Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, on Wednesday, drew comparisons between Antifa and designated foreign terrorist organizations, claiming the activists are “just as dangerous” during a White House roundtable discussion.
Noem specifically named groups such as MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah, and ISIS, stating, “They are just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TdA [Tren de Aragua], as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them, they are just as dangerous… They have an agenda to destroy us, just like the other terrorists we’ve dealt with for many, many years.”
The roundtable follows Donald Trump’s September executive order designating antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization.”
Groups cited by Noem are formally designated terrorist organizations known for controlling territory, operating military wings, maintaining command structures, and carrying out mass casualty attacks like bombings and assassinations.
The discussion featured conservative social media journalists and influencers such as Andy Ngo, Nick Sortor, and Katie Daviscourt, who focus their coverage on left-wing protests.
During the event, Attorney General Pam Bondi echoed the administration’s stance, stating, “This is not activism, it’s anarchy. We can’t and we will not let masked terrorists burn our buildings, attack our law enforcement, and intimidate our communities.”
President Trump also attended the roundtable, listing examples of attacks against federal agents he attributed to Antifa. He also suggested a link between the group and the man charged with shooting Charlie Kirk, though law enforcement officials have not established any such connection.
The witnesses who spoke at the roundtable all agreed that Antifa was a terror organization.
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