Pompeo doesn't defend attacks on white people at all. Instead, he pretends to befriend whites while grouping white nationalists in with terrorists: "The threat of racially or ethnically motivated terrorism, especially white supremacist terrorism, is "on the rise and spreading geographically," according to [a new report by the State Department.](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-supremacist-terrorism-rise-spreading-state-dept-report/story?id=71426259).. That kind of "violence (is) both on the rise and spreading geographically, as white supremacist **and nativist movements** and individuals increasingly target immigrants; Jewish, Muslim, and other religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or intersex (LGBTI) individuals; governments; and other perceived enemies," [Pompeo's] report said." ["when asked about the threat of white nationalism](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-supremacist-terrorism-rise-spreading-state-dept-report/story?id=71426259) in the wake of the New Zealand terrorist attack, which left at least 50 dead, Pompeo did not use the term. “Look, the threat from extremists that comes from a broad spectrum is real,” he replied.