Last Call For Our Little White Supremacist Domestic Terrorism Problem, Con't

My first question of course in this week's half-assed quarter-assed attempt on President Biden's life is "Where was this terrorist radicalized?"

 

A 19-year-old Missouri man, accused of driving a truck into barriers near the White House, made incriminating statements that have led investigators to believe he was seeking to harm the president, officials said Tuesday.

The driver was Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, U.S. Park Police said Tuesday morning.

The charges against Kandula for allegedly “threatening to kill, kidnap, inflict harm on a president, vice president, or family member,” stem from statements he made to multiple law enforcement agencies, according to a Secret Service representative.

The suspect was interviewed by Secret Service investigators Monday night, the agency representative said, during the ongoing probe that also involves United States Park Police, the FBI and U.S. Capitol Police.

Kandula was further charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and trespassing.

Authorities said the preliminary investigation indicates Kandula “intentionally crashed” into the bollards outside Lafayette Park. A Nazi flag was seized by authorities at the scene of the incident.

No one was injured.

A law enforcement official told NBC News that the suspect made threatening statements about the White House at the scene but was quickly detained. The truck was found to contain no weapons or explosives, the official said, without providing further details about the incident.

Asked for their reaction, the official said: “I don’t think there’s any place for a Nazi flag or the statements that he made.”

 

As the charged suspect was of South Asian descent, a reminder that you don't have to be white to be a white supremacist, nor do you have to be white to think supporting actual Nazis is a "good" idea. 

"There's always crazies out there" and yes there are, but not all of the crazies drive a U-haul truck into the White House traffic barriers designed to stop exactly this kind of thing, either.