Politics / Authoritarian Watch / The Right-Wing Terrorism Miller and Rubio Conveniently Neglected to Mention at Their DC Summit At their July event on “The Resurgence of Political Terrorism,” the secretary of state and the White House deputy chief of staff selectively presented information to malign the left. People enter before US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers opening remarks during the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism at the State Department on July 16, 2026, in Washington, DC. For most of the modern era, it was, in fact, the dominant form of political violence,” he said, conveniently overlooking systemic acts of terror from far-right forces such as, to take the most obvious and extreme example, the Holocaust. Here in the United States, the share of left-wing terrorist attacks and plots has risen to levels not seen in decades.” You know that the criminal and the junkie and the predator is a threat to normal, healthy living.”