Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Militia groups at the polls: What kind of danger do they pose?
FBI Director Christopher Wray told a House committee last month that white supremacist groups are the biggest domestic terrorism threat the country faces.
By Madeleine Brand • • 15m ListenFBI Director Christopher Wray told a House committee last month that white supremacist groups are the biggest domestic terrorism threat the country faces. Militia movements have been more active in recent months amid economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic, plus protests and racial strife following the killing of George Floyd.
The most outrageous incident involved 13 men with anti-government group ties threatening to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Now there are concerns that these heavily-armed groups could show up to polling places on Election Day.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Washington Post reporter
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
professor and director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at American University; author of “Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right”
Adam Winkler
professor of law at UCLA, and author of "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America"