What Janet Reitman has said about Antifa
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 27, 2026
Janet Reitman, New York Times journalist covering national security and extremism; author of The Inheritance, has been quoted on Antifa 3 times in 1 episode of The Daily, most recently on October 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Reitman argues Antifa is not an organization with cells but a loose, decentralized anti-fascist movement.
“It's a very loose, decentralized movement of left-wing activists whose ideology is kind of broadly anti-fascist”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 4:26
Reitman says it was highly unusual for a civilian like Kyle Scheidler to help word a federal terrorism indictment.
“This is highly unusual for any civilian, non-DOJ employee, non-lawyer, to be consulting with the prosecutors on any wording of a federal terrorism indictment”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 34:04
Reitman describes Scheidler's testimony that the absence of violent talk in chats reflected security culture, which she called circular logic.
“And he says, well, of course not, because that would be a violation of security culture”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 35:03
Episodes
They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism.The Daily · Oct 27, 2026 · 47 min
Michael Barbaro and Janet Reitman examine the Prairieland case, the first federal terrorism prosecution of American protesters, labeled an Antifa cell after an ICE protest shooting.
Others on Antifa
- Zoe Chace · 2 quotes
- Lynette Sharp · 1 quote
- Anne Speckhard · 1 quote
- Ira Glass · 1 quote
Janet Reitman on other topics
- Material support for terrorism · 5 quotes
- Prairieland Detention Center shooting · 3 quotes
- January 6 United States Capitol attack · 1 quote
- Political violence in the United States · 1 quote
- United States Department of Justice · 1 quote
- Designation of Antifa as a terrorist organization · 1 quote
- February 2021 North American winter storm · 1 quote