30 Jan 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, Douglas Emhoff, made his first official appearance as second gentleman in northeast Washington, DC, on Thursday to put a spotlight on “food insecurity,” a phenomenon taking place just miles away from the couple’s luxurious vice presidential residence.
Thank you @DOLDC and Kelly Miller Middle School for hosting me at the farm today to talk about food insecurity and efforts to expand access to nutritious food, create jobs, and build a more resilient community. pic.twitter.com/xOubMhPF5X
Emhoff visited Kelly Miller Middle School, which has a garden used to feed people in the neighborhood.
Doug Emhoff Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/POOL/AFP via Getty
When asked whether food insecurity would be one of his key issues as second gentleman, Emhoff said, It s got to be an issue for everybody. So, I want to do what I can to amplify it. I think it s something everyone needs to be concerned about.
Of Dreaming Out Loud s work at the farm, he said, This is just so amazing to see the passion, the way these folks are approaching it, coming to a school on a plot of land that hadn t been used and actually grow food and serving the community that way and also to educate the community about what s going on. . We re in very good hands.
The Capitol riot on Jan. 6 didn’t spring up in isolation.
From Oregon to Texas and Michigan to Washington, D.C., stark scenes of sometimes-violent protests and gun-toting militia groups have proliferated nationwide over the past year, underscoring the growing radicalization of extremist groups on both ends of the American political spectrum.
“The genie is out of the bottle,” says Chris Loftis, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol. “That genie had hid its face, but . it is with us,” he says, “exposing to everyone how deep and dangerous our vulnerabilities are.”
Experts say solutions to radicalism will require persistent effort – even though the vast majority of Americans aren’t prone to political violence. New efforts to counter extremism are percolating, from vigilance by social media platforms to more robust steps by law enforcement and state legislators.
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, Jake Angeli, a QAnon conspiracy supporter, is confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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They include when right-wing extremists occupied a federal bird
sanctuary in Oregon in 2016. In 1992, there was a conflict between white separatists and federal agents in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. And in 1995, extremist Timothy McVeigh bombed a federal building in Oklahoma City and killed 168 people.
But the attack by rioters on the U.S. Capitol targeted the heart of American government. It also brought together large numbers of people who belong to extremist groups, giving them the chance to establish links to each other.