The United Nations faced widespread backlash on Friday after its Office at Geneva defended Antifa, a far-left extremist organization that President Donald Trump has sought to designate as a terrorist organization, from allegations that it is a domestic terrorist organization.
U.N. Geneva tweeted: “UN #HumanRights experts express profound concern over a recent statement by the US Attorney-General describing #Antifa and other anti-fascist activists as domestic terrorists, saying it undermines the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly in the country.”
The tweet from the U.N. comes after the organization appointed communist China to its Human Rights Council, despite the fact that China has millions locked up in concentration camps, engages in forced organ harvesting, has a surveillance state that restricts the rights of its citizens, and has engaged in widespread discrimination against Africans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://twitter.com/UNGeneva/status/1274007783864627201
After violent riots broke out in the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Trump said that he planned to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization.
In a tweet that received over 331,000 retweets and 827 ‘likes,’ Trump wrote: “The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.”
The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020
Tens of thousands of people responded to the U.N.’s tweet on Friday, with the majority appearing to express shock and disgust over the tweet.
The following are just some of the responses that the U.N.’s tweet received online:
Security expert Benjamin Weingarten: “Reminder that the UN elevates the Chinese Communist Party, and dozens upon dozens of countries that explicitly bar free speech by law.”
Reminder that the UN elevates the Chinese Communist Party, and dozens upon dozens of countries that explicitly bar free speech by law https://t.co/gvkViw6Acp
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) June 20, 2020
Defense expert David Reaboi: “Two years after Palestinian terrorists under command of Yasser Arafat slaughtered 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, Arafat was honored with a speech at the UN and a standing ovation. Go f**k yourselves, @UNGeneva .”
https://twitter.com/davereaboi/status/1274103480836333570
Political strategist Arthur Schwartz: “Are we still funding this heaping pile of dog crap?”
https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1274097673314893826
The Reagan Battalion: “It’s time to abolish the United Nations.”
It’s time to abolish the United Nations. https://t.co/isDQYunyth
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) June 19, 2020
Philanthropist Adam Milstein: “UN once again proving their worthlessness calling #Antifa ‘peaceful'”
https://twitter.com/AdamMilstein/status/1274120542245793792
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ): “I can’t believe the United States helps fund this garbage.”
I can’t believe the United States helps fund this garbage. https://t.co/9n2TWpmeSK
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) June 19, 2020
Political commentator Ned Ryun: “Wait a minute. I was assured, ASSURED, that Antifa wasn’t a thing. So you’re saying it’s a thing?? Got it. Duly noted.”
Wait a minute. I was assured, ASSURED, that Antifa wasn’t a thing. So you’re saying it’s a thing?? Got it. Duly noted. https://t.co/vBMps9WxyG
— Ned Ryun (@nedryun) June 20, 2020
Australian political commentator Rita Panahi: “UN advocating for an extreme, violent Marxist group responsible for multiple beatings, fire bombings & other criminality. Defund these dangerous imbeciles.”
UN advocating for an extreme, violent Marxist group responsible for multiple beatings, fire bombings & other criminality. Defund these dangerous imbeciles. https://t.co/dM2BYS7bUC
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) June 19, 2020
Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward: “Another reason to stand firm for United States #sovereignty – we don’t bow to the mob or to the #UN; terrorists organizations are called out, not given leadership roles.”
Another reason to stand firm for United States #sovereignty – we don’t bow to the mob or to the #UN; terrorists organizations are called out, not given leadership roles. https://t.co/XqPR5piKR3
— Dr. Kelli Ward 🇺🇸 (@kelliwardaz) June 20, 2020
Political commentator Jeff Giesea: “This is a mask-off moment for the UN. And a reminder that the tensions within America are playing out across the West. The post-War order is dead. Global, techno-neo-Marxism is on the march.”
https://twitter.com/jeffgiesea/status/1274134520967712774
Journalist Andy Ngo: “Antifa groups instruct adherents to maim or kill political opponents. They tell comrades to destroy property through vandalism & arson attacks. They provide literature that calls for destabilizing societies so that governments can be overthrown. This is not peaceful assembly.”
Antifa groups instruct adherents to maim or kill political opponents. They tell comrades to destroy property through vandalism & arson attacks. They provide literature that calls for destabilizing societies so that governments can be overthrown.
This is not peaceful assembly. https://t.co/FQm5dvOjkt
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) June 19, 2020
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