The Department Of Homeland Security Considers Antifa’s Acts A Form Of ‘Domestic Terrorist Violence’

The left isn’t going to like this.

According to a report from Politico, federal officials have been worried about an increasing number of attacks from Antifa for quite some time. It’s so bad that the Department of Homeland Security now considers Antifa’s activities a form of “domestic terrorist violence.”

Federal authorities have been warning state and local officials since early 2016 that leftist extremists known as “antifa” had become increasingly confrontational and dangerous, so much so that the Department of Homeland Security formally classified their activities as “domestic terrorist violence,” according to interviews and confidential law enforcement documents obtained by POLITICO.

 

Since well before the Aug. 12 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly, DHS has been issuing warnings about the growing likelihood of lethal violence between the left-wing anarchists and right-wing white supremacist and nationalist groups.

They also refer to these fools as “anarchist extremists.”

Previously unreported documents disclose that by April 2016, authorities believed that “anarchist extremists” were the primary instigators of violence at public rallies against a range of targets. They were blamed by authorities for attacks on the police, government and political institutions, along with symbols of “the capitalist system,” racism, social injustice and fascism, according to a confidential 2016 joint intelligence assessment by DHS and the FBI.

Politico even admitted that Antifa thugs instigate. What happened in Charlottesville was terrible, and I cannot condemn and denounce disgusting white supremacists enough, but as many have noted– even Politico– things took a turn for the worse when Antifa showed up. One could say BOTH SIDES bear some responsibility.

Of course, Politico did its best to place some blame on Trump, even though this is Antifa we’re talking about.

Those reports appear to bolster Trump’s insistence that extremists on the left bore some blame for the clashes in Charlottesville and represent a “problem” nationally. But they also reflect the extent that his own political movement has spurred the violent backlash.

 

In interviews, law enforcement authorities made clear that Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric and policies — first as a candidate and then as president — helped to create a situation that has escalated so quickly and extensively that they do not have a handle on it.