Antifa should be labeled what it is — a hate group
New York PostSEP 2022
Trump Announces Intent to Designate Antifa a Terrorist Organization
Above: Antifascist activists at a demonstration on Aug. 22, 2021, in Portland, Oregon. Image copyright: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
President Trump is absolutely right to brand Antifa as domestic terrorists. Their masked mobs hijack legitimate causes to unleash chaos — torching cities, ambushing police, and terrorizing communities. While the SPLC excuses their violence, Americans see the truth: Antifa is organized anarchy. Justice demands they be treated as the extremists they are.
Anti-Trump narrative
Trump’s bid to brand Antifa as terrorists is an authoritarian ploy, not a legal act. Antifa is not an organization but a loose anti-fascist movement opposing white supremacy — the real domestic terror threat. By abusing the “terrorism” label, Trump tramples constitutional rights, demonizes dissent, and accelerates America’s march toward neofascism under the guise of law and order.