Ever since President Trump announced that he would be designating Antifa as a terrorist organization, liberals have been complaining that Trump is abusing his power in another scheme to silence his political opponents.
There are a few different reasons they give for asserting that, but the most consistently stated one is that Antifa, in fact, does not exist. It is a nebulous concept. It is not an organization, presumably because it doesn't have a tax ID number or apply (directly) for grants from the federal government.
Thank you. What happens next will require a lot of resolve. Antifa are already moving further underground after one California cell was exposed.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) September 22, 2025
The State Department needs to designate international Antifa as FTO — & use DOJ RICO & conspiracy charges against domestic networks. https://t.co/wNmUZ4a1sd
Who can say what it is? Who is in it? Does it even exist, or is the evil right-wing inventing something out of thin air? I bet it is! Republicans are dastardly and mean.
🚨NEW: Chuck Todd *PANICS* over Trump designating Antifa terrorist organization🚨
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) September 22, 2025
"I don't even know what Antifa is. I know what the definition of Antifa is. There is no group!"
"But what's dangerous is that by designating it, who's going to define who the group is?"
"And if… pic.twitter.com/vhZsRMSArF
"I don't even know what Antifa is. I know what the definition of Antifa is. There is no group!"
"But what's dangerous is that by designating it, who's going to define who the group is?"
"And if the Trump administration decides to say, 'You, George Soros, are a part of this group that I designated,' and you're like, 'No, I'm not,' and it doesn't matter."
The argument is, as everybody with two neurons that fire when stimulated knows, complete bovine manure. Antifa has recruitment websites, secret Telegram channels, and chapters in various cities around the world, and even ways to ensure that they are not being infiltrated by outsiders.
Here’s Antifa International detailing how to join an Antifa cell, or to start your own with other like-minded co-conspirators. They recommend joining the Torch Antifa Network in the U.S. (Rose City Antifa is part of this), or the adjacent Antifa network, the @iww.… pic.twitter.com/c1w1qN4WA3
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) September 18, 2025
They are organized, well-funded, and prepared for violence (they show up with gas masks, helmets, masks, shields, and weapons to "protest"
If you have any doubt, follow Andy Ngo and read his work. Antifa is real, and everybody knows it.
Hysterically funny that they're still saying this in 2025. pic.twitter.com/KOWGNLkg8o
— Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) September 23, 2025
The claim that Antifa is an idea, not an organization, is pure gaslighting. Antifa is not exactly the Brownshirts of the Democratic Party--Antifa members' loose collaboration with the Democrats is tactical, not due to real ideological sympathy--but they are not exactly NOT the Brownshirts of the Democratic Party. A lot of money flows from Democrat donors down through various NGOs to fund Antifa chapters and the lawyers whose job is to defend them and bail them out of jail.
One of the international groups funding Antifa terrorists in the U.S. is the International Antifa Defence Fund. They operate fundraising campaigns on @Patreon, @FundRazr and @TheActionNet.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) September 22, 2025
Militant Antifa activist and @RutgersU assistant professor Mark Bray donates proceeds… pic.twitter.com/kEUDfGIxad
Militant Antifa activist and @RutgersU assistant professor Mark Bray donates proceeds from his "Antifa Handbook" to this group.
The Defence Fund has donated to the Antifa militants in Texas charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting up an ICE facility in Alvarado, hitting an officer in the neck.
The association of Democrats and actual terrorists goes back a long way. Early on, the alliance between the Democrats and the KKK is well-documented, of course, and Barack Obama famously began his political career at a fundraiser hosted by Weather Underground members turned professors, Bill Ayers and his wife. They raised Chesa Boudin, whose parents were convicted of murder in the service of their own Weather Underground terrorism.
Minnesota's current Attorney General, former DNC Vice Chair, and former Congressman (he represented me in both the Minnesota Legislature and in Congress), Keith Ellison, is a big fan of Antifa and promoted it as a counterweight to Trump during his first term.
The incendiary rhetoric and normalization of political hate speech coming from the Dems built a culture that enables violence. This isn’t just hate speech, it’s domestic terrorism in action — the culmination of a dangerous pattern that has led us here. pic.twitter.com/gA2OipAoC9
— April Color (@ColorApril) September 14, 2025
There is a reason why the Democrats and the Pravda Media are insisting that Antifa is not real, and it is pretty simple: there is a money trail that flows from ActBlue and major Democratic Party donors, and even from state and local government grants to various NGOs, that leads to Antifa cells. It may be complicated, but there is plenty of low-hanging fruit (the legal defense funds, in particular) to go after, and lots of potential RICO actions.
You interviewed Mark Bray, who is an Antifa member, liar, and has been vocal about his support for their violence. Proceeds from his "Antifa Handbook" were used to funnel cash to the International Antifa Defense Fund, which gives money to violent members who are arrested.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) September 19, 2025
Even… https://t.co/6PPQj2nzYE pic.twitter.com/CoapaCTwI1
The Democrats and Antifa are connected in a marriage of convenience--they share a mutual interest in destroying conservatives--although many younger and more radical Democrats genuinely love Antifa and their tactics. The party establishment, not so much, although they find them useful and their radical donors are fans. Political operatives are leery of true believers, but they are also often beholden to them.
BREAKING: The Democrat Party Booth at the Ashland County, Ohio Fair was just KICKED OUT after displaying buttons with “8647” and “is he dead yet” in reference to kiIIing Trump.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 19, 2025
Democrats just can’t help themselves. They constantly promote violence.
Any comment @OHDems?? pic.twitter.com/lCne2viGgy
The media runs cover for Antifa because the Democrats run cover for Antifa, and the Democrats run cover for Antifa because they benefit from Antifa's actions. Kamala Harris even raised money for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which, among others, has regularly bailed out Antifa and BLM rioters.
In fact, her tweet asking for donations to the bail fund is literally still up. pic.twitter.com/AuvI4Ngqvt
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 22, 2022
Democrats have even promoted riots as a tool promoting public health, among other things.
Performers at Riot Fest in Chicago, Illinois, simulated the bloody disemboweling of President Trump on stage while people cheered.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 22, 2025
This is incitement. They know exactly what they’re doing.
Democrats can’t help themselves. They love promoting violence. pic.twitter.com/XHrxM7RucQ
Democrats have to push the falsehood that Antifa is a made-up thing for a simple reason: their backers lead back to the Democratic Party.
With that said, most Democrats comfort themselves with the myth that Antifa is not a real thing, just as many of them are conveniently forgetting that Hamas is a terrorist organization that is still, to this day, holding, executing, and starving hostages to death. To accept these facts is to shatter important illusions, and as long as Pravda backs the claims that "Antifa is just an idea," they can rest easy at night pretending they aren't associating with evil.
The reality is that Antifa is, in fact, a real thing. It is organized, well-funded, plans, and executes terrorist attacks, and the Democratic Party is allied with it.
Pretty much everybody claiming otherwise is gaslighting you.
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