White supremacist violence kills nearly as many Americans as Muslim terrorism.

Evidence

According to a report on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) by the Government Accountability Office, violence committed by white supremacists and alt-right groups has resulted in almost the same number of deaths of innocent Americans as those committed by Muslims (Government Accountability Office 2017). The main difference is that Muslim terrorists committed fewer attacks, while domestic white terrorists committed more attacks, killing fewer in each assault. And yet, even with this data, President Trump has said he would revamp the CVE program by only focusing on “radical Islamic terrorism” ignoring the increased violence that is perpetrated by white supremacists, white nationalists, and antigovernment groups. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 480

Having a Muslim name or wearing the hijab does not make one more likely to commit acts of terror. An individual’s propensity to commit domestic violence and abuse may reveal who is more likely to commit acts of violence in the United States than who is not (Freeman 2017). According to a report on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) by the Government Accountability Office, violence committed by white supremacists and alt-right groups has resulted in almost the same number of deaths of innocent Americans as those committed by Muslims (Government Accountability Office 2017). The main difference is that Muslim terrorists committed fewer attacks, while domestic white terrorists committed more attacks, killing fewer in each assault. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 486

Categorization

• XREF: Complements the existing map on racialization of Muslims by quantifying the asymmetry in state attention vs. actual threat. — connects to: White supremacist attacks against any minority serve as roundabout strikes at Muslims — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 75; Lax US gun laws let white supremacist hate crimes threaten everyone — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 102; The Boston Marathon bombing overshadowed a deadlier white supremacist attack in coverage — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 217 (+6 more)
• QUESTION: Worth chasing the GAO 2017 figures: the equal-death claim with differing attack counts is precise enough to verify and cite directly.
• SHARE: Send to anyone working on domestic terrorism policy — the GAO finding that white supremacist deaths roughly match Muslim-attributed deaths.
• corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 480; Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 486

Broader Connections

• Foreign terrorism kills vanishingly few Americans relative to other risks #corroborates (0.70)
• Americans are far likelier to die from animals than foreign terrorism. #expands (0.60)