presidential election, though on a state document in 2019, Boelter wrote that he had "no party preference".[8] A longtime Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, resident who knew Boelter as a fourth-grade student in his childhood town since 1976, told reporters he was stunned to learn that Boelter is a suspect in the attacks. He described Boelter as "a conservative who voted for President Donald Trump and was strongly against abortion rights""
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Florida
"Routh had a history of political activity online and offline, with his political engagement dating back to at least 1989.[34] Voting records showed that he did not vote in the 2016 elections,[35] but in a 2020 Twitter post, he claimed to have voted for Trump in 2016 and later regretted it.[36] In a self-published ebook in 2023, he wrote about his supposed previous support for Trump, saying, "I am man enough to say that I misjudged and made a terrible mistake."[37]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Pennsylvania
"FBI deputy director Paul Abbate described Crooks's activity on social networking services as antisemitic, anti-immigrant, extreme, and espousing political violence.[138] Crooks's Internet activity before the attack included searches related to the 2021 Oxford High School shooting and for other politicians and their events.[139]
He was a registered Republican;[129][140][141] his voter registration had been active since September 2021, the month he turned 18.[142][129]"
Is it now?
Care to share any statistical data that supports that assertion? What a doofus.
Not a doofus, a stochastic terrorist. Which- it’s hilarious seeing the right misuse that term since learning it a week ago
Por que no los dos?
Not according to every single intelligence agency or law enforcement study that's been done in the US. The data all indicates that the right is orders of magnitude more prone to committing politically motivated violence.
If you're gonna cite statistics, you better have receipts.
Why? No one he's talking to cares what's on those receipts.
Just not backed up by any numbers or data.
Distraction, distraction, distraction.
This was dropped at the same day as the kirk shooting. I think it's interesting that we didn't hear about the Prince Andrew part when trump is visiting the UK today.
The cache of more than 18,000 emails directly contradicts Maxwell's recent statements to federal investigators and undermines her longstanding claim that she distanced herself from Epstein after the early 2000s.
Here is one of the mentions of Trump:
Trump’s name surfaced again around the time Epstein was making an intense backchannel lobbying effort to get federal prosecutors to drop their case against him. It was in an email dated Aug. 23, 2007, a month before Epstein signed the non-prosecution agreement with the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida that ended the federal component of the Epstein investigation.
The emails indicate that Maxwell may have been referring to a team of reporters covering Epstein who she expected would be seeking information from Trump; from Abe Gosman, the late healthcare magnate whose palatial property sold to Trump for $41 million after a heated bidding war with Epstein; from court documents in West Palm Beach; and from Joel Pashcow, the Palm Beach police and fire foundation board member who’d traveled on Epstein’s private jet. Pashcow did not respond to a request for comment.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-jeffrey-epstein-emails-ghislaine-maxwell/
Here is Prince Andrew:
The unsealed documents released Thursday also contain allegations that Jane Doe 3 — whose allegations match those of Giuffre — was "forced" to have sexual relations with Prince Andrew on Epstein’s private island in what was described as "an orgy" with numerous other under-aged girls. It does not specify the year. The woman was allegedly instructed by Epstein to "give the Prince whatever he demanded" and "report back to him on the details of the sexual abuse."
The email proves he knew Epstein at least as long as Epestein had the island up and running.
Where is the source for his bullshit? Oh. Let me guess. "Trust me bro"
Facts he made up?
It's a statistical fact that JD Vance is a schmuck
what's to stop people from taking the stance "well if they're going to claim it, might as well make it true"?
It's like rage bait, but it's successful because it's just such bullshit
Must be the same facts used to link vaccines to autism.
It's scientific fact. There's no evidence for it, but it is scientific fact.
You can try to fact check this but it doesn't matter he'll just ignore you and keep repeating this until most people believe it's true
It isn't a fact though.
Source: I made it the fuck up. -VP of couch molestation
Cool. That means there's data to see. Show those statistics and cite your sources.
Fucking dumb shit liar
Yeah, and you should act accordingly hillbilly Hitler. Got good life insurance?
Vance is a dumbass. News at 11.
JD says an awful lot of stupid shit lately. ..