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Posted: 2017-06-23T17:39:30Z | Updated: 2017-08-23T15:02:07Z

When it comes to domestic terrorism in America, the numbers dont lie: Far-right extremists are behind far more plots and attacks than Islamist extremists.

There were almost twice as many terrorist incidents by right-wing extremists as by Islamist extremists in the U.S. from 2008 to 2016, according to a new report from The Nation Institutes Investigative Fund and The Center for Investigative Reportings Reveal.

Looking at both plots and attacks carried out, the group tracked 201 terrorist incidents on U.S. soil from January 2008 to the end of 2016. The database shows 115 cases by right-wing extremists from white supremacists to militias to sovereign citizens compared to 63 cases by Islamist extremists. Incidents from left-wing extremists, which include ecoterrorists and animal rights militants, were comparatively rare, with 19 incidents.

When it comes to right-wing extremism, attackers are also 'mostly men' and 'almost purely white.'

- Reporter David Neiwert

While the database makes a point of distinguishing between different groups within right-wing extremism, lead reporter David Neiwert told HuffPost that those are all gradations of white supremacy, variations on the same thing. When it comes to right-wing extremism, attackers are also mostly men and almost purely white, Neiwert said.

Attacks by right-wing extremists were also more often deadly, with nearly a third of right-wing extremist incidents resulting in deaths compared with 13 percent of Islamist extremist cases resulting in deaths. However, the sheer number of people killed by Islamist extremists a total of 90 people killed was higher than the death toll at the hands of right-wing extremists 79 people killed.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has focused his rhetoric and policies almost entirely on countering Islamist extremism, and not white supremacist extremism.

As with a lot of things related to Trump and the Islamophobic right, the reality is viewed through an upside-down looking glass, Neiwert said. The reality is the most significant domestic terror threat we have is right-wing extremism.