DHS chief criticises social media rhetoric surrounding UnitedHealthcare CEO murderCBS
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00:00Let us take a step back and note the tremendous tragedy.
00:04A father of two children, a family man,
00:09was murdered in New York City in cold blood, first and foremost.
00:15Secondly, you spoke of the heightened threat environment.
00:18The rhetoric on social media following that murder is extraordinarily alarming.
00:25It speaks of what is really bubbling here in this country,
00:30and unfortunately, we see that manifested in violence.
00:35The domestic violent extremism that exists,
00:40the threat of it in the United States,
00:42is one of the great threat streams that we must counter.
00:45Of course, there's also the threat of foreign terrorism,
00:49as well as the actions of adverse nation states.