President Donald Trump’s crackdown on domestic dissent is accelerating following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The president said on Thursday that he will designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization.” What does that mean, exactly?
The White House “did not immediately offer more details” on how the process would work, said The Associated Press . Complicating matters: “Antifa” is “not a singular entity” but rather an umbrella term for a cluster of groups that “resist fascists and neo-Nazis, especially at demonstrations.” American supporters can be prosecuted for giving “material support” to organizations on the State Department’s list of foreign terror organizations. But there is “no domestic equivalent to that list” because of the First Amendment’s protection of free expre