His speech, and NSPM-7, are based on a big lie that there is a huge wave of left-wing terrorism engulfing our nation. The truth is there is indeed a great deal of extremist political violence—but it is almost all being perpetrated by extreme right-wingers. According to figures compiled by the U.S. government, in this country since 2001, right-wing extremists have committed at least 15 times as many murders as left-wing extremists. In his speech, Miller used the terms left-wing terrorists, left-wing extremists and leftists, as if these all meant the same thing. There are only a handful of left-wing terrorists in the U.S.