The 5 to 1 gap in far-left vs. far-right terrorist attacks/plots this year that Byman and McCabe rely to make their point disappears real quick if you consider these events to be far-right terrorism. /END

Similarly, at least 8 school-based plots and attacks this year have included ideological elements. These events have been branded NVE. While ideology was likely a secondary or tertiary motive in these cases, it was still present and it was far-right, not far-left. 7/

Casap killed his mother and stepfather to gain the independence he believed was necessary to assassinate President Trump. He was enamored with the Order of Nine Angles (O9A)—a Satantic, neo-Nazi accelerationist movement. In my view, this was a far-right terrorist plot. 6/

From this perspective, I don’t how see how the Nikita Casap case from earlier this year could be considered anything other than far-right terrorism. 5/

Similarly, neo-Fascist accelerationists (also far-right) hardly care which party is in power—they want to take down liberal democratic political systems, not own the libs or make anything great again. 4/

Indeed, prior to 2017, researchers near universally considered attacks by anti-government militias and paramilitary groups as far-right, even though they occurred during Republican and Democratic administrations. 3/

There was a time when we made judgements about these matters based on the content of someone’s beliefs and their motives, rather than which party is in office or who they voted for. 2/

Thanks, John. Glad to be here.