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.
“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
A White House official told CNN, “This is just one of many actions the president will take to address left wing organizations that fuel political violence.”
Trump — who’s overseas for a formal state visit — signaled the move earlier this week in remarks from the Oval Office following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
I don’t recall the last time I actually heard anything about antiFA…I didn’t realize that was even still a thing
What a gigantic fucking asshole.
Antifa isn’t an organization…it’s an idea. So, if someone is anti-fascist, they’re terrorists?
Make it make sense.
Is Antifa an actual organisation? I always thought of it as a vague lumping together of leftish people by … well, by people like Trump.
“Because the power of law enforcement under President Trump’s leadership will be used to find you, will use to take away your money, take away your power, and if you’ve broken the law, to take away your freedom.” -Stephen Miller
This is how they’re going to prevent future elections. Any large left-wing donors can be labeled as supporters of terrorism and have their assets seized and be thrown in jail. Anybody who protests can be labeled a terrorist, anyone who says things on the Internet can be said to be ‘supporting terrorism’.
After 9/11 we gave the government ridiculous domestic spying powers in order to catch terrorists and the mechanism that they built was described by Edward Snowden as turnkey totalitarianism. They’ve turned the key, labeled their political rivals as terrorists and are going to use the massive domestic spying tools in order to persecute and jail their political opponents.
This is him outright stating he is a fascist.
How about we get this changed to “Kamala Harris: I am pleased to inform our many real U.S.A. Patriots that I am designing MAGA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL RIGHT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding MAGA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”, which I think would sound a lot better here.
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.
Honestly, seems pretty clear to me. It’s a blank check for them to lock up anyone inconvenient. If you participate in a protest, talk trash about whoever happens to be the MAGA darling of the day, or do anything else they dislike, they can accuse you and/or the event of being associated with Antifa, and job done. Maybe it won’t hold up in court (for now), but that’s still a threat that will help to chill dissent.
Can we also designate HYDRA while we’re at it? And what about COBRA, from G.I. Joe?
It’s best we’re thorough if we’re in the process of labeling fictitious organizations.
Is antifa even an actual organization?
No
Take that anti-fascists!
wait…
They’re just fascists. For them to realize they might be the baddies, they’d have to think fascism was evil, which they don’t. Neat, right?
i’m confident i’ve read this headline during his last administration, right before there was a wave of right wing terrorism
There was, and many on the right were blaming Antifa because “republicans wouldnt actually do that so its antifa making us look bad”
I am expecting the same x100 this time around.
Snowball is at it again
ANTIFA is not an organization, it’s a movement, an idea. Anybody who disapproves of fascism is ANTIFA, by definition, and are therefore now considered terrorists by this administration. This move is so that people can now be arrested, deported, detained, executed for speaking out against this administration. There are STILL people being held in Gitmo without trial because the state considered them terrorists. That’s where we’re at now with anybody who dares to speak out against Trump or joins a protest against this administration.
The most powerful act Bernie and the rest of the democrats could do is loudly claim they are Antifa, to dare them to arrest them or do anything about it.
I’d love to but I have work in the morning. Can I get arrested this weekend instead ?
This is the pretext they will use to start disappearing democrats. Under the PATRIOT act, someone that is designated a terrorist can be held without charges, indefinitely; and in most cases so far, be subject to torture. All the extraordinary renditions throughout the 2000s were done under this pretext. The best part is, once someone says you’re a terrorist, that’s it! No evidence needed because the protections of the law no longer apply to you, so no due process or habeas corpus. They’ll just disappear you, and it will 100% be legal.
