Behind the Black Mask: The Threat of Antifa

By
Paul Davis

As rioters, looters and violent protestors
cause chaos in American cities in protest to the death of George Floyd and
other perceived grievances, many government officials and private analysts blame
anti-government groups such as Antifa for organizing the national violence and
destruction.

At the time of this writing, U.S. Senator Ted
Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on The Constitution,
scheduled  to convene a hearing titled ‘The Right of the People to Peaceably Assemble: Protecting Speech by Stopping
Anarchist Violence,' which will highlight how Antifa and other anti-American
anarchists engage in riots and violence.

"Americans have a constitutional right
to gather, protest, and otherwise have their voices heard, but they must do so
peacefully.Antifa is
fundamentally against free-speech and is using peaceful protests as a cover and
an excuse to engage in violence and other criminal actions,” Senator Cruz said
upon announcing the hearing. “We are seeing this most clearly in Portland right
now, as criminals are trying to burn down the federal courthouse. The hearing will highlight how Antifa and
other anarchists are hijacking peaceful protests and engaging in political
violence that is not only criminal, but antithetical to the First Amendment."

Last
year, Senator Cruz and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced a resolution to the U.S. Senate condemning the violent acts
carried out by members of Antifa and calli...