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What is Antifa and why Trump calls it a terrorist group

Season 2025 Episode 266 | 4m 16s

President Trump is targeting the Antifa movement, labeling it a “domestic terrorist organization,” even though no such designation exists under U.S. law. The move comes less than two weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed at a college campus event. The man accused of shooting Kirk has no publicly known link to the movement. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Luke Baumgartner.

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