How to Use antifa in a Sentence

antifa

noun
  • But much of what politicians say about antifa isn't quite true.
    — Leslie Gornstein, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Lawyers for the defendants said their clients were not members of antifa.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • All along, Mour has dealt with wild rumors that antifa is somehow involved.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Some blamed it on leftist movements like antifa, and others on a lack of police planning.
    — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Vysotsky said antifa is shorthand for anti-fascist, and its meaning is broad.
    — Natallie St. Onge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2020
  • Authorities have not claimed that the man accused of firing the shots is a member of antifa.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Paxton falsely blamed antifa for the violence.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But what is the anti-fascist movement, known collectively as antifa?
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The president has asserted many of the protesters are members of antifa.
    — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 2 June 2020
  • Rumors circulated that the left-wing antifa had breached the seat of American democracy.
    — Colleen Long, chicagotribune.com, 16 Jan. 2022
  • For months prior to the rally, Calhoun took to social media to express his ire at Democrats and antifa and to warn of a coming civil war.
    — Chris Joyner, ajc, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Authorities have not alleged that the attack had anything to do with antifa — a broad, anti-fascist movement without any clear hierarchy.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 10 June 2020
  • Then a brawl between white supremacists and anti-fascist (antifa) demonstrators in Detroit ratcheted things up.
    — Laurie Udesky, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • Some of the right-wing influencers gathered around the table urged him to designate antifa as a foreign terrorist organization.
    — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the right-wing political-media complex, with Trump at its apex, continues to chase the ideological golden goose of antifa.
    — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 15 June 2020
  • The biggest spender on ads mentioning antifa is the Committee to Defend the President, a pro-Trump group.
    — Joshua Jamerson and Julie Bykowicz, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
  • But in my opinion, the fear of antifa in militia communities and beyond is more about the social change its presence represents rather than a real or systematic threat of violence.
    — Scientific American, 1 May 2022
  • Another found that a majority of them blame the Capitol riot on Democrats, antifa or the Capitol Police.
    — Steve Chapman Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • Critics of the move argued that antifa, short for anti-fascist, is an ideology, not an actual group with an organized leadership structure and membership.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Equating antifa with QAnon betrays how Facebook fundamentally doesn’t grasp the issue.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The violence was stoked by outsiders, antifa agitators, or anti-Trump law enforcement figures operating on orders from the deep state.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The Justice Department tried to figure out then if there was a funding network or leadership structure for antifa but never presented evidence of either.
    — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
  • On Wednesday, a nearly identical demonstration played out in Seattle, Washington, as members of the city's antifa stormed the city's downtown and broke store windows.
    — Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Amid the back and forth, Portland residents are left drained from the conflict and are increasingly decrying the property destruction thought to be perpetuated by antifa.
    — Neil Giardino, ABC News, 5 May 2021
  • Citing questionable claims of antifa and the possibility of looting in the city, Chief McMurray has defended the use of force against the protesters.
    — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Trump late last month signed an order designating antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, following through on a pledge — in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk — to crack down on left-wing groups.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Leading up to the trial, several people pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists after being accused of supporting antifa.
    — ABC News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Leading up to the trial, several people pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists after being accused of supporting antifa.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Ngo’s assessment that antifa poses the most significant risk to the nation’s safety conflicts with those of federal law enforcement officials and experts who study political extremism.
    — oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Weeks later, the administration named four European militant groups said to be aligned with antifa to the government’s list of foreign terrorist organizations.
    — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 25 Feb. 2026

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