https://www.newsweek.com/gop-vote-nazi-white-supremacists-military-police-1724545
The House has approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to compel government officials to prepare a report on combating white supremacists and neo-Nazi activity in the police and military, despite every Republican voting against the measure.
The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Brad Schneider, was passed in a 218-208 party-line vote on Wednesday. All 208 votes against the amendment came from House Republicans, one of whom described it as “Orwellian.”
The “Schneider Amendment” called for the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Defense to publish a report that sets out ways to combat white supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in the uniformed services and law enforcement agencies “not later than 180 days after enactment and every 6 months thereafter.”
The amendment called for the total number of people who were discharged from the military or police because of their links to or support for far-right extremism to be published.
A Utah National Guard soldier has his rifle at the ready as he patrols at the Utah State Capitol building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 17, 2021. An amendment to monitor white supremacy in the military and law enforcement has been passed.GEORGE FREY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
The amendment also states that the report the government is being asked to write should detail how agency leaders responded to “planned or effectuated incidents” connected to white supremacist or neo-Nazi activity,” according to a report in The Hill.
“We just voted to combat neo nazis in our military and every single republican voted no,” tweeted New Jersey Democratic congressman Bill Pascrell after the amendment was passed.
Speaking on the House floor, Schneider noted how the U.S. has seen a surge in domestic extremist incidents, such as the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.
He also highlighted a report published in May from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency entitled The Insider Threat and Extremist Activity Within the DoD, which detailed examples of military personnel being found to have held extremist views.
“Such behavior, such extremism is a threat to us in all segments of society. There is no reason to believe that our military is any different,” Schneider said during debate on the House floor.
“These are exceptions, they are rare, but we must do everything we can to identify them and to thwart them before risks become a reality.”
Arizona GOP congressman Andy Biggs was one of those who spoke out against the amendment, describing it as “Orwellian in nature.”
“This amendment attempts to create a problem where none exists by requesting investigations into law enforcement and the armed services for alleged rampant white supremacists or white national sympathies,” Biggs said.
The House is now expected to pass the full NDAA. It will then be passed over to the Senate, where it could be stripped down.
New Guidelines
In December 2021, the Pentagon issued new guidelines on activities that qualify as extremism amid concerns that service members took part in the January 6 attack at the Capitol.
The update included supporting the overthrowing of the government and “liking” or sharing extremist views on social media.
Last February, the Pentagon released another report warning of the prominence of white supremacist ideology inside the military.
The report, first obtained by RollColl, detailed one case in which a Florida National Guard member who was part of a neo-Nazi group, bragged in an online forum with other white supremacists that he was “100% open about everything” regarding his far-right support to his colleagues during his training.
“They know about it all. They love me too cause I’m a funny guy,” he wrote.
All 208 republicans went on record saying they WOULD have voted for it if it was to root out gay people instead of Nazis.
DevilDog • 4 hours ago • edited
Would love to hear what possible excuses the Republicans could make for justifying their “no” votes.
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Scottie, this is unwise on the part of Republicans. It is another example of why conservative pundit Michael Gerson says the “Republican party is in decay. ” Dems should play this up. Keith
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Decay. That is to say the least.
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Hello Keith. The party has openly Nazi / white supremacists in elected office at all levels including congress. No way do they want to call out the group that sympathizes with them or remove them from the military. There is no way to defend the Republican party these days. The party that threw out Steve King for saying the quiet part out loud has gone full open racists. Hugs
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By now we must know that the GOP objective is the end of democracy. Why do we still look at what they are doing and somehow think we could expect anything else? It is their agenda to reduce us to be subjects of their God. Russia is a Christian state in a war to destroy another Christian state. It is necessary to be the right kind of Christine, entirely loyal to Christian nationalists and the GOP. Loyalty to their Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is not an option one will have.
White supremacists are the enforcement department on the ground level. Why think they would vote to disarm themselves? There is no other reason.
You hear them call for the nation’s restoration, often in the name of God. They call themselves ‘Patriots’ while they operate under the Confederate flag. They promise personal freedoms will be restored while they reverse Roe. They have no intention of governing. They intend to rule. They own the Supreme Court.
The Senate also vote against the right to travel. Every bill the Democrats propose will be rejected, and then the Supreme Court will rule that whatever the bill addresses will be legal or illegal as pleases the Court and the Court pleases the Church.
Who in the Justice Department is loyal to Trump? Defense? Treasury?
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Hello Cagjr. I agree. The double speak and the attempts to obscure what they are really doing is running full steam. Hugs
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I’m going to have to fire my editor. It’s letting too many of my mistakes get through.
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Hello Cagjr. Some days it just happens. Hugs
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Not sure what this has to do with Scottie’s post … but I did go to the website. YUM!!
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Hello Cagjr. I prefer the Bacon Cheeseburger gnocchi. I printed it off for Ron to try it. Hugs
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read today’s newsletter about power grab by states.
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Hello Cagjr. For some reason I am blocked from accessing the site. Hugs
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