Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has joined the chorus of calls to label antifa as “a domestic terror organization.”
Clarke said Thursday night that antifa — a group of protesters who describe themselves as anti-fascists — “always” create problems when they show up.
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“As for antifa, they should be labeled a domestic terror organization. These are anarchists that do not care about the American way of life. They do not care about the Constitution. They’re hellbent on committing acts of violence. You’ve seen them at Berkeley. … There’s always problems when they show up. When they’re not there, there’s no problem,” Clarke said at a WABC Radio event.
Antifa supporters clashed with white nationalists at an alt-right rally in Berkeley, Calif., in late August.
The group was especially pushed to the forefront after President Trump accused “many sides” of being responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., that left one counterprotester dead.
“These folks are not going away,” Clarke said. “They have to be challenged and they have to know where the limits are, and they don’t.”
Clarke said circumstances will “get uglier” at future events if police don’t push back against antifa.
Clarke recently joined America First Action, a pro-Trump super PAC, as a senior adviser and spokesman after resigning as Milwaukee sheriff.
