As Democratic leaders like Rep. Dan Goldman (D, N.Y.) insist that Antifa does not exist as a group, two Antifa groups — Front Range Antifa and Colorado Springs Antifa — put out a hit list poster on a University of Colorado sophomore and leader in Turning Point USA. He was promptly attacked by a person in the signature Antifa black outfit on roller blades who used a hockey stick to mete out the punishment.
According to a press release, Boulder Police are looking for a suspect accused of attacking a 19-year-old Turning Point USA student leader near the University of Colorado, Boulder on Thursday evening. The attacker is suspected to be an Antifa member and to have followed the victim in the premeditated attack.
The suspect is described as dressed in “all black clothing, a black ski mask, and had a green Gatorade bottle with an orange top in his back right pants pocket. He was skating with a hockey stick. The suspect fled the scene after the victim called 911, and Boulder Police and CU Police officers searched the area but did not locate him.”
Police added:
“In the interest of transparency, detectives are also confirming that they are aware that the victim was the subject of some social media posts and a digital flyer circulated by others prior to last night’s incident. Whether these played a role in the reported assault is part of the investigation, and police are not commenting further on this finding.”
The Antifa flyer accused the sophomore of being “an active member” of “neo-Nazi organizations” and is “responsible for white supremacist, antisemitic, and anti-LGBTQ vandalism on campus and across Boulder,” and also “participated in a white supremacist boxing tournament.” The Boulder Students for a Democratic Society reportedly shared the flyer on their social media. They encouraged followers to “share widely” and tag the school to notify them of a “Nazi activist on CU Boulder campus.”
The TPUSA student was not seriously injured, but the point was made by Antifa that any critics can be tracked down and attacked.
Recently, in a debate with my colleague Professor Mary Ann Frank on free speech, I objected when she repeated the often-used claim on the left that “if you oppose Antifa, you are by definition a fascist.” I noted that many in the free speech community have been threatened by this group, which is the most violent, anti-free speech movement in the United States.
At the same time, Democratic leaders are ramping up denials of the very existence of Antifa as a group in an effort to deflect criticism for their own increasingly rage-filled rhetoric at a time of rising political violence.
Recently, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) claimed that “nobody” knows what the left-wing terrorist organization Antifa is and that it does not exist. However, he previously promoted the “Antifa Handbook” in 2018 and praised the group as terrifying Trump. Now, however, he has joined the chorus of Antifa denials as political violence rises around the country.
As I previously wrote, it is reminiscent of how, roughly seventy years ago, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover famously declared, “There is no organized crime in America.” Hoover’s stubborn denial of the existence of the mafia continued despite ample evidence to the contrary, from arrests to congressional testimony.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) seemed to morph into Hoover before our very eyes, including a posting in which he challenged anyone to “name one member of ‘Antifa.’” The Justice Department then named two in another criminal prosecution of Antifa members.
Others on the left have joined Goldman in this absurd claim. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel committed part of his monologue to assure viewers that Antifa is no more than a mythical “chupacabra.” “You understand there is no Antifa,” he said. “This is an entirely made-up organization.”
I have testified about Antifa before Congress, published columns on the organization for over a decade, and wrote a book discussing Antifa. I did oppose declaring Antifa a terrorist organization due to free speech concerns, but I also know that it is very real.
By design, Antifa avoids typical leadership hierarchies and organizational structures. Antifa was first created in the 1920s, associated with the Weimar-era German communist group Antifaschistische Aktion.
Many protesters belong to Antifa groups that have names like “Rose City Antifa” and offshoots like Love and Rage and Mexico’s Amor Y Rabia. Antifa members have been elected to the French and European parliaments.
Law enforcement officials, like former FBI Director Christopher Wray, have long debunked deniers like Goldman. “Antifa is a real thing,” said Wray.
Ironically, when many on the left are not denying its existence, they are rallying their members or actually selling Antifa merchandise. As noted above, former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison — now the Minnesota attorney general — proclaimed that Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. His own son, Minneapolis City Council member Jeremiah Ellison, declared his allegiance to Antifa in the heat of the protests this summer.
But, with Antifa violence on the rise, Democratic leaders have gone back to denying its existence even as Antifa deploys its signature black hoodies and masks.
The Colorado case shows just how real, violent, and organized this group is in the United States.
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The left and Democrats protect the violent: Islamic terrorists, Antifa, men beating up women, and doctors cutting off genitals, Ted Cruz had this to say. Notice how the left and Democrats focus on anti-Christian values, supporting Hamas, but forget about Christians.
“Nigerian Christians are being targeted and executed for their faith by Islamist terrorist groups, and are being forced to submit to sharia law and blasphemy laws across Nigeria. It is long past time to impose real costs on the Nigerian officials who facilitate these activities, and my Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act uses new and existing tools to do exactly that. I urge my colleagues to advance this critical legislation expeditiously.” — Senator Ted Cruz
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22019/nigeria-genocide-against-christians
If my name was on the “hit list” I would get a concealed carry weapon permit and if attacked give the Antifa attacker a response that he would not forget if he were to survive .
Wouldn’t you rather sue? That way you wouldn’t be surrendering decades of your freedoms. Just a suggestion.
Hip, Hip HOORAY
Unless you live in a police state fascist state… why don’t you have a concealed carry license already? That is, if you don’t live in a constitutional state that doesn’t require residents to get a license to exercise their rights enumerated in the Bill Of Rights.
Has anyone noticed that these cowardly-bully groups (ANTIFA, BLM, Democrats) only pull their tough guy stunts in blue states/cities?
That’s because they know that they (1) won’t be prosecuted, even if arrested, and (2) don’t have to fear being shot by their victims, because those residents aren’t allowed to be armed. But if they are armed, the Democrat judges and prosecutors will go after the person defending themselves or others instead of the violent psychopath starting the trouble, as in the Daniel Penny case.
So glad I live in the free state of Texas, where these cowardly types of criminals know the FO will likely be fatal for them if they choose to FA.
This Antifa “hit list” is no different than TPUSA’s watchlist. Both are wrong and chill free speech and academic freedom on campus.
Antifa’s hit list is one calling for violence.
TPUSA is one telling people, “Hey, if you want to pass that class, dont take that class with THAT professor!”
Where does the flyer call for violence? It just says who he is and believes. Is that not the same as the professor watchlist? Both have the effect of leading to violence on campus, but neither overtly calls for violence against the target.
I saw the darn thing. Chock full of radical-left dog whistles. Doxxing as a form of aggression. Nobody who sees it will believe it’s harmless, not even your guys.
J.D. Vance on his wedding day.
https://x.com/stuartpstevens/status/1983265592170950700
Yawn,,, try harder
In Other Future News:, “Hockey Stick Bearing Antifa Member Breaks Down In Court At Sentencing”
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After having been sentenced by a judge to six months in jail after his conviction for Felony Menacing, a local Antifa member defiantly declared, “We will never be silenced by this court or any other. Long Live Antifa and down with Nazis like you.”
Apparently this insolence was too much to bear for his mother who stepped forth from the audience, grabbed him by the ear, and scolded him for being so rude. She then grounded him for a week and took away his roller blades, to which he burst out into rage and tears and yelled out “I hate you Mommy, I hate you.”
He was then led off by a bailiff, stomping and crying like a child.
Darren, can Professor Turley please stop misquoting Wray? Wray did not think Antifa was a single group or organization and yet Turley continues to use him as support for that claim.
It is good that some people are going after the fascists.
^ Referring to the police seeking to arrest the Antifa member who carried out the attack ^
ANTIFA is very real, and very dangerous. They are getting bolder and bolder and more and more dangerous everyday too. We’ve seen them fact-to-face, and seen what they do to people and property.
the only real and dangerous are people with delusions. like you.
Again, HOW SO? Because I believe in morality? Because I believe in law and order? Because I believe ALL lives matter? Because I don’t buy into ALL this Liberal/Leftist CRAP? How am I dangerous? You’re an IDIOT! GROW UP! Get a job! Learn how to take responsibility!
Concerned people should ask themselves why the Democrats’ Antifa and fellow communist cowards, Black Liars & Marxists, are only a threat to peace and order in just some areas of America. There are a few of both of those groups in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. But in general, about as bad as it gets is making noise and occasionally disrupting traffice.
The ones we have in the states like these have never attempted violence against onlookers. Nor against TPUSA events on college campuses in states like these.
There must be a reason why they give the fascist rioting and violence a pass in those states. Anybody have any suggestions as to why?
The American fertility rate is in a “death spiral.” More Americans die than are born. Soon there will be no Americans left in America. What is an American woman’s duty to her country?
What does this have to do with the topic of ANTIFA?
Jeanne,
It is a lame attempt to deflect from the fact antifa is a radical domestic terrorist group.
However, he is not wrong. America is in fact below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman and has been for a number of years. Recently we hit a record low of 1.6 children per woman. And it is not just an American thing. Italy, Japan, and a number of other countries are experiencing the same thing.
Recent polling finds more males under the age of 30 are becoming more conservative while females in that same age group are becoming more liberal. Female liberals are less likely to date anyone who is not liberal. Also a recent study finds women with the septum nose ring are much less likely to get married and have children. If the trend continues, there will be more married conservatives with children than liberals.
🙂
“a recent study finds women with the septum nose ring are much less likely to get married and have children. “
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Such is the effect of wearing fishing tackle as facial adornments…the Birth Control Glasses of today.
Darren,
“the Birth Control Glasses of today.”
I wore them in boot camp!
You are preaching to the choir, my friend.
So, what we have here, is two groups that supposedly do not exist, found out who this guy was, a leader in a Turning Point USA chapter. They got pictures of him. They knew who he was, a sophomore and a engineering student. Made up some digital flyers and claims he was a part of some neo-Nazi group, of course anyone to the right of them are Nazis. Anti-this/that/ and that other thing all without evidence. Then some unhinged wackadoodle decided he would carry out an attack on this unsuspecting guy.
Meanwhile, the Democrat party and leftists insists antifa does not exist and demand we name one. Well, there are two antifa wackadoodles being held for an attack with deadly weapons on ICE agents.
And then there are the two antifa groups, operating in Colorado, Front Range Antifa and Colorado Springs Antifa.
Oh, and the Democrats and leftists insist that they are not violent.
High speed lead injection would solve the problem
You don’t see that solution as stylistically fascistic? No trial? No jurors? Extrajudicial assassination? Taken literally, your post puts you in the exact same ideation category as self-proclaimed anti-fascists…not willing to knuckle under to a common set of laws, because it doesn’t afford you God-like powers.
Antifa is an ideology, not a unified group, like Islamic fundamentalism. There is nothing other than ideology that connects the Front Range Antifa group to the Rose City Antifa group. Just like there is nothing that connects Hamas to Al qaeda other than overlaps in ideology
I don’t understand why this is so hard to comprehend.
I never said they were a unified group. But they are two groups, and as you mention Rose City antifa a third group. They are groups who’s ideology promotes violence, lawlessness.
They are groups who by their words and actions we see and know their ideology is violence and lawlessness.
They are groups who the Democrats and leftists claim do not exist.
I don’t understand why this is so hard to comprehend.
“I never said they were a unified group. But they are two groups, and as you mention Rose City antifa a third group”
Upstate, wouldn’t it be better to call them sub-groups?
Subhuman more fitting
Antifa is not a single group. Rose City Antifa and Front Range Antifa are groups. Antifa is an ideology, not a group, just like white supremacy and Islamic fundamentalism.
Yes. That is what I said. Rose City, Front Range, Colorado Springs antifa are all groups as there are many more, who while not united as a organization, have a common ideology. They conduct themselves like most terrorist groups; to prevent if one group gets compromised/arrested, they cannot “give up” the other groups. It is all quite simple.
“I never said they were a unified group.”
With respect: Don’t surrender that point. It’s important.
Antifa is unified — by its (noxious) ideology.
Antifa is an ideology, not a unified group, . . . There is nothing other than ideology that connects . . .”
Nice job shooting yourself in the foot.
This ain’t nothing! Just wait until Saturday, if food stamps aren’t forthcoming.
Some folks are saying they will just steal from the stores. Not surprised, when you can’t stop them.
prove it. liar.
IF the Democrats do not pull their heads out of their posterior end and pass the Clean CR, come Saturday Floyd and DustOff just might be right. And you wrong.
LOL You asked for it
Four weeks into the federal government shutdown, a woman claiming she’s out of food stamps is bragging online about stealing from a grocery store while urging others to steal at will and “infiltrate” churches to get cash.
The woman who goes by “consiracycutiee” and has a username of @jaalagotanattitude posted her illegal shoplifting exploits on social media, using extremely graphic language.
She is NOT alone.
It’s not hard to look this up
“mete out the punishment” is a pretty weak way of communicating that a masked terrorist attacked someone with a hockey stick.
When Antifa season -finally- opens there will be no size or bag limits and no daylight-only or night-vision restrictions. Stock up now on hollow points, popcorn, and butter before the Democrat SNAP riots start.
OldFish,
Just had a funny thought reading your comment. Back in the day, when commercial drones were first becoming available, some small town was issuing Drone Hunting Licenses. It was more in fun and a way to raise revenue for the town.
Perhaps antifa hunting licenses? Image of a “black bloc” wackadoodle with crosshairs on it?
Of course not to be taken seriously but as a means to raise funds for a charity cause like breast cancer awareness, leukemia society, the SPCA etc.
TPUSA should use them as a fundraiser!
Of course antifa, MSM, leftist Democrats will think it is real, just like they think people believe the Bee to be a real news outlet.
More of the famous leftist love and tolerance we keep hearing about. In the name of spreading Antifa enlightenment I suggest they take their message of peace to somewhere like Coeur d’alene, Idaho or Tallahassee, FL. I am certain they would find the population quite receptive to their message.
antonio
The Brave, Masked, Wonderful Warriors of Antifa ™ only take their message of love and tolerance to locations where local politicians either turn a blind eye or support their shenanigans.
It’s just an idea, right?
antonio
Coeur d’Alene has been infected with leftist loonies from the Coast.
Remember how the local police were tricked into overreacting to a so-called Patriot Front intended demonstration that was probably a fed cosplay to stir up public sentiment against anyone to the right of Lenin.
The entire town police looked like leftist idiots. They, Coeur d’Alene, should have been sued but I suspect the feds just wanted to bury this charade that got out of hand.
It’s quite amazing that a political party almost always believes in the truth
(as they see it).
Facts are irrelevant. Talk about putting your head in the hard clay!!
They don’t call you Nazi because they hate you, they call you Nazi so they can kill you.
Getting pretty tired of the don’t believe your lying eyes nonsense. It would be bad enough if the modern left simply ignored the violence, as they do and have, but the gaslighting we’ve endured since 2020 is beyond unacceptable. The ‘anyone who exposes the madness is a Nazi’ card is played out, it looks like the unhinged insanity it is. These people are not well, and most of us have had enough. I don’t see any difference at all between Antifa and the old Aryan Nation groups, or radical hate groups of the 70s. This more and more includes mainstream DNC representatives and the media.
Conceal and carry in Florida would have been some quick justice.
More proof the left is dangerous.
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Leftist podcaster Jennifer Welch, in a recent video, called on Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to get on board with the extreme elements of the party who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination and who want to see MAGA dead.
This ugly grifter is just trying to make a name for herself by being the most aggressive radical on leftists media platforms and sadly she is making some headway. Of course she will go too far and she will be off of the CNNs of the world before too long. She is too unlikable, too nasty, too disgustingly awful to remain a presence for too long.
DustOff,
Ah! I just saw what you were referring to, i.e. Welch.
“So listen up, Democratic establishment: You can either jump on board with this sh!t or we’re coming after you in the same way that we come after MAGA. Period,”
— Jennifer Welch
Okay . . . bring what exactly? Leave it to a leftist to bring a hockey stick to a gunfight. 🙂
Geez, if the guy wants to wear a mask and beat people up he should join ICE.
Geez, why are people sooo stupid?
Do you oppose the punks wearing masks or just the guys protecting innocents from wearing them?
“Geez, if the guy wants to wear a mask and beat people up he should join ICE.”
Can we have a bipartisan agreement with you Democrat communists? I propose this:
1: ICE is told they will no longer be allowed to conceal their face to prevent Antifa from doxxing and threatening them and their children. Antifa will be permitted to continue wearing masks while rioting.
2. Doxxing federal agents is now a felony, with a one year sentence in jail, increasing to five years in jail if threats result from that, and a life sentence if any attack on ICE officers, their home, or their family results.
3. ICE is in turn given written authorization to shoot dead on the spot anyone assaulting them either at a riot or threatening their homes or anyone in their family.
Would you be willing to sign that bipartisan agreement, masked little Antifa Doxxing Warrior?
What? And get people like these off our streets?
Exclusive: ICE continues arresting ‘worst of the worst’ illegal migrants accused of sexual crimes
“The latest arrests include illegal migrants who have been convicted of crimes such as lewd and lascivious act on a minor, aggravated criminal sexual assault with bodily harm, aggravated kidnapping and possession with the intent to distribute.”
https://justthenews.com/events/exclusive-ice-continues-arresting-worst-worst-illegal-migrants-accused-sexual-crimes