"By the numbers: CSIS researchers compiled and analyzed a data set of 750 domestic attacks and plots from Jan. 1, 1994, to July 4, 2025, categorizing them into "right," "left," "jihadist," "ethnonationalist" and "other. The data showed that left-wing extremists have carried out 41 attacks since 2016, compared with 152 from the far right over the same period. Left-wing violence has killed 13 people over the past decade - far fewer than the 112 deaths from right-wing attacks and 82 from jihadists."
"But at least five left-wing plots or attacks have already been recorded this year, compared to just one right-wing attack: The shooting of two Minnesota Democrats and their spouses."
"The big picture: Trump responded to the Kirk assassination by designating antifa a "domestic terror organization," despite no known links between the alleged shooter and the decentralized movement of left-wing agitators. He also vowed to investigate liberal groups and progressive donors for allegedly funding violent protests, including billionaires George Soros and Reid Hoffman. Daniel Byman, the lead author of the CSIS study, warned Axios that the data should not be taken by the government "as an excuse for a crackdown on legitimate organizations.""
CSIS researchers compiled a dataset of 750 domestic attacks and plots from 1994 through July 4, 2025, and categorized incidents by ideology. From 2016 onward, far-right extremists carried out 152 attacks compared with 41 from left-wing extremists. Over the past decade, left-wing violence killed 13 people, far fewer than the 112 deaths from right-wing attacks and 82 from jihadists. In early 2025, at least five left-wing plots or attacks were recorded versus one right-wing attack. Political leaders labeled antifa a domestic terror organization and vowed investigations, while experts cautioned against using the data to justify crackdowns.
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