Democrats Ignore Antifa, Black Lives Matter in Calling Out Domestic Terrorism

Democrats in their efforts against domestic terrorism have focused on right-wing groups and have not acknowledged violence from groups with a different ideology such as Antifa and Black Lives Matter, according to Rep. Greg Steube.

"The way the Democrats define domestic terrorism is white nationalism, far right extremism. It's not Antifa, it's not Black Lives Matter," Steube, who represents Florida's 17th congressional district, told "American Thought Leaders" at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.

"I put every one of the Democratic witnesses-after I showed a video of all the atrocious things that happened in this country over the summer, and all the violence that happened over the summer-[I] asked each one of them and read them the definition of what domestic terrorism is, and not a single one of them would agree that what Antifa and Black Lives Matter did to our country and the cities all over was domestic terrorism," he said, adding that the Democrat witnesses either refused to answer the question, or called it "Civil disobedience."

"If you read that [definition], what Antifa, Black Lives Matter [did], what happened in Minneapolis after the George Floyd shooting, all of that would be considered domestic terrorism," Steube said.

Steube said he has called out the violence by Antifa and Black Lives Matter in the same way he had condemned the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building.

"If you violated law, by illegally entering the Capitol on Jan. 6, and caused destruction of property, illegally entering a federal building, you should be held legally accountable for that, just like the protesters, and Portland and Seattle and Antifa and Black Lives Matter and what happened in Minneapolis, where they destroyed federal property, they should be held accountable too," Steube said.

"That's why they're defining it domestic terrorism. If they define it as domestic terrorism, then they can use the Patriot Act and investigate and surveil American citizens without a warrant," he said.

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