Some political commentators are criticizing President Trump for seeming to equate white supremacists in Charlottesville with a far-left group known as Anti-Fascists,or "Antifa" for short.
But Peter Beinart, who recently wrote approximately Antifa for The Atlantic, or says the comparison doesn't make much sense. In conversation with WNYC's Jami Floyd,he said the President's suggestion that the two groups are on equal footing is at odds with reality. "Although Antifa uses violence, it's much less likely to expend lethal violence than are white supremacists, or " he said.
Source: thetakeaway.org