Cops Want Right-Wingers to Stop Hassling Them About an Imaginary Antifa Attack on Gettysburg

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A mysterious post on social media has convinced right-wing groups that antifa activists are planning to slaughter whites and burn down the suburbs.

Politics Reporter

Published Jul. 3 2020 3:53AM EDT

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The pro-Trump internet is abuzz about left-wing “antifa”activists’ nefarious plans for the Gettysburg National Cemetery on July 4—even if no one can quite agree on what’s actually going to happen.

One theory holds that antifa will burn American flags at the Civil War graveyard, while another centers on a nonexistent plan...

Will Sommer

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Cops Want Right-Wingers to Stop Hassling Them About an Imaginary Antifa Attack on Gettysburg

A mysterious post on social media has convinced right-wing groups that antifa activists are planning to slaughter whites and burn down the suburbs.

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