[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1122-H1123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    ANTIFA SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

  (Ms. GREENE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I announce that I am introducing 
a House Resolution to designate antifa as a domestic terrorist 
organization.
  America has had enough of these terrorists.
  Just this past weekend, antifa-affiliated rioters set fire to the 
future Atlanta police training facility by attacking it, an organized 
attack that is all captured on video. Molotov cocktails and other 
destructive items, fireworks were fired at police officers, and the 
construction site was set on fire causing much damage.
  There were over 30 people arrested.
  Now, here is the issue: only two of them were actually from Georgia. 
The rest of them were from other places in the country, and several of 
them were from other countries like France and Canada. One of them 
happened to be an

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attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center. That is disgraceful.
  This all comes on the heels of antifa terrorizing Americans for years 
now.
  Never forget in the summer of 2020, antifa caused over $2 billion in 
damage; setting fires to cities, businesses, attacking police officers, 
and killing people. Yet over 95 percent of those arrested had their 
charges dropped.

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