'US more interested in targeting Muslims than white supremacists'

There are hundreds of hate groups in the United States, mostly white, Christian anti-government in its makeup, but the US establishment is more interested in targeting Muslims, an American political analyst and activist says.

Myles Hoenig, a Green Party candidate for Congress, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Tuesday, after Republican Senator Joni Ernst said the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group has a presence in all 50 American states.

“Senator Ernst, quoting FBI Director Comey said that Daesh is in all 50 states. Maybe that’s true. They’re in all stages of ‘radicalizing’. What that also implies is that there are impressionable Muslims in the US that could easily fall prey to FBI indoctrination and be set up to commit an act of terrorism,” said Hoenig.

“The FBI has a sordid history of infiltrating groups or friending individuals and encourage and supply them with the type of weapons for mass murder or destruction and…

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