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This Democrat Condemned Antifa?

<p class&equals;"MsoNormal" style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;" align&equals;"center">Most liberals have refused to call out &ldquo&semi;Antifa&rdquo&semi; for recent violent behavior&comma; but now Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi has denounced the group in a statement after the Berkley protest attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Our democracy has no room for inciting violence or endangering the public&comma; no matter the ideology of those who commit such acts&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Pelosi in a statement&period; &ldquo&semi;The violent actions of people calling themselves Antifa in Berkeley this weekend deserve unequivocal condemnation&comma; and the perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Pelosi made the statement after Lisa Boothe of Fox News shamed Pelosi and other Democratic leaders for not calling out Antifa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Glad to see&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NancyPelosi"><span style&equals;"color&colon; windowtext&semi; text-decoration&colon; none&semi; text-underline&colon; none&semi;">&commat;NancyPelosi<&sol;span><&sol;a>&nbsp&semi;denounce violent&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;Antifa&quest;src&equals;hash"><span style&equals;"color&colon; windowtext&semi; text-decoration&colon; none&semi; text-underline&colon; none&semi;">&num;Antifa<&sol;span><&sol;a>&period; Now where is&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;SenSchumer"><span style&equals;"color&colon; windowtext&semi; text-decoration&colon; none&semi; text-underline&colon; none&semi;">&commat;SenSchumer<&sol;span><&sol;a>and the rest of the Democratic Party&quest; tweeted Boothe after Pelosi&rsquo&semi;s statement&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Antifa first started making headlines when the group came to Trump&rsquo&semi;s inauguration and used violent tactics like window smashing while rioting through Washington&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Antifa was also one of the most violent groups at Charlottesville&period; Since then&comma; Antifa has become more organized and have demonstrated that using force against other groups is standard protocol&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The latest violence by Antifa was on Sunday at a Berkeley protest&comma; where 100 Antifa members dressed in black with masks attended a Berkley protest with a vengeance&period; A small group of Trump supporters was attacked&period; Six were injured and 13 were arrested at the protest&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;In California&comma; as across all of our great nation&comma; we have deep reverence for the Constitutional right to peaceful dissent and free speech&comma;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;said Pelosi in Tuesday&rsquo&semi;s statement&period; &ldquo&semi;Non-violence is fundamental to that right&period; Let us use this sad event to reaffirm that we must never fight hate with hate&comma; and to remember the values of peace&comma; openness and justice that represent the best of America&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">This isn&rsquo&semi;t the first time that Antifa has rioted at Berkley&period; Back in February&comma; Antifa attacked and damaged the school&rsquo&semi;s property in response to a scheduled speech by Milo Yiannopoulos&period; The local police forced Berkley to even cancel the speech in response to the riot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">After Charlottesville&comma; the liberal media has had a field day with Trump&rsquo&semi;s disapproval of both sides&comma; including both the neo-Nazis and the alt-left groups for participating in the violence&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Do they have any semblance of guilt&quest; What about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands&comma; swinging clubs&quest; Do they have any problem&quest;&rdquo&semi; said Trump&period; &ldquo&semi;I think they do&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal"><strong style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-weight&colon; normal&semi;">Author&rsquo&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> Boothe has a point&period; Why haven&rsquo&semi;t others condemned Antifa&quest; Violence is violence&period; The problem is that when one side rises &lpar;like BLM&comma; Antifa&rpar; the other side comes out of the woodwork &lpar;like the neo-nazis&comma; Ku Klux Klan&comma; etc&rpar;&period;&nbsp&semi;That means that the white nationalist movement&comma; which has been gradually dying for the last 60 years&comma; now has a new voice&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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