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Harmeet Dhillon sounded the alarm this week on The Chris Salcedo Show, warning Americans that Antifa is not a harmless protest fringe but a scary, organized threat that targets journalists, law enforcement, and everyday citizens. As a long-time defender of conservative speech and now the voice of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Dhillon’s blunt assessment should make every patriot sit up and pay attention. She did not mince words about the violence and chaos she’s seen and litigated against, and that clarity is exactly what Washington needs right now.
This is not some armchair commentary from an academic — Harmeet K. Dhillon is the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, confirmed by the Senate and sworn in earlier this year to enforce our laws. Americans deserve to know when a senior DOJ official is raising flags about domestic violence and political intimidation. Her position gives weight to the warning that what we’re watching on our streets is a law-and-order problem with national implications.
Dhillon has decades of experience taking on violent thugs who cloak themselves in the language of “anti-fascism,” and she pointed to real-world incidents — from attacks on journalists to the arson and firebombings that have plagued cities — as evidence that Antifa’s tactics are more than mere protest. These are not isolated skirmishes but a pattern of targeted intimidation that corrodes free speech and public safety. It’s time to stop pretending the media’s preferred narratives about “both sides” cover for the real, one-sided violence carried out by extremists.
She’s also spoken frankly about personal threats and the security reality for conservatives in public life, even urging her own staff to seek concealed-carry permits and referring threats to federal marshals when necessary. When a senior DOJ official says she is receiving threats and must involve the U.S. Marshals, that is not political theater — it is a national security issue playing out on social media and in real life. The left’s online mob culture and the enabling press are creating an environment where violence is born, amplified, and sometimes excused.
The proper response is not hand-wringing or moral equivalence; it is decisive federal enforcement and a refusal to coddle lawbreakers because they wear political slogans. Dhillon backed measures to take crime seriously in cities that have relaxed enforcement and praised moves like sending the National Guard where necessary to restore order. Washington must use every lawful tool to protect citizens and to make clear that domestic political violence will be met with the full force of the law.
Americans tired of chaos should also demand accountability from the networks and pundits who minimize or normalize this violence. Dhillon’s blistering rebuke of media commentators who speculate irresponsibly about shootings and assign blame without evidence was not only justified, it was patriotic; the press has a responsibility to report, not to inflame. Conservative voices have been warning about this for years, and now a high-ranking DOJ official is confirming what patriots already knew — the threat is real and growing.
If we love our country, we must act like it: protect our streets, defend our journalists, and ensure the rule of law applies equally to every violent thug regardless of their politics. The Administration and the Justice Department have begun to respond, and every American who values liberty should support strong, lawful measures to dismantle violent networks and restore public safety. Harmeet Dhillon’s warning is a call to courage for every citizen who believes in order, freedom, and the future of this Republic.
