Carl Higbie didn’t mince words on Friday’s Carl Higbie FRONTLINE when he called out the Antifa network as a real, dangerous menace to American life and public safety, and his warning should wake up every patriot watching. Higbie—no stranger to calling out radicalism—laid the blame squarely on violent leftist mobs that hide behind slogans and chaos while they tear up our cities and threaten ordinary citizens.
This isn’t abstract rhetoric; Antifa’s pattern of intimidation and property destruction has a long record of targeting conservative speakers, peaceful protesters, and small businesses that simply want to operate in peace. Journalists and investigators who have followed these tactics report repeated harassment at Turning Point USA events and other conservative gatherings, underscoring Higbie’s point that this is organized political violence dressed up as “protest.”
Washington can no longer pretend this is merely a fringe nuisance or a two-sided street scuffle—President Trump’s recent declaration to treat Antifa as a terrorist movement reflects the seriousness of the threat and the need for a firm, legal response. If the left refuses to condemn the violence it spawns, and if the press continues to sanitize radical tactics as harmless dissent, the responsibility falls on Republicans and patriots to demand that the law be enforced without fear or favor.
Higbie also made the correct cultural diagnosis: the rot goes beyond a few hooded militants. The media’s protection of far-left extremism and the political class’s tolerance of disorder have emboldened these groups to escalate, believing they face no real consequences. That is why conservative outlets and honest journalists must keep exposing the networks, money flows, and institutional enabling that allow Antifa to operate with impunity.
Practical steps follow principle—law enforcement must pursue real investigations into violent cells and the people who finance them, local governments must stop coddling rioters, and Congress should close any legal loopholes that allow political violence to be treated as protected speech when it crosses into criminal conduct. Higbie’s call for accountability is not anti-free speech; it’s pro-law and pro-civil society, defending the rights of everyone to live without fear of being assaulted for their beliefs.
Patriots who love America should stand with voices like Higbie’s and refuse to be intimidated by the mob or the media narrative that excuses it. We will not surrender our streets, our schools, or our freedoms to a violent fringe that wants to remake America by force; we will fight with facts, civic courage, and the full weight of the law until order is restored.
