Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Claims ‘There Is No Antifa, Nobody Knows What It Is’ Despite Promoting Antifa Handbook
 

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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Claims ‘There Is No Antifa, Nobody Knows What It Is’ Despite Promoting Antifa Handbook






Minnesota Attorney General Ellison Image ID: 24327458939639 Article: Minnesota AttoAP Photo/Matt Slocum



Olivia Rondeau
12 Oct 2025


Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) claimed that “nobody” knows what the left-wing terrorist organization Antifa is and that it does not exist, despite promoting an Antifa “handbook” in a 2018 social media post.


Ellison was reacting to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s remarks at a recent White House roundtable on political violence during a Saturday appearance on MSNBC when he said, “There really is no Antifa as an institutional organization… Nobody even knows what it is.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Keith Ellison, Today: Nobody even knows what Antifa is.<br><br>Keith Ellison, 2018: Tweets photo of himself holding Antifa handbook. <a href="https://t.co/LJfZgsSNiz">pic.twit ter.com/LJfZgsSNiz</a></p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1977077005876445600? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >October 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



He went on to claim that “the first person I ever heard use the word Antifa was Donald J. Trump when he was going on about Charlottesville.”

A since-deleted X post made by Ellison in 2018 while he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives shows him holding Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, authored by Rutgers University “antifascist historian” Mark Bray. The caption stated that the book would “strike fear in the heart” of President Donald Trump:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says Antifa doesn't exist. <br><br>Also <a href="https://twitter.com/keithellison?ref_src =twsrc%5Etfw">@keith ellison</a> <a href="https://t.co/5QrE9z2GeO">pic.twit ter.com/5QrE9z2GeO</a></p>&mdash; Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) <a href="https://twitter.com/saras76/status/1977089642697834509? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >October 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



During the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, the state AG’s son, Minneapolis City Councilman Jeremiah Ellison declared his “support” for Antifa:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA<br><br>Unless someone can prove to me ANTIFA is behind the burning of black and immigrant owned businesses in my ward, I’ll keep focusing on stopping the white power terrorist THE ARE ACTUALLY ATTACKING US! <a href="https://t.co/m6jxtDYmTi">https://t.co/m6jxtDYmTi</a></p>&mdash; Jeremiah Ellison (@jeremiah4north) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremiah4north/status/1267152043313172482? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >May 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

“I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA,” the younger Ellison wrote on X. “Unless someone can prove to me ANTIFA is behind the burning of black and immigrant owned businesses in my ward, I’ll keep focusing on stopping the white power terrorist THE ARE ACTUALLY ATTACKING US!”


Keith Ellison’s claim that Antifa is not really an actual thing was met with ridicule and criticism online, with X users pointing out the clear hypocrisy:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wonder why Keith's Ellison's son declared support for an organization that his father says doesn't exist. 🤔 <a href="https://t.co/k4OlpeeC6q">pic.twit ter.com/k4OlpeeC6q</a></p>&mdash; Walter Hudson (@WalterHudson) <a href="https://twitter.com/WalterHudson/status/1977116654023635405? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >October 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


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From Breitbart
Link: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...ntifa-support/




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