harbored neo-nazi indications. he had essence wants to get tattoos on his body, posted racist, homophobic and misogynistic streets squeezed online that praise the far-right, and wore patch during his killing spree that red rwds, an acronym that means right-wing death squad. authorities say they can t yet confirmed the shooters exact motive, but that kind of right-wing extremist ideation has become the motivating force behind a lot of violent attacks in this country. in fact, we now know that right wing extremists committed every single ideologically driven mass killing identified in the u.s. in 2022 with an unusually high proportion perpetrated by white supremacists, according to a report by the anti-defamation league. we also know that far-right violence is not limited to senseless attacks like mass shootings. just last week, four members of the proud boys, a designated hate group, were convicted of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the deadly january 6th insurrection
safety confirmed this week that the man who murdered eight people at the dallas area mall harbored neo-nazi indications. he had essence wants to get tattoos on his body, posted racist, homophobic and misogynistic streets squeezed online that praise the far-right, and wore patch during his killing spree that red rwds, an acronym that means right-wing death squad. right-wing extremist ideation has become the motivating force behind a lot of violent attacks in this country. in fact, we now know that right wing extremists committed every single ideologically driven mass killing identified in the u.s. in 2022 with an unusually high proportion perpetrated by white supremacists, according to a report by the anti-defamation league. we also know that far-right violence is not limited to senseless attacks like mass shootings. just last week, four members of the proud boys, a designated hate group, were convicted of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the deadly january 6th insurr
see first here on out front. massive reeducation effort. it s a damning report, saying some of them are up for adoption, others being trained now to join the military. let s go out front. good evening, welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news, tonight for trump s former chief of staff mark meadows subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former presidents attempt to cling to power. of course, remember, meadows helped lay the groundwork for trump s election lies, which ultimately feel the outrage and violence that we all saw on january 6th. he was literally by trump side during the insurrection itself. much more on that in just a moment because there is so much breaking developments here tonight. we also have other breaking news this hour from the justice department. we are learning that the special counsel investigating trump s locked now in at least eight secret court battles. the special counsel jack smith tryin
happy new year, my friend, we are actually gonna be talking just about the choices that democrats made and the unity that was on display. we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez cortez at the top of the hour thank you for a great show, as always, buddy. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles sumner preston brooks, entered the senate, and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane. and he walked over to the anti slavery senator, charles sumner. he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in our country s history, that one member of congress against another. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the civil war, they were at least 70 instances of political violence by elected representatives a