White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that President Donald Trump intends to sign an executive order later that day to designate antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, citing a pattern of violent acts linked to the far-left movement.
“Antifa is going to be designated a domestic terrorist organization,” Leavitt told reporters at the daily press briefing. “The president intends to sign that executive order very soon, as soon as it’s drafted, as soon as today, later this afternoon. And this is something the president campaigned on, because we have seen a rise in violence perpetrated by antifa, radical people across this country who subscribe to this group.”
Leavitt said the administration has documented numerous cases of antifa-linked violence, including some that received little attention from mainstream outlets and were “completely ignored by the previous administration.” She highlighted several recent incidents by antifa, which stands for anti-fascist:
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