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The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
The program, “Countering Violent Extremism,” or CVE, would be changed to “Countering Islamic Extremism” or “Countering Radical Islamic Extremism,” the sources said, and would no longer target groups such as white supremacists who have also carried out bombings and shootings in the United States.
Such a change would reflect Trump’s election campaign rhetoric and criticism of former President Barack Obama for being weak in the fight against Islamic State and for refusing to use the phrase “radical Islam” in describing it. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for attacks on civilians in several countries.
In retrospect, one could argue that Trump calling for innocent African-Americans to be lynched was even more important that Hillary Clinton’s email server management.
This is the stuff that feels like Redemption—the federal government taking a deliberate blind eye to organized white supremacists.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) February 2, 2017
We already had Quebec. When do we see the next Charleston? Who is the next Dylan Roof, inspired by the kinds of forces fanned by Bannon?
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) February 2, 2017