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The secretary of the federal department formed in the wake of the
September 11, 2001 terror attacks was criticized for using the 21st
anniversary of 9/11 to invoke "domestic extremism," which some saw as a
shot at his own political opposition.

On "The Five," host Greg Gutfeld called out Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for discussing the evolution of violent threats against
the United States in the frame of so-called "domestic extremists" û days
after President Biden tripled-down on his assertion about Trumpism being dangerous, during a fundraiser at National Harbor.

Speaking to another network at Ground Zero in New York City, Mayorkas said
the "threat landscape" has evolved to where the "emerging threat of
course, over the last several years [is] the domestic violent extremist."

Mayorkas defined the new version of the "extremist" threat as "an ideology
of hate, anti-government sentiment, false narratives propagated on online platforms, even personal grievances."

Mayorkas' department itself was established following the 2001 attacks to protect against future threats, with then-Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Ridge named its inaugural secretary.

Gutfeld said he was prepared to discuss Democrats' midterm prospects but
was shocked by Mayorkas' appearance.

"I was going to talk about the polling, but I didn't even see that, you
know -- that is a government official basically taking a crap on 9/11," he
said Monday on "The Five."

"He basically marginalized the memories of those people by equating it to
some kind of political agenda. It's absolutely disgusting."

Host Dana Perino, who served with Ridge in the Bush administration,
agreed, adding Mayorkas wasn't even prompted to comment on that topic but brought it up himself.

"He wanted to make that point. And so he said æand then let me add what
the concern is on it went to domestic terroristsÆ." she said.

Perino predicted Biden and Mayorkas' focus will set a new trend for
Democrats ahead of the midterms, to brand their political opposition
terrorist and extremist.

"In the meantime. you've got terrorists--the actual terrorists -- they're
not on our timeline-- they're super-patient.They've vowed to destroy us,
and they will regroup," she warned.

"But we have done a great job, I think, as a country in a bipartisan way, supporting the military and our intelligence officials in order to keep al Qaeda on its back foot. That is a bipartisan achievement and something
that we can all agree on."

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Perino noted that while Mayorkas made an allusion to conservative
Republicans on 9/11, across town at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows,
Queens, the Norwegian and Spanish contenders in that day's match made sure
to invoke the 2001 terror attacks in memoriam.

"That was their instinct. And then you have somebody like this, the
homeland security secretary at Ground Zero, saying that, which was and is beyond disappointing, but also not surprising," she added.

Host Jesse Watters later concluded Mayorkas made his comments about
Trumpist Republicans because Democrats see January 6, 2021 as their
version of September 11, 2001.

"It's what they've been waiting for. It was the only war they actually
wanted to fight," he said.

Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.

He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.

Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.

Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with
a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.

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Quietly
12 September, 2022

Greg - You left out that Mayorkas is attempting to gas light all of us.
Deflect and divide WILL NOT work on those of us that are paying attention
to the border vs domestic MAGAs -

19 terrorists murdered 3,000 people on 9-11. A terror list was then
created to keep any other terrorists from ever entering our country again.
So far this year, 66 suspected terrorists have been captured, and no one
knows how many more made it across our ôsecureö border. We could have not
have made it easier for terrorists, child traffickers, and deadly drug
cartels to cross our border. We will all pay a price.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/mayorkas-basically-took-crap-september- eleven-invoking-political-domestic-extremists-memorial-gutfeld

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