Trump Warns 'Gutless' Antifa May Be Branded A Terror Group As Far-Right Killings Climb
Trump Warns 'Gutless' Antifa May Be Branded A Terror Group As Far-Right Killings Climb
The loose collection of groups of antifascist protesters haven't been linked to a single death, while right-wing extremists' tally mounts.
By Mary Papenfuss, HuffPost U
https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/antifa-terror-organization-trump-far-right-killings_n_5d3cc877e4b0ef792e0d1ecc
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President Donald Trump warned Saturday that “consideration is being given” to declaring antifacist protesters — Antifa — a “terror” organization. He issued the threat even though Antifa followers haven’t been linked to a single killing, while the death toll of far-right extremists is surging.
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Consideration is being given to declaring ANTIFA, the gutless Radical Left Wack Jobs who go around hitting (only non-fighters) people over the heads with baseball bats, a major Organization of Terror (along with MS-13 & others). Would make it easier for police to do their job!
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Trump’s warning follows a nonbinding resolutionintroduced earlier this month by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) calling for the “designation of Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.” Cruz later called on Attorney General William Barr to investigate Antifa. He attacked Antifa after conservative journalist Andy Ngo was bloodied in a clash last month with counterprotesters in Portland, Oregon.
Lawbreakers driven by political ideology aren’t charged in the U.S. with domestic terrorism, but rather with offenses such as assault, hate crimes or homicide. But designating antifascist protesters as a terror organization would allow law enforcement more leeway to investigate participants, as well as their affiliations, according to Georgetown University law professor Neal Katyal, a former national security adviser to the Justice Department.
But targeting Antifa misses the source of deadly political violence in the nation. Just weeks ago, acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan branded white supremacist violence a “huge issue” and an “increasingly concerning threat” in a Capitol Hill hearing.
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