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Greyhead

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Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:42 AM Sep 20

Left leaning terror plots since 2002 equal 6.4% [View all]

While right wing terror plots accounted for 75.6%

From NBC news
Right-wing ideologies have fueled more than 70% of all extremist attacks and domestic terror plots since 2002 in the U.S., according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Bar chart of counting the number of extremist attacks, domestic terror attacks and domestic terror plans that were influenced by ideologies since 2002. Right wing, white-supremacist ideologies fueled 385 incidents. Right-wing, anti-government ideologies were behind 148; Islamist: 135; Right-wing (other): 64, left-wing: 51.

Right wing (white supremacist)
385
Right wing (anti-government)
148
Islamist
135
Right wing (other)
64
Left wing
51
Other
5
Unknown
1
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/no-evidence-charlie-kirk-shooting-left-wing-groups-rcna232513

Robinson may of started to lean left(according to his mother), but he still had his right wing mentality, which was to use a gun.

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