NBC Terror Analyst: Orlando Attack Was ‘Possible Terror’ from ‘White Hate Groups’

NBC Terror Analyst: Gay Nightclub Shooting Possibly Was "Domestic Terror" From "White Hate Groups" (RealClearPolitics)

NBC law enforcement expert Jim Cavanaugh appeared on MSNBC Sunday morning to analyze the massacre of at least 50 people (as of publish time) at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Saturday night. Pulse Nightclub is one of the most popular gay clubs in the city and at least 320 people were inside at the time of the attack. The Daily Mail has reported the shooter was an Islamic extremist committing a terror attack. The attacker wore a suicide vest and was killed in a shootout with police.

Cavanaugh said it is possible the shooter was someone who regularly attended the gay bar or someone banned from the club and came back with a plan to massacre club-goers. Cavanaugh said there is "a lot" of domestic terrorists who would carry attack an attack because they "hate diverse people."

"Is it just because it's a diverse club and he hates diverse people?" Cavanaugh rhetorically asked. "You know, there's a lot of domestic terrorists we classify that do that, they are rooted in white hate movements. So it could be that."