| | *Wong, Kristina (June 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/29/journalist-andy-ngo-assaulted-by-antifa-protesters-in-portland/ Journalist Andy Ngo Assaulted by Antifa Protesters in Portland]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 30, 2019. | | *Wong, Kristina (June 30, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/29/journalist-andy-ngo-assaulted-by-antifa-protesters-in-portland/ Journalist Andy Ngo Assaulted by Antifa Protesters in Portland]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 30, 2019. |
| | *Kirkwood, R. Cort (July 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/32740-antifa-goons-attack-gay-conservative-journalist-cruz-mayor-permits-leftist-terror Antifa Goons Attack Gay, Conservative Journalist. Cruz: Mayor Permits Leftist Terror]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 1, 2019.</ref> Ngo previously criticized Antifa for its violence.<ref>Pentchoukov, Ivan (June 30, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/antifa-members-assault-journalist-known-for-exposing-groups-violence_2984149.html Antifa Members Assault Journalist Known for Exposing Group’s Violence]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref> Ngo was first blinded in a milkshake attack. Police reported that quick drying cement, a caustic substance, had been mixed into milkshakes.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2019/06/30/should-antifa-be-designated-a-domestic-terror-group/</ref> The [[LGBTQ+]] centered [[Human Rights Campaign]] press secretary called Andy Ngo a "sniveling weasel" and said the Leftist attack was "the greatest thing that could have happened." In Andy Ngo's own retelling of events, "I was suddenly slammed on the back of my head with something hard. Dazed and still hearing faint chants of ‘no hate,’ I was then punched and kicked by perhaps a dozen masked people in black. At an Antifa event meant to resist ‘fascist violence,’ I—a gay journalist of color—was beaten so badly that I was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/04/andy-ngo-lefts-expanded-definition-violence/</ref> | | *Kirkwood, R. Cort (July 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/32740-antifa-goons-attack-gay-conservative-journalist-cruz-mayor-permits-leftist-terror Antifa Goons Attack Gay, Conservative Journalist. Cruz: Mayor Permits Leftist Terror]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 1, 2019.</ref> Ngo previously criticized Antifa for its violence.<ref>Pentchoukov, Ivan (June 30, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/antifa-members-assault-journalist-known-for-exposing-groups-violence_2984149.html Antifa Members Assault Journalist Known for Exposing Group’s Violence]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved June 30, 2019.</ref> Ngo was first blinded in a milkshake attack. Police reported that quick drying cement, a caustic substance, had been mixed into milkshakes.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2019/06/30/should-antifa-be-designated-a-domestic-terror-group/</ref> The [[LGBTQ+]] centered [[Human Rights Campaign]] press secretary called Andy Ngo a "sniveling weasel" and said the Leftist attack was "the greatest thing that could have happened." In Andy Ngo's own retelling of events, "I was suddenly slammed on the back of my head with something hard. Dazed and still hearing faint chants of ‘no hate,’ I was then punched and kicked by perhaps a dozen masked people in black. At an Antifa event meant to resist ‘fascist violence,’ I—a gay journalist of color—was beaten so badly that I was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/04/andy-ngo-lefts-expanded-definition-violence/</ref> |
| − | [[File:Fiery but mostly peaceful.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Communist agitprop: "'''Fiery but mostly peaceful'''" during the 2020 Marxist uprisings in Kenosha, Wisconsin.]] | + | [[File:Fiery but mostly peaceful.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Communist [[agitprop]]: "'''Fiery but mostly peaceful'''" during the 2020 Marxist uprisings in Kenosha, Wisconsin.]] |
| | *A [[suicide bomber]] was shot and killed by police at an [[ICE]] facility in [[Tacoma]], Washington.<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/07/13/armed-activist-hurling-molotov-cocktails-at-ice-facility-shot-killed-by-police/ Armed Activist Hurling Molotov Cocktails at ICE Facility Shot Killed by Police]</ref> The attacker was later identified as having attended Antifa black shirt protests.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90YXf5P1rE&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=1BRrxh8nJyANlPeS%3A6</ref> The attacker, Willem Van Spronsen, 69, sent a manifesto to friends the day before the assault in which he wrote, "I am Antifa,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S376N3YfnP0</ref> and now he is lionized by members of the leftwing group as a "martyr." Spronsen was part of a May 5, 2019 episode of CNN's ''United Shades of America'' with W. Kamau Bell. The heavily promoted show featured Bell explaining the “Redneck Revolt,” which Bell identified as gun-toting [[liberal]]s who defend the Second Amendment and seek to battle the “alt-right” and neo-Nazis. Bell called them “good guys,” going to a gun range with members and even questioning why “more white people” don't share their viewpoints.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-antifa-ice-glorified</ref> Anti-ICE protestors and other left-wing activists praised the attacker for his violent actions.<ref>Price, Bob (July 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/14/man-who-attempted-to-blow-up-migrant-detention-center-praised-by-some-anti-ice-activists/ Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Migrant Detention Center Praised by Some Anti-ICE Activists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref> Anti-ICE protestors and other left-wing activists praised the attacker for his violent actions.<ref>Price, Bob (July 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/14/man-who-attempted-to-blow-up-migrant-detention-center-praised-by-some-anti-ice-activists/ Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Migrant Detention Center Praised by Some Anti-ICE Activists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref> | | *A [[suicide bomber]] was shot and killed by police at an [[ICE]] facility in [[Tacoma]], Washington.<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/07/13/armed-activist-hurling-molotov-cocktails-at-ice-facility-shot-killed-by-police/ Armed Activist Hurling Molotov Cocktails at ICE Facility Shot Killed by Police]</ref> The attacker was later identified as having attended Antifa black shirt protests.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90YXf5P1rE&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=1BRrxh8nJyANlPeS%3A6</ref> The attacker, Willem Van Spronsen, 69, sent a manifesto to friends the day before the assault in which he wrote, "I am Antifa,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S376N3YfnP0</ref> and now he is lionized by members of the leftwing group as a "martyr." Spronsen was part of a May 5, 2019 episode of CNN's ''United Shades of America'' with W. Kamau Bell. The heavily promoted show featured Bell explaining the “Redneck Revolt,” which Bell identified as gun-toting [[liberal]]s who defend the Second Amendment and seek to battle the “alt-right” and neo-Nazis. Bell called them “good guys,” going to a gun range with members and even questioning why “more white people” don't share their viewpoints.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-antifa-ice-glorified</ref> Anti-ICE protestors and other left-wing activists praised the attacker for his violent actions.<ref>Price, Bob (July 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/14/man-who-attempted-to-blow-up-migrant-detention-center-praised-by-some-anti-ice-activists/ Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Migrant Detention Center Praised by Some Anti-ICE Activists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref> Anti-ICE protestors and other left-wing activists praised the attacker for his violent actions.<ref>Price, Bob (July 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/14/man-who-attempted-to-blow-up-migrant-detention-center-praised-by-some-anti-ice-activists/ Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Migrant Detention Center Praised by Some Anti-ICE Activists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 14, 2019.</ref> |