Members of Congress want domestic terrorism punishments to be as harsh as they are for international groups
Since the incident at the US Capitol Building on January 6th, calls for new domestic terror laws are growing. President Biden and plenty of other US politicians have made it clear that they view the demonstrators who entered the Capitol as “domestic terrorists.”
In Congress, there is bipartisan support to increase penalties for domestic terror convictions that put them on the same level as laws targeting international groups, like ISIS and al-Qaeda.
On Thursday, a bipartisan majority of the House Homeland Security Committee endorsed the idea of domestic terror laws. US lawmakers heard from so-called experts who claimed there was a “high likelihood” that another “domestic terrorist attack” would occur soon.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling for new domestic terror laws. “I think it sends a strong message about where Congress is, that we’re going to treat domestic terrorism on an equal plane as international terrorism,” he said.
Domestic terror legislation has been introduced in Congress that would establish domestic terror offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the FBI. But with talks of increasing penalties for domestic terror convictions in Congress, more legislation could be introduced that would have grave implications for free speech and the First Amendment.
President Biden has previously bragged that the Patriot Act was based on a domestic terror bill he authored after the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. “I drafted a terrorism bill after the Oklahoma City bombing. And the bill John Ashcroft sent up was my bill,” Biden said in 2001, referring to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft. A bill that is similar to the Patriot Act that targets domestic terror groups could be in the works.
#1: Darkwing To: Ada (#0)
Darkwing posted on 2021-02-08 12:38:22 Reply Private Reply
#2: Lod To: Ada (#0)
Lod posted on 2021-02-08 13:50:31 Reply Private Reply
#3: Esso To: Lod, 4um (#2)
I had a bizarre dream about an Irish Setter the other night.
Sincerely, Osama bin Esso.
Esso posted on 2021-02-08 14:22:23 Reply Private Reply
#4: Esso To: Lod (#2)
Funny, that. Why am I not laughing?
Esso posted on 2021-02-08 14:25:16 Reply Private Reply
#5: Lod To: Esso (#4)
Son, this is no laughing matter, now go to your room.
Lod posted on 2021-02-08 15:18:07 Reply Private Reply
#6: Esso To: Lod (#5)
Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been told all day. I guess that I don't have the "authority, right, family ties," whatever. Arlington's out without divine intervention. Unless his bitter ex-wife steps in, Chance gets a pauper's funeral.
I'll depress my sights and start working locally, but that too, may come to no fruition.
I could fix this problem given a bit of latitude. The "Great Reset" sucks.
Esso posted on 2021-02-08 15:37:33 Reply Private Reply
#7: Lod To: Esso (#6)
I told'em to keep the ashes.
Lod posted on 2021-02-08 16:26:52 Reply Private Reply
#8: Esso To: Lod (#7)
It just doesn't matter. They can all eat my asshole.
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I know what happened to Kyle, I don't need any schooling.
Esso posted on 2021-02-08 16:48:58 Reply Private Reply