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(LifeSiteNews) — Former President George W. Bush sparked outrage on Saturday when he insinuated that January 6 U.S. Capitol protesters were terrorists no different from those who hijacked and weaponized commercial airliners on the morning of September 11, 2001, killing nearly 3,000 Americans.
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Speaking in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on the 20th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines flight 93, Bush said, “We have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders but from violence that gathers within.”
There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in its disdainful pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit and it is our continuing duty to confront them.
The former president was correct. There are Americans who share with Al Qaeda terrorists “disregard for human life,” who “are children of the same foul spirit.”
However, these homegrown jihadists are not conservatives or patriots or Trump supporters as Bush implied. They are those who
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