Freedom House Caucus Chair, other GOP Back Trump legislators on antifa designation
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House president Freedom Caucus, Andy Harris, R-MD., And other Republican legislators have expressed strong support for President Donald Trump’s decision to qualify an antifa a terrorist organization and investigate the group.
“I am happy to inform our many patriots of the United States that I designate Antifa, a radical and sick, dangerous left disaster, as a major terrorist organization. I will also strongly recommend that these anti-fas funding are entirely investigated in accordance with the highest standards and legal practices. Thank you for your attention to this case!” The president said on Truth Social.
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“President Trump is right. Antifa is a dangerous and radical group that thrives on chaos and violence. Declare them rightly that a terrorist organization will help protect our communities. job on X.
The account of the Caucus of the House Freedom republished Harris, and the publications of the representatives of the GOP Eli Crane and Andy Biggs, both of Arizona, in which they shared screenshots of the post of president on Antifa and thanked it for this.
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Representative Andy Harris, R-MD., Perses a meeting of the Republican Chamber Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday September 9, 2025. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, included via Getty Images)
Gop meaning. Rick Scott, from Florida, and Mike Lee, of Utah, also thanked the president.
“Antifa has left with its ailments and terrorized cities through our country for too long. It was 100% the right decision. Thank you, @potus!” Scott said in a job on X.
“Antifa is like a group of pyromaniacs pretending to be firefighters”, Lee wrote. “Thank you, President Trump, for appointing Antifa as a major terrorist organization.”
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Representative Andy Harris, R-MD., President of House Freedom Caucus is greeted by Senator Mike Lee, Rutah, Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., And Senator Ron Johnson, R-WISC., Before a press conference on Capitol Hill on December 18, 2024 in Washington, DC, (Kent Nishimura / Getty images)
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On May 31, 2020, during his first term, Trump said in a tweet“The United States of America will designate antifa as a terrorist organization”.
