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House Democrats Pass Measure To Identify 'Neo-Nazis' In Military, Law
Enforcement

https://www.theepochtimes.com/house-democrats-pass-measure-to-identify-neo-nazis-in-military-law-enforcement_4598116.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/senate-republicans-reject-domestic-terror-bill-claim-democrats-are-creating-thought-police_4493088.html

House Democrats on July 13 voted to add an amendment to the National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual military spending bill, to
identify "neo-Nazis" in the military and law enforcement.

The NDAA amendment was sponsored by Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) and
instructs the FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department
of Defense (DOD) to publish a report analyzing "white supremacist and
neo-Nazi activity" within military and law enforcement.

The amendment passed in a 218–208 vote where it faced unilateral
opposition from Republicans.

“Such behavior, such extremism is a threat to us in all segments of
society. There is no reason to believe that our military is any
different,” Schneider said on the House floor late on the evening on
July 13 in defense of the amendment.

"These are exceptions," Schneider insisted. "They are rare, but we must do
everything we can to identify them and to thwart them before risks become
a reality."

If the amendment is passed by the Senate, the FBI, DHS, and DOD would be
required within 180 days to send Congress a report on the number of people
discharged from either military service or law enforcement for "white
supremacist" or "neo-Nazi" ideology.

House Republicans opposed the amendment, which they said was overly
intrusive and "denigrates" law enforcement.

“This amendment attempts to create a problem where none exists by
requesting investigations into law enforcement and the armed services for
alleged rampant white supremacist or white national sympathies,” one
such critic, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), said in opposition to the
amendment on the House floor.

Similar Measures Blasted As `Thought Police'

This is not the first effort by Democrats to pass such a measure, and
similar measures have faced condemnation by Republicans in the past for
trying to impose "thought police" on military service members and law
enforcement officers.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has made a name for himself in the Senate for
long-held opposition to civil liberties violations by federal agencies,
blasted a previous bill that was similar to Schneider's amendment in a May
26 speech on the Senate floor.

Though that bill was “ostensibly” about domestic terrorism, Paul said,
the bill “would be more accurately called ‘the Democrat plan to brand
and insult our police and soldiers as white supremacists and neo-Nazis.'"

“These are young men and women who have given arms and legs and … I
don’t know of an example of some guy who says, ‘Oh yeah, we were blown
up by an IED but we’ve got to leave that guy because he’s of a
different race,'" Paul continued. “How insulting!”

Paul said the bill would create a task force to investigate American
soldiers by reading their emails, tracking their web browser history, and
implying that they're guilty until they can prove themselves innocent.

“This bill is an insult to every police officer in this country. This
bill is an insult to everyone in our armed services," Paul said.

In a reference to George Orwell’s “1984,” Paul said the new
departments created by the bill would have essentially been the "thought
police" of the military.

“Congressional Democrats have gotten so extreme, so radical, so out of
touch with the American people that when they read it, they think this is
something worthwhile to do,” he said.