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Right Wingers Are Getting All ‘Jacked Up’ For An Imaginary Antifa Invasion

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 05: People gather on 16th St. near the White House during a protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the c... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 05: People gather on 16th St. near the White House during a protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the country have been largely peaceful in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) MORE LESS

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June 5, 2020 6:05 p.m.

Not convinced that the protests sweeping the nation could actually be what they seem — an uprising triggered by years of police brutality against black people — right wingers of all stripes are preparing for an invasion by the left-wing army supposedly behind it all: antifa.

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