Trump Says US Will Designate Antifa a Terrorist Organization

President Donald Trump is designating Antifa a terrorist organization after a night of violent demonstrations across the country.

“The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,” Trump said in a tweet on Sunday afternoon.

Days after George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, after an officer pinned him to the ground by placing his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes, dozens of cities around the country witnessed thousands of people gather to protest police brutality.

In several cities, the protests turned violent as night fell on Saturday.

On Sunday, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said he believed Antifa, short for “anti-fascist,” was behind the violence during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“This is being driven by Antifa. And they did it in Seattle. They have done it in Portland. They have done it in Berkeley. This is a destructive force of radical — I don’t even know if we want to call them leftists. Whatever they are, they’re — they’re militants who are coming in and burning our cities, and we’re going to get to the bottom of it.”

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On Saturday, Acting Senate Intelligence Chairman Marco Rubio