President Trump declared that his administration would classify Antifa as a terrorist organization following several nights of nationwide rioting by the far-left group.
“The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,” Trump declared on Twitter Sunday.
The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.
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This comes after dozens of cities descended into riots and looting following the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police last week, with shocking footage flooding social media showing Antifa beating business owners nearly to death, stealing firearms from police vehicles, hijacking vehicles to ram police, and torching buildings.
Attorney General William Barr issued a statement in tandem with Trump’s declaration, saying that the federal government will use its 56 regional FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces to bring justice to the rioters and restore law and order.
“Federal law enforcement actions will be directed at apprehending and charging the violent radical agitators who have hijacked peaceful protest and are engaged in violations of federal law,” Barr wrote Sunday.
“The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly.”
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The Trump administration had been weighing designating Antifa as a terrorist organization after the group nearly beat a journalist to death in 2019 and firebombed several Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.
Antifa’s new designation as a terrorist organization is notable given Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tweeted his support for the far-left group in 2018. The tweet has since been deleted.
THESE BASTARDS NEED TO BE LOCKED UP
Antifa should be tortured and put in prison work camps! :-[
ReplyDeleteIsnt it amazing that the FBI and other federal LEO have down nothing about ANTIFA??
ReplyDeleteThe FBI is too busy spying on President Trump and then covering it up.
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