Payton Gendron, who murdered ten people at a grocery store in Buffalo this weekend, was motivated by the replacement theory

So were the deadly shooters in El Paso and Pittsburgh.

This theory contends that “western elites, sometimes manipulated by Jews, want to ‘replace’ and disempower white. Americans.”

However, the concern of conservative elected officials and the right-wing media has been critical race theory.

This academic analysis states that “U.S. social institutions (e.g., the criminal justice system, education system, labor market, housing market, and healthcare system) are laced with racism embedded in laws, regulations, rules, and procedures that lead to differential outcomes by race.”

 

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/07/02/why-are-states-banning-critical-race-theory/

 

No one has been shot by anyone motivated by this theory.

In Annapolis this session, I initiated including language in the budget bill calling upon the executive branch’s Task Force on Preventing and Countering Domestic Terrorism to “determine how to effectively oppose domestic terrorism in Maryland, including, but not limited to, countering online extremism while protecting First Amendment rights.”

A report is due on December 1, 2022.

I’m also working on a response to a Supreme Court ruling that is expected to limit the ability of Maryland and other states to require an individual to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun outside of the home.