Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Bill to Declare Antifa Domestic Terrorist Group

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. will propose legislation to designate Antifa as an international terrorist organization (March 7). This is after protesters were allegedly aligned. set fire To the future Atlanta fire and police training center.

The following is an extract from the Atlanta Police DepartmentThe fire started on March 5, when it was lit by a blaze in the midst of a crowded area. “coordinated attack” A group of protesters against police launched stones, bricks, Molotov cocktails and fireworks at the responding officers as well as the equipment used in building the facility.

Andy Ngo, a journalist, claims the violent agitators belonged to Defend The Atlanta Forest. This far-left extremist organization is allegedly associated with the antifascist Antifa Movement.

Greene reacts to Twitter attack wrote, “Antifa are domestic terrorists and I’m introducing my resolution to officially declare them a terrorist organization on Tuesday [March 7].”

Protesters [against] the public safety facility—which they refer to as “Cop City”—have argued It will cause damage to the environment around it. “further militarize police in Georgia.”

23 domestic terrorist suspects were ultimately arrested after the attack on March 5, which caused multiple damage to equipment.

Of those arrested, only two were Georgia residents, with the vast majority coming from out-of-state—including two individuals from Canada and France.

Tom Jurgens, a Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer was also on the list.

Greene noted that violence was not an uncommon occurrence. “planned for weeks” promoted Through social media added: “Antifa are self-proclaimed communists and consistently organize to attack our government over and over again.

“You should take them seriously.”

In March 2021, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) introduced similar legislation to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, but the political climate in the Democrat-controlled House was less than favorable.

Greene, for her part, has characterized the Antifa movement as not only a terrorist organization but an arm of the Democrat Party, telling Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that the group constituted the party’s “Boden troops”

“[Democrats] They raise them, then breed them. However, when they’re arrested, they bail them out of jail. But they don’t get charged.” the congresswoman noted in January after a shootout between protesters and Atlanta police resulted in the death of one activist and severe injuries to a Georgia state trooper.

“They are not the antifascists—they are the fascists,” she continued, adding, “It’s been a long time since we had to put up with it, so it is now that it’s our turn.”