Whereas the misnomer Antifa is a far-left extremist movement that regularly advocates for the forcible suppression of opposition and the radical overthrow of the Government of the United States; Whereas Antifa threatens freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to peaceful protest; Whereas Antifa regularly attacks journalists and other individuals it confronts; Whereas Antifa engages in domestic terrorism; Whereas, in early 2016, the Department of Homeland Security under the President Obama administration formally labeled Antifa efforts as domestic terrorist violence. ; Whereas, on January 20, 2017, Chicago Sun-Times reporter Sam Charles was punched in the chest by an Antifa member while covering protests of the inauguration of President Trump; Whereas, on February 1, 2017, in Berkeley, California, roughly 150 masked Antifa members threw rocks, commercial-grade fireworks, and Molotov cocktails at campus buildings and police officers, and attacked two Berkeley College Republicans; Whereas, on June 10, 2017, Alpha News reporter Preya Samsundar was physically attacked by an Antifa member while livestreaming a rally outside the Minnesota State Capitol building; Whereas, on August 13, 2017, a reporter from North Carolina TV station WLOS was assaulted by an Antifa member while livestreaming a demonstration in Asheville; Whereas, on August 15, 2017, a CBS 6 photojournalist was assaulted in the back of the head with a blunt object by an Antifa member while filming a march in Richmond, Virginia; Whereas, on August 26, 2017, independent journalist Nathan Stolpman was attacked while filming a protest in San Francisco, California; Whereas, on August 27, 2017, independent journalist Dave Minsky was hit, kicked, and beaten with a pipe by masked Antifa members while covering a protest in Berkeley, California