Trump Going After The Mythical Antifa Is Cracking Down On Dissent Or Something

Democrats and their media stooges keep telling us Antifa doesn’t exist, even though Antifa tells us they exist

Huh

Trump goes after antifa, sparking fears about crackdown on dissent

An executive order labeling antifa as a domestic terrorist organization is spurring pushback from critics across the ideological spectrum who say President Trump is laying the groundwork to crack down on those with opposing views.

Short for anti-fascism, national security experts say antifa is not the sprawling, organized group that Trump has claimed but rather a loosely formed ideological movement, one at times embraced by protesters who have violently clashed with police.

“Antifa is a movement like feminism or environmental activism, as opposed to a distinct group,” said Faiza Patel, director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the left-leaning Brennan Center for Justice.

“This is not like a group that you can sort of target with financial sanctions in the same way you would with a foreign terrorist organization. So then that leads you to the question of, well, then what does this executive order actually do?” she said.

Just like feminism! Except for the whole part about attacking people and buildings over the years. Attacking law enforcement.

If you’ve followed Andy you know there is a long history of documenting all the violence by Antifa

“These are not lone, isolated events. This is part of an organized campaign of radical left terrorism,” deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Thursday. “It is structured, it is sophisticated, it is well-funded, it is well-planned. There is really no parallel like this to anything else in the country right now.”

But, you know, cracking down on violent wackjobs on the left is bad

Pat Eddington, a fellow with the libertarian Cato Institute, called the executive order “idiotic” but said it carries significant risks because Trump administration officials will take it seriously, and can use it as a pretext for going after those espousing views Trump doesn’t like.

It’s almost like these people were in comas from 2021-January 2025. They do think you the peasants are stupid.

If Antifa is so innocuous why are they doing this?

That said, I am against Trump sending federal forces to Portland. Let the left wing, wackadoodle, high crime city suffer. I understand the need to protect ICE facilities, though.