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The Big Question: Can the U.S. Defuse Violent Right-Wing Extremism?
A Q&A with Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt on how government and businesses should respond to Jan. 6 and the rising threat to democracy.
Day of infamy.
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This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve today’s most pressing policy challenges. It has been condensed and edited.
Romesh Ratnesar: The Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol was an alarming assault on American democracy. You served in the Obama administration and are now the head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which is at the forefront of monitoring and fighting hate groups and violent extremism. Did what happened on Wednesday come as a surprise to you?