I was checking out this thread, when I noticed there is a complete idiot afoot actually claiming Democrats=Antifa, and that Antifa actually likes Democrats! Was the idiot born yesterday?
In August, a
fake antifa website began to redirect users to Joe Biden’s campaign site. Though it was clearly a ploy to associate the Democratic Party with antifa, right wingers seized upon the apparent conspiracy. Speaking about the Democrats that same day, Trump
claimed that “in my book, it’s virtually part of their campaign, antifa.”
According to Ann Coulter, the Democrats are “the Antifa Party.” And columnists have
argued that “antifa riots may be part of [a] Democrat power grab” or even that “
antifa is the militant wing of the Democratic Party.”
Not only is there no evidence to support such allegations — which are more of an effort to associate liberalism with lawlessness than anything else — but Democratic leaders have routinely
condemnedantifa and political violence more broadly. For example, in 2017 Nancy Pelosi
denounced “the violent actions of people calling themselves antifa” after destructive protests against right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in Berkeley. When a reporter recently asked Joe Biden, “Do you condemn antifa?,” he
responded, “Yes, I do.”
Nor is there any antifa love affair with the Democrats. The vast majority of antifa militants are radical anti-capitalists who oppose the Democratic Party. Some may hold their noses and vote for Biden in November, but many are anarchists who don’t vote at all.”
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