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Rand Paul Slaps Down Democrat 'Domestic Terror' Bill in Scathing Senate Floor Speech

• https://www.westernjournal.com by Richard Moorhead

The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 would require the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to adopt new procedures for investigating and monitoring domestic terrorism.

The bill would direct the federal government to create an "interagency task force" to screen "white supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement agencies," according to its official summary.

The bill failed to pass the Senate's 60-vote filibuster in a 47-47 vote.

The law previously passed the House in a near party-line vote, with Rep. Adam Kinzinger joining Democrats in support of the bill.

Sen. Rand Paul took the floor to criticize the bill as an insult to police and the military.

Paul rejected the notion that police and the military are hosts to a neo-Nazi infiltration.