At the end of September, Donald Trump
issued an executive order declaring antifa a "domestic terrorist organization."
The problem is, antifa is not a formally designated group. It's a decentralized movement opposing fascism -- it's literally short for anti-fascist. Antifa does not have meetings, membership cards, or even "members."
And the fact that no one is formally "in" antifa means that Trump's executive order could set a dangerous precedent for labeling any political dissident as a domestic terrorist.Sign the petition now to tell the Trump Administration -- reverse this executive order immediately! Trump's Executive Order came soon after the killing of Charlie Kirk, which he claims is the fault of leftist extremism. The problem is that the investigation into Kirk's killer is still opaque, and it's not clear the assassination had anything to do with left-wing groups whatsoever.
There is also
no evidence of any left-wing attempts or conspiracies at widespread political violence.
In fact, research shows that the overwhelming majority of political violence in this country comes from right-wing extremism. It's funny, then, that Trump never proposed a crackdown on white supremacist hate groups, despite the fact that right-wing extremists have killed many Americans in the past decade.
Trump is clearly
cherry-picking evidence to create broad, sweeping crack downs against anyone who might oppose his extremist agenda.
This sets an extremely dangerous precedent. Sign the petition now to tell the Trump Administration: reverse this executive order immediately!