Biden Labeled COVID-19 Opposition 'Domestic Violent Extremists'

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified intelligence records on Friday, first obtained by Public, showing how the Biden administration gave a designation of "domestic violent extremists" to those in opposition to COVID-19 mandates, such as vaccinations and masking.

Former FBI agent Steve Friend told Public, that the designation was created to open formal investigations into dissenters at the administration's decree.

Gabbard released a report from the Biden administration published in December 2021, which was co-authored by the FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Riding under the headline "DVEs and Foreign Analogues May React Violently to COVID-19 Mitigation Mandates," the 7-page report gave a vague view of instances that might trigger someone to become a DVE, such as they have been motivated by "QAnon" conspiracies, or they may simply have been opposed to mRNA gene therapy.

"Prominent narratives include," the report stated, "the belief that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe, especially for children, are part of a government or global conspiracy to deprive individuals of their civil liberties and livelihoods, or are designed to start a new social or political order."

Friend said that the vague and all-encompassing report was constructed to censor speech online.

"It's a way they could go to social media companies and say, 'You don't want to propagate domestic terrorism, so you should take down this content."

Speaking to Fox News on Friday, Gabbard explained that "When you look at the language of these documents that I've declassified, first, the strategic implementation plan of the Biden administration's designation of potential violent domestic extremists."

"It really talks about people who may likely turn out to be domestic violent extremists or those who may turn to violence because of these specific 'ideologies' that they hold. And there's a consistent thread through here that these ideologies that they are characterizing as potentially turning into potentially violent activities happen to be people who were using their First Amendment rights to oppose certain policies of the Biden Administration."

Indeed, one section of the document read ambiguously some DVEs opposed to the COVID-19 mandates may "employ a number of techniques, some of which may be criminal, whereas others may constitute the exercise of rights protected by the US Constitution."

But also, "The mere advocacy of political or social positions, political activism, use of strong rhetoric, or generalized philosophic embrace of violent tactics may not constitute violent extremism and are constitutionally protected."

The passage ostensibly allowed the Biden administration to trade on such ambiguity to quash free speech as indicated by other investigations, such as the Twitter Files.

Gabbard added that "Some of the examples that are focused on here have to do with those who oppose the COVID vaccine mandates, those who oppose the mask mandates, and parents who were concerned that their children going to school may be forcibly vaccinated with the COVID vaccine without the consent or awareness of parents."

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