Posted on 05/31/2020 12:48:14 PM PDT by EBH
I know this sounds crazy, but Donald Trump will not be president forever. In fact, he hasn’t been president that long . . . meaning, it was not so long ago that we were dealing with an Obama administration — and its media-Democrat pom-pom squads — that regarded limited-government conservatives, Second Amendment proponents, and many veterans returning from overseas military service as “right-wing extremists” who posed a threat of “domestic terrorism.” Someday, maybe sooner than we’d like to think, Democrats are going to be in power again. Do we really want to give them enhanced federal powers to harass ideological opponents under the guise of “designating” domestic terrorist threats?
Right this minute, in terms of confronting Antifa or any other domestic terrorist organization, we have a more robust array of state and federal law-enforcement powers than we have ever had. Moreover, coordination between federal and state law-enforcement and national-security officers is as good as it has ever been. All that is required to gut Antifa is the will to do it — the will to say, “Regardless of our disparate political views, we Americans draw the line at violent extortion that eviscerates our right to speak, assemble, and engage in constitutionally protected political activity.”
I’d humbly suggest we work on that, rather than wasting our energy on meaningless and potentially counterproductive theater like designating domestic terrorist organizations.
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Don’t worry. It won’t happen, just like Trump didn’t follow thru on designating Mexican cartels as terrorist
If they have power, they’ll do whatever they want. No permission required.
Wasn’t ELF designated a terrorist group?
Andy McCarthy....part of the problem
Don’t worry. It won’t happen, just like Trump didn’t follow thru on designating Mexican cartels as terrorist
Use racketeering laws to go after them.
That was what happened when Democrats used RICO to go after anti-abortion groups.
Anyone know how designating Antifa a terrorist group makes any difference? What would that allow the feds to do that they couldn’t before?
Famous last words?
Before this week is over, ANTIFA will be declared domestic terrorists.
And you can take that to the bank.
States and cities are letting ANTIFA terrorize. Let the national feds do something other than attempting to overthrow an election.
Very poor reasoning.
So the weather underground was never designated a terrorist organization?
Or perhaps AntiFa has NOT promoted insurrection and domestic terrorism by supplying bricks and organizing riots to do massive damage to cities all across America?
Or is it “ok” because nobody has technically died from the riots yet? Just been severely beaten?
What’s the point of having a domestic terrorism law then?
If Soros is the money machine behind Antifa, that’d mean all of his assets can be confiscated, military could snatch him?
His son is probably a member.
I hope you’re right and I’m wrong. We’ll see
Anti is quacking like a duck.
There’s not going to be an election at this rate. If the blue states allow this kind of destruction and violence - how hard do you it is for them to steal an election that happens mainly in private?!
Anybody who believes in America must go to work at your states and cities (including the blue ones) for the elections and monitor the voting this year.
Yep, just like some cowards on here who are always afraid of a tweet that POTUD put out, or afraid to do something because we might look bad. This is why we are where we are right now because we have cowards on our side who disguise their cowardice is some sort of principle.
Garbage. If they are terrorists, and everything points to them being so, label them that and treat them accordingly. Not doing so won’t prevent the Left from lying about the Right in the future.
the Tea Party was a terrorist organization...
How about the NRA?
See...it can be a slippery slope. What if this summer goes real hot. And militias form up...then in 2024 democrats win...suddenly a lot of people who thought they were patriots become terrorists.
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