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White House petition asks Trump to formally recognize Antifa as terrorist organization
Washington Examiner ^ | August 18, 2017 | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 08/18/2017 7:58:17 PM PDT by bobsunshine

A new White House petition this week is calling on the Trump administration to formally recognize the Antifa movement as a terrorist organization.

"AntiFa has earned this title due to its violent actions in multiple cities and their influence in the killings of multiple police officers throughout the United States," the petition, started Thursday, states.

Antifa is short for anti-fascists, and the people involved are generally extreme leftists known for their face-offs with right-wing activists, including recently in Berkeley, Calif. Antifa counter-protesters made an appearance in Charlottesville, Va. this past weekend and clashed with white supremacy and neo-Nazi groups protesting the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue.

Though he didn't use the term "Antifa," President Trump, who has been under fire for not taking a dedicated hardline stance against the white supremacy gathering, did express concern over the violent actions of the "alt-left" in Charlottesville.

"What about the alt-left that came charging at, as you say, at the alt-right? Do they have any assemblage of guilt?" Trump told reporters at Trump Tower on Tuesday. "What about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands swinging clubs? Do they have any problem? I think they do. That was a horrible, horrible day."

Trump added that there was "blame on both sides."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antifa; antifaduh; antifaterrorists; antifirstamendment; domesticterrorism; insurrection; petition; sedition; terrorism
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To: lizma2

Great catch!!

Same Commie group, different decade.


41 posted on 08/19/2017 5:12:39 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: bobsunshine
They need to be. AntiFa has already caused a lot of damage since at least last summer.
42 posted on 08/19/2017 5:37:57 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's EconOomic Cure)
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To: Bodega

All those should be but will never be because they line too many politicians’ pockets. The Hill should be renamed The Graft.


43 posted on 08/19/2017 5:40:45 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bobsunshine

signed

How about a petition to bring Bannon back?


44 posted on 08/19/2017 6:33:48 AM PDT by gbaker
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To: bobsunshine

12,314 SIGNED 100,000 GOAL

I guess that I was, #12,314!

Thanks


45 posted on 08/19/2017 6:56:18 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!!!)
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To: rocknotsand
Excellent!

ANTIFA = Anti First Ammendment!

46 posted on 08/19/2017 6:59:19 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!!!)
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To: Waverunner

2018 is coming. Look for a massive house cleaning.


47 posted on 08/19/2017 7:00:13 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: bobsunshine

Done.


48 posted on 08/19/2017 7:00:58 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Grampa Dave
ANTIFA = Anti First Amendment!

Liberals believe your civil rights end when they don’t like you!

49 posted on 08/19/2017 7:01:27 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!!!)
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To: bobsunshine

DO IT....

BLM next.


50 posted on 08/19/2017 7:18:09 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: snarkytart

Obama’s goons didn’t hesitate to label veterans, conservative Patriot organizations, the NRA, etc, as potential domestic enemies.

Time to repay the favor.


51 posted on 08/19/2017 7:19:34 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

White House petition asks Trump to formally recognize Antifa as terrorist organization

Antifa, America’s ISIS.


52 posted on 08/19/2017 7:25:31 AM PDT by JayAr36 (Just watching the demise of America.)
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To: bobsunshine

Proud I am:

“You’ve successfully signed the petition below. Your signature has been verified and counted.”


53 posted on 08/19/2017 7:52:58 AM PDT by upchuck (Holding on to anger is like grabbing a hot coal to throw at someone. You are the one burned ~Buddah)
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To: Defiant

Antifa started during the Hitler era in Germany in the 1930’s and were really anti-fascists back then. This new Antifa is actually fascist as you stated.

If you’ve heard of stolen valor you know how serious it is when someone steals the valor someone else earned. These fakes should be belittled and shunned in society for their crime of stealing valor others earned and what they are making a mockery of.


54 posted on 08/19/2017 8:24:01 AM PDT by Boomer (Have RINO republican pols been radicalized somehow?)
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To: Waverunner
And the idiot who drove his car into crowded streets and ended up killing a young woman - 30 to life. Taking a life needs punishment.

I agree. I just don't agree with whom the guilty party is. The antifa crowd who started beating on this kid's car, especially the one who hit it from behind as it slowly drove by, are responsible for the death and injuries. You can't blame someone for trying to save their own life by fleeing a mob of violent killers which is what antifa is.

Give the car driver a warning ticket to be more careful about driving down streets filled with violent protesters and let him go. Charge and jail the entire antifa crowd there; even the woman who was killed. Try them all, the dead one in absentia of course, and let the evidence tell the story about all the violent antifa's jaywalking in the street causing mayhem.

It's a shame the woman got killed but do stupid things; win stupid prizes. You do know she was harassing the car drivers in the road ahead of the Challenger driver right? She put herself in harms way by choice. They were all breaking the law by being in the street even if pedestrians always have the right of way.

55 posted on 08/19/2017 8:33:12 AM PDT by Boomer (Have RINO republican pols been radicalized somehow?)
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To: axxmann
Don’t give them the dignity of calling them ANTIFA, they are not anti-fascist. They are Fascist Anti-Capitalists. I suggest FANTICAP

I agree but then no one will know who you're talking about. Just let them call themselves whatever they want; we know what they are and so does the vast majority of the country.

The left thinks the general public is stupid but that's only half true. The leftist public is stupid and easily manipulated. The right leaning public can easily see things for what they are.

56 posted on 08/19/2017 8:37:24 AM PDT by Boomer (Have RINO republican pols been radicalized somehow?)
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To: Boomer

Those antifa were antifacom, Antifa Communists. These are antifafa. I like the way that sounds, and it will drive them crazy.


57 posted on 08/19/2017 8:48:03 AM PDT by Defiant (It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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To: reviled downesdad
BLM?

What about Occupy Wall Street and the fanatic Burnie supporters

Yes, I just couldn't list all the egg sucking dog libtard groups.

58 posted on 08/19/2017 9:02:00 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Biggirl

Ditto. Violent wherever they go. Easy call.


59 posted on 08/19/2017 10:00:20 AM PDT by Lord Casselreagh
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To: bobsunshine

SIGNED IT! Now 1/3rd of the way with only 66,000 to go!


60 posted on 08/19/2017 7:28:37 PM PDT by Moseley (http://www.MoseleyComments.com)
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