In 2009 a Department of Homeland Security report identified homegrown right wing extremism as one of the most serious growing threats to our country.
Not only were the warnings largely ignored, but the report was angrily attacked by Republicans across the country as liberal propaganda by the Obama administration designed to smear conservatives. The authors were raked over the coals and entire careers were jeopardized.
So yeah, it’s hardly any wonder that so few were willing to stick their necks out over this.
