At a hearing, Jared Moskowitz presses a Trump official who struggles to answer whether right-wing extremism exists. "Melissa Hortman was killed by a right wing extremist, not mentioned in your report," Moskowitz says, noting that Charlie Kirk, "killed by a left wing extremist," is mentioned.
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- Who
- Jared Moskowitz
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- hearing - House hearing on the White House counterterrorism strategy, State Depa
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- 45 seconds, unedited within the cut
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Why are you struggling to answer that? Every American knows the answer to the question is there's extremism on both sides. There's left -wing extremism and there's right -wing extremism. We can debate whether it's 60, 40, 55, 45. We can debate that. But there is no debate amongst the American people that there is left -wing extremists and there are right -wing extremists, but you struggle to answer on the right wing extremists. Melissa Hortman was killed by a right wing extremist, not mentioned in your report. Charlie Kirk is mentioned. I'm glad it's mentioned. He was killed by a left wing extremist. And so So, let me ask this question. I'll give you another.
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