"(CNN) President Donald Trump has justified his ramped up threats against the American political left by citing its supposed unusually violent nature. He has launched an increasingly broad crusade against speech he doesn't like, culminating in a successful pressure campaign to get Jimmy Kimmel off the air. And Trump on Thursday signaled he would label Antifa, a loose collection of far-left activists, a major terrorist organization which would be an unprecedented step against a domestic entity."
"A study from the libertarian Cato Institute this year tracked about 3,600 murders from politically motivated attacks over the past 50 years. The vast majority of them (about 3,000) came on one day: September 11, 2001. Cato found right-wing ideology accounted for 391 of the 618 non-9/11 political. murders, a clear majority. Left-wing ideology accounted for 65, with other motivations, like foreign nationalism, Islamism, and separatism, accounting for the rest."
President Donald Trump has escalated rhetoric and actions targeting the American political left, citing alleged unusual violence and pressuring broadcasters. Trump signaled intent to label Antifa a major terrorist organization, an unprecedented move against a domestic group. Public-policy research does not generally support claims of greater left-wing violence. A Cato Institute study tracked about 3,600 politically motivated murders over 50 years, with roughly 3,000 occurring on September 11, 2001; excluding 9/11, right-wing ideology accounted for 391 of 618 political murders while left-wing ideology accounted for 65. Recent-year proportions show similar patterns.
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