How Will The ‘Antifa Is Just An Idea’ Crowd Explain These NINE Convictions?

Last summer, on the 4th of July, some wannabe revoutionaries brought live rounds to a skirmish with ICE. Now, they’re facing real prison time.

There was a mountain of evidence even the left couldn’t have waved away. And, with the near-murder of an ICE agent, the jury’s decision was not a difficult one.

The usual reflex of both the political left and their media enablers is to maximize negative claims about the political right (‘Betsy Ross flags as a symbol of domestic terrorism’) and minimize or ‘debunk’ similar claims about the political left. (Antifa is just an idea that means ‘opposed to fascism’ and is therefore a ‘good thing’). Considering how many journos who did NOT toe the CNN leftwing political line were harassed, attacked, and even hospitalized by swarms of black-clad ‘protesters’ advancing the Antifa cause, you’d think they would be more critical. But the enemy of their political enemy (in this case, all things GOP) is their ‘friend’.

Democrat members of the judiciary (looking at you Nadler) refused to accept there WAS such a thing as Antifa. Former Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee, apparent fan of Antifa (as per a photo he posted of himself holding the Antifa Handbook), former fanboy of Farrakhan (who once called for the murder of Americans, and another time called for 10,000 followers to kill white men) and current AG of Minnesota have no problem with Antifa.

Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization in September.

Fast forward to March of 2025, when the clods who shot at ICE agents had their day in court.

That day resulted in nine convictions, many of which carry minimum sentences of 10, or in one case, 20 years.

Nine North Texas Antifa Cell operatives were convicted today by a federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas for their roles in rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists, obstruction, and attempted murder of an Alvarado police officer at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center on July 4, 2025.

In a 12-day trial that began on Feb. 23, jurors heard testimony from more than 45 witnesses and considered over 210 exhibits supporting the charges against nine indicted defendants: Cameron Arnold, also known as Autunm Hill; Zachary Evetts; Benjamin Song; Savanna Batten; Bradford Morris, also known as Meagan Morris; Maricela Rueda; Elizabeth Soto; Ines Soto; and Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada. Seven others, Seth Sikes, Nathan Baumann, Joy Gibson, Susan Kent, Rebecca Morgan, Lynette Sharp, and John Thomas, pleaded guilty last year to one count of providing material support to terrorists.
[…] Trial testimony reflected that, late at night on July 4, at least 11 of the defendants rioted and attacked the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, which the DHS was using to house illegal aliens awaiting deportation. The defendants dressed in “black bloc” — dark clothing with head and face coverings that concealed their identities — designed to hide each individual’s identity but also to aid and abet those members engaged in illegal acts by making members indistinguishable from one another to law enforcement. Evidence introduced at trial revealed that the defendants brought eleven firearms, body armor, and eleven military-grade first aid kits with tourniquets and other items for gunshot wounds to the scene of the attack. Many of these items were introduced by the government as exhibits. Additionally, fingerprint evidence linked many of the defendants to the items at the scene, and evidence obtained on phone locations supported that those who participated in the attack all turned off their phones or placed them in Faraday bags to prevent tracking on the night of the attack.
[…] Witnesses testified that an Alvarado police officer responded to the scene after correctional officers called 911. When the officer began issuing commands to defendant Nathan Baumann, Benjamin Song can be heard on police bodycam video yelling, “get to the rifles!” and then he opened fire on the officers, striking the Alvarado police officer in the neck as the unarmed correctional officers ducked and ran for cover. Police arrested most of the Antifa Cell shortly after the attack, many near the scene. Benjamin Song escaped and remained at large with the help of others until his capture on July 15, 2025.

Trial evidence demonstrated that collectively, the Antifa Cell acquired over 50 firearms in the Fort Worth/Dallas area prior to July 4. During trial, the government introduced numerous chats of the members, who used an encrypted messaging app to coordinate with each other that had auto-delete functions, permanently deleting some Antifa Cell members’ communications. They also used monikers in group chats to hide their identities, and some of the planning chats included only trusted participants. The chats introduced at trial revealed that members in this limited group conducted reconnaissance and discussed what to bring to the riot, including firearms, medical kits, and fireworks: — DOJ

In related news that the Nadler types would never mention…?

That guy who attacked the Jewish school/synagogue in Michigan? The relative that was killed in Israeli airstrikes wasn’t just connected to Hamas, he was a commander. For anyone still believing he may have been ‘provoked’.

And the Old Dominion shooter? We mentioned that one gun shop refused to sell him an AK-47. But another gun shop sold him the weapon he brought to the crime scene? That story has a Democrat dereliction of duty connection as well.

How is it that even issues the left pretends to care about — domestic terrorism and gun crime, in this case — are perfect examples of them turning a blind eye to real solutions, while spending their energies on policies that only harm and harass people who are not part of the problem?

Maybe if they hadn’t wasted all those resources imprisoning praying grandmothers, the prof at Old Dominion might still be alive today.