It’s for the desert tortoise and Chinese solar panels.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday endorsed a liberal think tank warning about a recent spate of protests over disputed public land.
The Center for American Progress released a report calling on Congress to “confront the rise of violent extremism on America’s public lands by investigating people involved in the disputes.”
Reid, in a statement about the report, said it “shines a much-needed spotlight on the threat posed by anti-government extremists.”
Reid’s statement echoed the report’s conclusion that Republican rhetoric has fueled “the most radical voices in our society,” and he called on them to stand up to the “extremists.”
The CAP report comes several weeks after an armed takeover of a federal wildlife refugee in Oregon this winter that lasted 41 days and ended with a shootout with federal law enforcement.
Republicans are pushing for the federal government to reduce its land ownership.