Very fake news CNN’s Don Lemon Defends Antifa: ‘No Organization Is Perfect’

During Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” host Don Lemon offered a defense of left-wing organization Antifa and claimed that it was living up to its moniker fighting fascism

That i s lying CNN for you. Antifa is a fascist group and violent to boot.

CNN’s chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin raised a few eyebrows Wednesday when he claimed that Antifa — the violent “anti-fascist” group responsible for a number of destructive protests and counter-protests nationwide — was “widely perceived as an African American organization

Toobin was responding to President Donald Trump’s claims, made during a White House dinner for evangelical leaders, that a shift in power in Congress could lead to violence. Naming Antifa directly, the president added, “The level of hatred — the level of anger —  is unbelievable.”

But according to Toobin, the real problem is not the many documented instances of violence perpetrated by Antifa, but the “racism” of the president. “Let’s be clear also about what is going on here,” he said. “The theme here is, ‘I’m Donald Trump and I’ll protect you from the scary, black people.'”

But then Toobin took it a step further, saying, “Antifa is widely perceived as an African-American organization, and this is just part of the same story of Lebron James and Don Lemon and Maxine Waters and the NFL players and the UCLA basketball players. This is about black versus white. This is about Donald Trump’s appeal to racism and it just happens all the time. We never say it — we don’t say it enough for what it is, but that’s what is going on here.”

The response to Toobin’s assessment suggested that Antifa being an “African American organization” was not as “widely perceived” as he may have thought.

Candace Owens?@RealCandaceO

This is literally @CNN being HORRIBLY RACIST. Blaming black Americans for crimes that an ALL-WHITE gang commits—why? Because white Democrats are incapable of violence, and only black democrats are?

UNBELIEVABLY RACIST @JeffreyToobin. ANTIFA has nothing to do with the blacks.

Paul Joseph Watson?@PrisonPlanet

CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin says it's racist to criticize Antifa because they’re “widely perceived as an African-American organization.”

Yes, he really said this.https://www.infowars.com/cnn-analyst-says-its-racist-to-criticize-antifa-because-theyre-an-african-american-group/ …

4:07 PM - Aug 29, 2018

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Jamie Kirchick?@jkirchick

Antifa belongs on the list of “Stuff White People Like”

Noah Rothman?@NoahCRothman

Also, Toobin claims that "Antifa is widely perceived as an African-American organization." I don't know anyone who makes this claim, nor is it anecdotally supported. Has he seen a single Antifa demonstration in the last two years? https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1034600638158594048 …

3:55 PM - Aug 29, 2018

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Noah Rothman?@NoahCRothman

Also, Toobin claims that "Antifa is widely perceived as an African-American organization." I don't know anyone who makes this claim, nor is it anecdotally supported. Has he seen a single Antifa demonstration in the last two years?

Ryan Saavedra ?@RealSaavedra

CNN Analyst Jeffrey Toobin claims that any criticism of Antifa is "Donald Trump's appeal to racism."

3:50 PM - Aug 29, 2018

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Alex Griswold?@HashtagGriswoldReplying to @NoahCRothman

These are the Berkeley mugshots

3:53 PM - Aug 29, 2018

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Erick Erickson?@EWErickson

I'm guessing Jeffrey Toobin hasn't been to any Antifa get togethers. They're mostly spoiled white rich kids.

6:55 PM - Aug 29, 2018

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Pardes Seleh?@PardesSeleh

Wtf? Since when did Antifa become a black organization? Most of the Antifa people I ran into were white lol. In fact they were yelling at black security guards half the time

Ryan Saavedra ?@RealSaavedra

CNN Analyst Jeffrey Toobin claims that any criticism of Antifa is "Donald Trump's appeal to racism."

6:56 AM - Aug 29, 2018

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Cameron Gray?@Cameron_Gray

Antifa is whiter than Pat Boone making a mayonnaise sandwich with Wonder bread in a Minnesota snowstorm

Ryan Saavedra ?@RealSaavedra

CNN Analyst Jeffrey Toobin claims that any criticism of Antifa is "Donald Trump's appeal to racism."

4:18 AM - Aug 29, 2018

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Caleb Hull?@CalebJHull

Berkeley police arrested masked Antifa protesters on Sunday and have released their names and headshots.

They're furious that their identities have been made known. Let's make them famous.

5:05 PM - Aug 8, 2018

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