Trump Announces He Is Considering Declaring Antifa a ‘Major Organization of Terror’
President Donald Trump announced on July 27 that his administration may declare the far-left extremist group Antifa “a major organization of terror.”
“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!” Trump wrote on Twitter on July 27.
Trump’s announcement comes after Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) proposed a resolution in the Senate to condemn the acts of violence carried out by members of Antifa and to label the group as a domestic terrorist organization.
The senators proposed the resolution following Antifa members’ brutal assault on independent journalist Andy Ngo late last month. Ngo, who is known for extensively documenting Antifa violence, was punched in the face, kicked, and had cups of a white sub