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 move-
ment that regularly advocates for the forcible suppression 
of opposition and the radical overthrow of the Govern-
ment 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 indi-
viduals it confronts; 
Whereas Antifa engages in domestic terrorism; 
Whereas, in early 2016, the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity 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, com-
mercial-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 Caro-
lina TV station WLOS was assaulted by an Antifa mem-
ber 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 hit-
ting her wrist while she was filming in Berkeley; 
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Whereas, on August 27, 2017, freelance reporter Thom Jen-
sen had his phone stolen and dunked in water while cov-
ering 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 cam-
era; 
Whereas, on August 27, 2017, in Berkeley, an Antifa mem-
ber ordered Nathan Hope, a freelance production assist-
ant, 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 po-
lice 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 weap-
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on I used was a cheap, home-built unregistered ‘ghost’ 
AR-15, it had six magazines. I strongly encourage com-
rades 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 toler-
ated by the United States of America or any peaceful 
civil society: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) strongly condemns the violent actions of 
Antifa; 
(2) recognizes that Antifa engages in domestic 
terrorism; and 
(3) urges the President and the President’s 
Cabinet to use all available resources to address the 
threats posed by this extremist movement. 
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