President Trump: It should be clear to all Americans that we have a very serious left-wing terror threat in our country. Radicals associated with the domestic terror group, Antifa, that you've heard a lot about lately; I've heard a lot about them for ten years, and other far-left extremists, have been carrying out a campaign of violence against ICE agents and other officials charged with enforcing federal law.
President Trump: The epidemic of left-wing violence and Antifa-inspired terror has been escalating for nearly a decade.
President Trump: Under the Trump administration, we're going after Antifa criminals, and all who fund and support their campaigns; in serious trouble, and we have a lot of records already. A lot of surprises. A lot of bad surprises. It's people that you would never think.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi: Antifa is a domestic, left-wing terrorist organization. We've seen them on video for years because they wanted to be seen, and they got away with it. They beat journalists, they attack courthouses, they attack police stations, they doxx and assault our law enforcement officers.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi: This is not activism, it's anarchy. We can't, and we will not, allow masked terrorists burn our buildings, attack our law enforcement, intimidate our communities. Under your leadership, President Trump, we're deploying the full might of the federal law enforcement to crack down on Antifa and other domestic terror organizations.
Secretary Noem: I was in Portland yesterday, and had the chance to visit with the governor of Oregon, and also the mayor there in town, and they are absolutely covering up the terrorism that is hitting their streets…these leaders in these local cities, along with Pritzker and Johnson, ignore what's going on, or sir, they're helping Antifa cover it up.
Director Patel: What we are doing at the FBI is simple. It does not require rocket science. We are following the money. Money never lies. And that's what it's going to take to bring down this network of organized criminal thugs, gangbangers, and yes, domestic terrorists, because that's what they are.
Brandi Kruse: Nothing is guaranteed, although I think if democrats keep t up, we'll provably have republican presidents for the next three decades.
Andy Ngo:I think maybe perhaps the State Department should designate Antifa, it's international arm, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, FTO.
Katie Daviscourt: Antifa uses extreme political violence to crush the civil rights of their political enemies, and believes that violence is justified by any means necessary.
Katie Daviscourt: Today I am sitting here with a black eye and a concussion, after being violently hit in the face with a metal pole while reporting outside the ICE facility just this past week. After the attack, I immediately went to three Portland Police Officers, who refused to detain the suspect; I took the time to chase down the suspect in the streets, had her held for thirty-five minutes. I was waiting for Portland Police to come, and they never came.
Seamus Bruner: My colleague and I, Peter Schweizer and I, and our team, we follow the money. And we followed it to the top of what we call the protest industrial complex. Riot Inc. And we found a network of NGOs. It's not just the Soros network, the Open Society Network, it's other funding networks; the Arabella funding network, the Tides funding network.Neville Roy Singham and his network, Foreign Cash. And it's also big left-wing funders, some of them are not citizens of this country. Mr. Hansjörg Wyss of Switzerland; they're pouring money into this entire ecosystem.
Jonathan Choe: Antifa is heavily embedded in the homeless and housing non-profit sector. In many cases, the homeless industrial complex is running cover for Antifa. Antifa is benefiting from America tax dollars, and they are essentially being used as the muscle.
Jonathan Choe: Another group right now that is behind Antifa, and working with Antifa very closely, based on the research that we have right now that we're going to give to you and your team, are the Democratic Socialists of America.
President Trump: When you have a group of people where the police call off the safety for ICE officials [Brighton Park, Ilinois], I've understood that, and I've rad it today in numerous journals, that that's illegal. I guess it was ICE, Kristi, right? They were under threat, and the police were helping beautifully, and it was fine…and they were given an order by the second person in the police department, and the governor knew about it, the mayor knew about it. I understand that's a criminal offense.
Secretary Noem: On Portland, I was there yesterday, and some of the ICE officers were telling me that as they drove by the rioters that were saying, 'kill ICE agents', 'Molotov cocktails melt ICE', that the Portland Police were cheering them on, and had their fists in the air cheering on the rioters that were threatening their lives.