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The Real Domestic Threat? It’s Not Who the GOP Wants You to Fear
They’ve peddled this narrative so relentlessly that many people have stopped asking the most obvious question: What are they distracting us from?
The Real Domestic Threat? It’s Not Who the GOP Wants You to Fear
Calling out the political deflection tactics that endanger democracy
For years, the GOP has been relentlessly pushing a fear-driven narrative: that “the radical left,” immigrants, drag queens, and anyone opposing white Christian nationalism are out to destroy American values. With such conviction, they’ve told this story so often that the country stopped asking the obvious: What’s the real agenda here?
The truth?
The actual danger doesn’t come from a multiracial protest demanding justice. It’s not a library event or a tired teacher calling for decent pay.
The deadliest and most persistent threat to U.S. domestic security today is white nationalist extremism — coordinated, armed, and emboldened. You wouldn’t know it if you relied solely on conservative media or Republican soundbites.
