At the White House on Sept. 15, a reporter asked President Donald Trump a loaded question: “[With] a lot of left-wing violence going on…do you plan on designating Antifa, finally, [as a] domestic terror organization?” President Trump appeared to consider it for a moment before saying he would like to do that.
“Well, it’s something I would do, yeah,” Trump answered, then he quickly added a caveat: “If we had support from the people back here… I would do that 100%, and others also, by the way…”
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Trump then claimed that Antifa “got away with murder” but did not offer any evidence to substantiate that allegation. He suggested “bringing in RICO” to go after Antifa and possibly other groups and individual citizens, as well.
Trump singled out unnamed individuals who he says threw rocks or bricks at federal workers or federal vehicles.
The president also singled out a woman who he said screamed at him at a restaurant about his administration’s policy on Gaza, saying that he’s asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to look for ways to imprison her and other protesters he referred to as “agitators.”
Domestic political violence is still relatively rare in the United States, but it is far more common on the extreme right than the extreme left, in contrast to the president’s statements.
