(The Center Square) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlighted what he described as the growing threat of left-wing terrorism Thursday at a ministerial he convened at the State Department comprising representatives from over 60 countries.
The summit comes months after the Trump administration designated Antifa a domestic terror organization, followed by Rubio designating a handful of European Antifa groups as foreign terror organizations.
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