As Trump Leaves Office, Duke Experts Warn of White Supremacists' Lasting Threat
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In response to a coup attempt on behalf of Donald Trump, Duke University experts have participated in a series of virtual discussions about the threats of white supremacy, threat of insurrection, and domestic terrorism.
âAnytime you have a mob willing to overpower and injure people to get inside the Capitol to overwhelm and harm Congressional representatives, American democracy has a problem,â said Duke historian Adriane Lentz-Smith, who participated in the January 13 discussion entitled âInsurrection, Policing and Democracy.â
Noting reports of ongoing investigations to determine if members of Congressâalong with retired and active police and military officersâmay have had a hand in the violence âis incredibly worrying,â she added.