CNN and other major media outlets are being criticized for making the Antifa attacks in Atlanta appear insignificant, which a former member explains is actually beneficial for Antifa.
Former Antifa member Gabriel Nadales joined “Jesse Watters Primetime” to dig into the media’s downplayed response to the Antifa attack in Atlanta and share his insight on the overarching goal of the group.
MEDIA ACCUSES OF DOWNPLAYING VIOLENCE AGAIN DURING ATLANTA RIOTS: ‘IT WAS A NIGHT OG RAGE PLANNED BY ANTIFA’
“Of course it’s good for Antifa. You know, I can always count on CNN to act as a professional PR team to excuse Antifa violence, because time and time again they’ll say, oh, Antifa is just an idea. It’s just an ideology. It’s not real. And then when they get caught and you see Antifa on the street, it wasn’t that violent. Or sometimes they even say they’re the good guys,” he explained.
The mainstream media has been downplaying the anarchy and violence caused by Antifa for years because, according to Nadales, the media does not want to admit to this destruction because they “don’t want to fight Antifa.”
“They don’t want to say it because they really don’t want to fight Antifa. Because to fight Antifa would be to admit that they were lying for five, six years now. When they first praised Antifa back in 2015, when president, when candidate Trump first announced that office,” said Nadales.
Firestorm Bookstore Co-op in West Asheville has faced allegations of being a front for extremist Antifa activity.
(Fox News Digital)
Nadales goes on to explain how the primary goals vary from group to group, but the overriding ideology is a dramatic hatred for American and Western ideals. The group is against Democrats and Republicans equally, and promotes and backs an anti-American movement altogether.
“There is always this overarching like anti-fascism. But you have to ask yourself, what does anti-fascism mean? Well, when they define it, they don’t mean Nazis, they don’t mean…