Cato Institute: Politically Motivated Violence Data

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The libertarian Cato Institute provides context about politically motivated violence in the US. Their conclusion is that it’s rare.

Only 81 happened since 2020, accounting for 0.07 percent of all murders during that time, or 7 out of 10,000.

Any violence is too much, but we live in a nation with lots of ammosexuals who want their 15 minutes of fame for killing somebody.

Here’s their breakdown of all the politically motivated murders in the last 50 years:

 

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They should take a look at project 2025 and the heritage foundation

 

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The DOJ doesn’t like the data that shows right wing people commit more politically motivated murders than left wing people, so the data was removed. Typical MAGA sheep action.

DOJ quietly removes study showing right wing attacks ‘outpace’ those by left

The 2024 study, in which several criminal justice researchers reviewed National Institute of Justice data, found far more instances of deaths credited to right-wing groups.

The removal of the study was first reported Tuesday by 404 Media, which credited Daniel Malmer, a Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who is studying extremism, with first noticing the removal of the study Sept. 13.

The Justice Department did not respond to request for comment on the removal of the study, but the page now says the department is “reviewing its websites … in accordance with recent Executive Orders.”

It’s not clear which executive orders would require such action.

 

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Who's inciting violence?

On January 6, 2021, a defeated and desperate Donald J. Trump told his fanatical followers, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” A MAGA mob marched to the Capitol and attempted to lynch Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other leaders. It was the worst act of violence against the pillars of American democracy since the Civil War. In his second term, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 insurrectionists convicted for their violent actions that day.

Trump has encouraged his supporters to assault journalists, and even made comments that could at least be interpreted as suggesting that he wouldn’t mind seeing members of the media killed. He has repeatedly urged police and other law enforcement agents to inflict violence on suspects, and in 2017, made the extraordinary announcement that there were “some very fine people” among the rioters who terrorized the university town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

He has advocated using the military against domestic protesters. In 2020, amid the George Floyd uprising, Trump approvingly quoted a Southern police chief from the 1960s who said, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” This year, he actually sent the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, DC, to intimidate residents resisting his authoritarian administration.

He renamed the Defense Department the Department of War, and then posted on social media that Chicago was about to find out why it had been renamed.

Trump has said that a number of his political opponents should be prosecuted for treason (a capital offense). He has suggested that “Second Amendment people” might have to intervene against Hillary Clinton. He has publicly stated that Gen. Mark Milley, ex-head of the joint chiefs of staff, should be killed. He has withdrawn the security details from former vice president Kamala Harris and many other opponents against whom his followers have repeatedly threatened violence.