Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization
President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday morning UK time.
It wasn’t immediately clear what mechanism Trump would use to make the designation, and Antifa lacks centralized structure or defined leadership, making it unclear who or what precisely would be targeted.
Trump targets antifa movement as 'terrorist organization'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled new action against left-wing groups following the assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, targeting the anti-fascist antifa movement as a "terrorist organization."
Trump said on Truth Social that he was "designating" the movement as a terrorist organization. "I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices," Trump wrote.
"Antifa" is short for Anti Fascist" Words have meaning- who isn't against fascism? The answer is those who cannot see the authoritarianism creeping into every faced of our government. Those who refuse to see the rights and freedoms of all of us are in danger. Those who do oppose it know to call it fascism. Does that make us anti'-fascist? Shouldn't it?
So who will the three-letter agencies be sent after?
Anyone they choose.
The most dangerous minds behind this administration's policies will be given the means to label ANYONE opposing POTUS or his policies as "antifa". They'll distort the definition of terrorism to fit any situation or person they want to. There is precedent for this- the language in the Patriot Act (2001) gave federal LE authorization to target numerous domestic dissident groups as "terrorists (famously applied against a number of "radical" environmentalists who were subsequently labeled as "ecoterrorists"). With the ability to apply this terminology against any opposition to this administration, no matter how tepid or legal, do not be surprised when association with "liberal" organizations becomes an assumption of guilt by the Dept of Justice.
Everyone who says something they don't like is now part of antifa. They don't have to prove it. They just have to claim it.
This is literally the Nazi playbook.
Literally, they labeled Jews as "enemies of the state". Thats the pretext they used to take their property, guns, and revoke any legal rights they had as citizens.
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