Republican Senators Cruz, Cassidy take a big step to designate Antifa as a domestic terror organization

Late last month, well-recognized independent journalist Andy Ngo, a gay son of Vietnamese immigrants, was brutally beaten by a mob of far-left Antifa thugs in Portland, Oregon.

In response to both Ngo’s beating and a spate of other horrifying attacks committed by Antifa extremists, on Thursday GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy and Ted Cruz unveiled a landmark bill that condemns the left-wing group and calls for it to be designated a domestic terrorist group.

“Antifa are terrorists, violent masked bullies who ‘fight fascism’ with actual fascism, protected by Liberal privilege,” Cassidy said in a statement Thursday. “Bullies get their way until someone says no. Elected officials must have courage, not cowardice, to prevent terror.”

“Antifa is a terrorist organization composed of hateful, intolerant radicals who pursue their extreme agenda through aggressive violence,” Cruz added. “Time and time again their actions have demonstrated that their central purpose is to inflict harm on those who oppose their views.”

“Like any terrorist organization they choose to pursue their political ends through violence, fear and intimidation. They must be stopped. I am proud to introduce this resolution with Senator Cassidy to properly identify what Antifa are: domestic terrorists.”

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.

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Antifa is a domestic terror organization. This is a group of hateful, intolerant radicals pursuing their extreme agenda through violence. They are masked bigots, attacking others b/c they don't agree with their ideas. The time to stop Antifa is NOW! https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-cruz-antifa-is-a-domestic-terrorist-organization …

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Senator Ted Cruz

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Antifa is a terrorist organization composed of hateful, intolerant radicals who pursue their extreme agenda through aggressive violence. Time and time again their actions have demonstrated that their central purpose is to inflict harm on those who oppose their views.

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Senator Ted Cruz

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Like any terrorist organization they choose to pursue their political ends through violence, fear & intimidation. They must be stopped. I’m proud to introduce this resolution w @SenBillCassidy to properly identify what Antifa are: domestic terrorists. —> https://bit.ly/2LTKVQe 

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It’s not difficult to understand their logic given the abundance of evidence against Antifa.

Just last weekend an Antifa-affiliated extremist armed with an AR-15 rifle, flares and multiple Molotov cocktails attempted to fire-bomb a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Tacoma, Washington.

Besides setting a car near the detention facility on fire Saturday, deceased suspect Willem Van Spronsen also reportedly threw “incendiary devices” (Molotov cocktails) at the facility. Had the detention center caught fire, the lives of...

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