FACT FOCUS: Heritage Foundation leader wrong to say most political violence is committed by the left [View all]
Source: Associated Press
FACT FOCUS: Heritage Foundation leader wrong to say most political violence is committed by the left
BY DAVID KLEPPER AND FARNOUSH AMIRI
Updated 7:34 PM EDT, July 18, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of a conservative think tank on Thursday misrepresented partisan differences in political violence in the United States, wrongly suggesting that people associated with left-wing causes commit more violence than those on the right.
HERITAGE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT KEVIN ROBERTS: “Most political violence in the last 25 years has been initiated by the left.”
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Two years ago a team of researchers from four universities examined court records and other data relating to 3,500 extremists active in the U.S. between 1948 and 2022. The individuals were split into three groups — left wing, right wing and relating to Islamic extremism. While some in the database had committed violent acts, others had raised money for extremist groups, volunteered or spoken out in favor of them.
Right-wing extremists were just as likely to commit violent acts as those motivated by Islamic extremism, the researchers found. Left-wing extremists were a distant third.
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