BREAKING: Gov. Glenn Youngkin demands "full transparency and accountability" from the FBI in the wake of the internal memo citing the Southern Poverty Law Center on "radical-traditional Catholic ideology." He championed religious freedom.
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"The governor was stunned by the news reports on the FBI memo,"
@GlennYoungkin
spox
@macaulayporter
told me. "While he is encouraged that FBI removed the document, he believes there must be full transparency and accountability from FBI leadership as part of the review under way."
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The FBI announced that it would remove the document, which urged agents to probe the supposed nexus between "racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists" and “radical-traditional Catholics,” citing the SPLC, from its servers.
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As I explain in my book "Making Hate Pay," SPLC smears conservative Christian groups as "hate groups," putting them on a map with the KKK. SPLC suggests the Catholic Church itself holds a position on sexuality that would qualify it as a "hate group."
My first book,
#MakingHatePay
: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is available on Amazon now. The book tells the story of how a noble civil rights organization devolved into a threat to America's free speech culture. /1
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Richmond Bishop Rev. Barry Knestout condemned the memo and urged all Virginia's elected officials in Congress to speak out against this attack on religious freedom. So, I asked each of Virginia's representatives in the House and Senate about it.
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Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine did not condemn the memo. "There is a memo suggesting that violent extremist groups are trying to infiltrate certain radical traditionalist Catholic organizations. That should be cause for concern," he told me.
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"As an ardent supporter of protecting religious liberty, I am certainly opposed to the implication of labeling widely held traditional Catholic values as 'extreme' and was pleased to see the FBI retract this offensive language,"
@RobWittman
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"I strongly condemn the targeting of Roman Catholics by the FBI and the radical Southern Poverty Law Center,"
@RepBenCline
told me. "Their egregious actions are an attack on religious liberty, & Congress must hold accountable those responsible to ensure this never happens again."
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Republican Reps. Jen Kiggans, Bob Good, and Morgan Griffith, and Democratic Reps. Bobby Scott, Abigail Spanberger, Don Beyer, Jennifer Wexton, and Gerry Connolly did not respond to The Daily Signal's requests for comment. Neither did Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
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President Joe Biden, a "devout Catholic" did not respond to multiple requests for comment about the FBI memo and the SPLC's suggestion that the Catholic Church is a hate group.
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@Tyler2ONeil
@JackPosobiec
*Radical* definition:
Radical was first an adjective, from the Late Latin radicalis, itself from Latin radic-, radix, meaning "root."
Relating to the most basic and important parts of something; complete and detailed synonym far-reaching. the need for radical changes in education
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@Tyler2ONeil
@KurtSchlichter
They need to make sure that the
@splcenter
is listed as a far left radical hate group.
More than a “scam” - a leftist radical hate group…
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