Coming up for a vote, HR 350 would basically task the FBI with rooting out "white supremacists" as domestic terrorists. How much you want to bet that "white supremacists" would be labelled anyone who opposes CRT, BLM, or -insert leftist group here-. I just sent this missive to my Congressman. Thought I'd pass it along to this fine group, as I doubt the media will be running the story anytime soon..
Congressman Bacon,
I'm writing you today to register my opposition to HR 350, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. I find this bill to be a dangerous escalation of the FBI and DOJ to politicize the justice system against opposition to grievance groups on the Left. As we have seen over these last 18 months, the Biden Administration has no qualms using federal law enforcement to harass and cajole opponents of favored grievance groups. From the FBI investigating parents at school board meetings protesting mask mandates, dangerous transsexual policies which have resulted in tragic sexual assaults and subsequent cover-ups, and Critical Race Theory being taught to grade schoolers, to FBI entrapment in the Governor Whitmer kidnapping case (as well as other dubious and possibly illegal acts of late), the public trust in these institutions is at an all-time low. To expand their ability to label anyone opposed to these initiatives as "white supremacists" and domestic terrorists would create a chilling effect on political discourse required in a free Republic. The terrorist moniker has already been twisted and abused to include anyone who opposes increasing power to the state; codifying these abuses as HR 350 attempts would be anethema to our Constitution and and opens the door to excessive abuse of political opposition whereby the process is the punishment and guilt is assumed. I call on you to oppose this blatant overreach. Thank you for your consideration.
Congressman Bacon,
I'm writing you today to register my opposition to HR 350, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. I find this bill to be a dangerous escalation of the FBI and DOJ to politicize the justice system against opposition to grievance groups on the Left. As we have seen over these last 18 months, the Biden Administration has no qualms using federal law enforcement to harass and cajole opponents of favored grievance groups. From the FBI investigating parents at school board meetings protesting mask mandates, dangerous transsexual policies which have resulted in tragic sexual assaults and subsequent cover-ups, and Critical Race Theory being taught to grade schoolers, to FBI entrapment in the Governor Whitmer kidnapping case (as well as other dubious and possibly illegal acts of late), the public trust in these institutions is at an all-time low. To expand their ability to label anyone opposed to these initiatives as "white supremacists" and domestic terrorists would create a chilling effect on political discourse required in a free Republic. The terrorist moniker has already been twisted and abused to include anyone who opposes increasing power to the state; codifying these abuses as HR 350 attempts would be anethema to our Constitution and and opens the door to excessive abuse of political opposition whereby the process is the punishment and guilt is assumed. I call on you to oppose this blatant overreach. Thank you for your consideration.