IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 536 

Strongly condemning the violent actions of Antifa and recognizing that it 

engages in domestic terrorism. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 2, 2019 

Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. WALKER) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Strongly condemning the violent actions of Antifa and 

recognizing that it engages in domestic terrorism. 

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 States; 

Whereas Antifa threatens freedom of speech, freedom of the 

press, and the right to peaceful protest; 

Whereas Antifa regularly attacks journalists and other individuals it confronts; 

Whereas Antifa engages in domestic terrorism; 

Whereas, in early 2016, the Department of Homeland Security under the President Obama administration formally 

labeled Antifa efforts as ‘‘domestic terrorist violence.’’; 


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Whereas, on January 20, 2017, Chicago Sun-Times reporter 

Sam Charles was punched in the chest by an Antifa 

member while covering protests of the inauguration of 

President Trump; 

Whereas, on February 1, 2017, in Berkeley, California, 

roughly 150 masked Antifa members threw rocks, commercial-grade fireworks, and Molotov cocktails at campus 

buildings and police officers, and attacked two Berkeley 

College Republicans; 

Whereas, on June 10, 2017, Alpha News reporter Preya 

Samsundar was physically attacked by an Antifa member 

while livestreaming a rally outside the Minnesota State 

Capitol building; 

Whereas, on August 13, 2017, a reporter from North Carolina TV station WLOS was assaulted by an Antifa member while livestreaming a demonstration in Asheville; 

Whereas, on August 15, 2017, a CBS 6 photojournalist was 

assaulted in the back of the head with a blunt object by 

an Antifa member while filming a march in Richmond, 

Virginia; 

Whereas, on August 26, 2017, independent journalist Nathan 

Stolpman was attacked while filming a protest in San 

Francisco, California; 

Whereas, on August 27, 2017, independent journalist Dave 

Minsky was hit, kicked, and beaten with a pipe by 

masked Antifa members while covering a protest in 

Berkeley, California; 

Whereas, on August 27, 2017, an Antifa member started an 

altercation with Leigh Martinez, a freelance reporter for 

KTVU, and knocked her phone out of her hand by hitting her wrist while she was filming in Berkeley; 


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Whereas, on August 27, 2017, freelance reporter Thom Jensen had his phone stolen and dunked in water while covering an Antifa demonstration in Berkeley; 

Whereas, on August 27, 2017, reporter Mike Kessler was 

covering the Antifa demonstration in Berkeley when 

Antifa members stole his phone and destroyed his camera; 

Whereas, on August 27, 2017, in Berkeley, an Antifa member ordered Nathan Hope, a freelance production assistant, to stop filming and knocked his camera out of his 

hand; 

Whereas, on December 18, 2018, 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 border; 

Whereas, on May 1, 2019, independent journalist Andy Ngo 

was sprayed with bear repellent and assaulted during an 

Antifa protest in Portland, Oregon; 

Whereas, on July 6, 2019, Antifa members clashed with police while attempting to disrupt a rally in the District of 

Columbia; 

Whereas, on June 29, 2019, Andy Ngo was again attacked 

during an Antifa protest he was covering in Portland, 

slammed on the back of the head, punched, and kicked 

by about a dozen masked Antifa members, and given a 

brain hemorrhage; 

Whereas, on July 13, 2019, an Antifa member armed with 

a rifle threw incendiary devices at an Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement facility in Washington State; 

Whereas in his final statement, this Antifa member stated 

that for his upcoming attack, ‘‘The semi-automatic weapVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Aug 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR536.IH HR536

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on I used was a cheap, home-built unregistered ‘ghost’ 

AR-15, it had six magazines. I strongly encourage comrades and incoming comrades to arm themselves. We are 

now responsible for defending people from the predatory 

state. Ignore the law in arming yourself if you have the 

luxury, I did.’’; 

Whereas in The Antifascist Handbook, Mark Bray writes 

‘‘You fight them by writing letters and making phone 

calls so you don’t have to fight them with fists. You fight 

them with fists so you don’t have to fight them with 

knives. You fight them with knives so you don’t have to 

fight them with guns. You fight them with guns so you 

don’t have to fight them with tanks.’’; and 

Whereas violence by a political movement should not be tolerated by the United States of America or any peaceful 

civil society: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) strongly condemns the violent actions of 

3 Antifa; 

4 (2) recognizes that Antifa engages in domestic 

5 terrorism; and 

6 (3) urges the President and the President’s 

7 Cabinet to use all available resources to address the 

8 threats posed by this extremist movement. 

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