Capitol riot leaves Democrats split over domestic terrorism law and criminalizing dissent

Democrats are divided over a new domestic terrorism bill that would establish new government offices to monitor suspicious activities within the country and combat terrorism, with a specific focus on White nationalists and neo-Nazis.

"A Biden administration will … work for a domestic terrorism law that respects free speech and civil liberties, while making the same commitment to root out domestic terrorism as we have to stopping international terrorism," Biden's campaign website says. The 2019 bill calls for establishing offices in the Justice Department, FBI and Department of Homeland Security that would "analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity." While it focuses on terrorism from right-wing extremists, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis, it has seen substantial opposition from the left.