,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ecf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,august #b1         
#bjai,mr4 ,green of ,tennessee 7for     
himself and ,mr4 ,walker7 submitted the 
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,strongly condemning the  
violent actions of ,antifa and          
recognizing that it engages in domestic 
terrorism4  ,whereas the misnomer       
,antifa is a far-left extremist movement
 that regularly advocates for the       
forcible suppression of opposition and  
the radical overthrow of the ,government
 of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas       
,antifa threatens freedom of speech1    
freedom of the press1 and the right to  
peaceful protest2 ,whereas ,antifa      
regularly attacks journalists and other 
individuals it confronts2 ,whereas      
,antifa engages in domestic terrorism2  
,whereas1 in early #bjaf1 the           
,department of ,homeland ,security under
 the ,president ,obama administration   

formally labeled ,antifa efforts as     
domestic terrorist violence42 ,whereas1 
on ,january #bj1 #bjag1 ,chicago        
,sun-,times reporter ,sam ,charles was  
punched in the chest by an ,antifa      
member while covering protests of the   
inauguration of ,president ,trump2      
,whereas1 on ,february #a1 #bjag1 in    
,berkeley1 ,california1 roughly #aej    
masked ,antifa members threw rocks1     
commercial-grade fireworks1 and ,molotov
 cocktails at campus buildings and      
police officers1 and attacked two       
,berkeley ,college ,republicans2        
,whereas1 on ,june #aj1 #bjag1 ,alpha   
,news reporter ,preya ,samsundar was    
physically attacked by an ,antifa member
 while livestreaming a rally outside the
 ,minnesota ,state ,capitol building2   
,whereas1 on ,august #ac1 #bjag1 a      
reporter from ,north ,carolina ,,tv     
station ,,wlos was assaulted by an      
,antifa member while livestreaming a    
demonstration in ,asheville2 ,whereas1  
on ,august #ae1 #bjag1 a ,,cbs #f       

photojournalist was assaulted in the    
back of the head with a blunt object by 
an ,antifa member while filming a march 
in ,richmond1 ,virginia2 ,whereas1 on   
,august #bf1 #bjag1 independent         
journalist ,nathan ,stolpman was        
attacked while filming a protest in ,san
 ,francisco1 ,california2 ,whereas1 on  
,august #bg1 #bjag1 independent         
journalist ,dave ,minsky was hit1       
kicked1 and beaten with a pipe by masked
 ,antifa members while covering a       
protest in ,berkeley1 ,california2      
,whereas1 on ,august #bg1 #bjag1 an     
,antifa member started an altercation   
with ,leigh ,martinez1 a freelance      
reporter for ,,ktvu1 and knocked her    
phone out of her hand by hitting her    
wrist while she was filming in          
,berkeley2 ,whereas1 on ,august #bg1    
#bjag1 freelance reporter ,thom ,jensen 
had his phone stolen and dunked in water
 while covering an ,antifa demonstration
 in ,berkeley2 ,whereas1 on ,august #bg1
 #bjag1 reporter ,mike ,kessler was     

covering the ,antifa demonstration in   
,berkeley when ,antifa members stole his
 phone and destroyed his camera2        
,whereas1 on ,august #bg1 #bjag1 in     
,berkeley1 an ,antifa member ordered    
,nathan ,hope1 a freelance production   
assistant1 to stop filming and knocked  
his camera out of his hand2 ,whereas1 on
 ,december #ah1 #bjah1 documents showed 
that the ,federal ,bureau of            
,investigation was probing an ,antifa   
plot to buy guns from a ,mexican cartel 
and stage an armed rebellion at the     
southern border2 ,whereas1 on ,may #a1  
#bjai1 independent journalist ,andy ,ngo
 was sprayed with bear repellent and    
assaulted during an ,antifa protest in  
,portland1 ,oregon2 ,whereas1 on ,july  
#f1 #bjai1 ,antifa members clashed with 
police while attempting to disrupt a    
rally in the ,district of ,columbia2    
,whereas1 on ,june #bi1 #bjai1 ,andy    
,ngo was again attacked during an       
,antifa protest he was covering in      
,portland1 slammed on the back of the   

head1 punched1 and kicked by about a    
dozen masked ,antifa members1 and given 
a brain hemorrhage2 ,whereas1 on ,july  
#ac1 #bjai1 an ,antifa member armed with
 a rifle threw incendiary devices at an 
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement  
facility in ,washington ,state2 ,whereas
 in his final statement1 this ,antifa   
member stated that for his upcoming     
attack1 ,the semi-automatic weapon ,i   
used was a cheap1 home-built            
unregistered ghost ,,ar-#ae1 it had six 
magazines4 ,i strongly encourage        
comrades and incoming comrades to arm   
themselves4 ,we are now responsible for 
defending people from the predatory     
state4 ,ignore the law in arming        
yourself if you have the luxury1 ,i     
did42 ,whereas in ,the ,antifascist     
,handbook1 ,mark ,bray writes ,you fight
 them by writing letters and making     
phone calls so you don't have to fight  
them with fists4 ,you fight them with   
fists so you don't have to fight them   
with knives4 ,you fight them with knives

 so you don't have to fight them with   
guns4 ,you fight them with guns so you  
don't have to fight them with tanks42   
and ,whereas violence by a political    
movement should not be tolerated by the 
,united ,states of ,america or any      
peaceful civil society3 ,now1 therefore1
 be it  ,that the ,house of             
,representatives-- 7#a7 strongly        
condemns the violent actions of ,antifa2
  7#b7 recognizes that ,antifa engages  
in domestic terrorism2 and  7#c7 urges  
the ,president and the ,president's     
,cabinet to use all available resources 
to address the threats posed by this    
extremist movement4