Or how the left would love to punish anyone wearing a MAGA hat.

I've been saying this for a while: the "anti-Fascist" Antifa guys are in fact Fascists. I'd like to see all Conservatives, Libertarians, and commentators refer to them as Antifa Fascists and see how long their popularity lasts. I pulled Fascism Core Tenets from Wiki and added my commentary, to show the resemblance:
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from Wikipedia, Fascism Core tenets:
Nationalism
Imperialism
Authoritarianism
One-party state
Dictatorship
Personality cult
Direct action
Social Darwinism
Social interventionism
Indoctrination
Proletarian nation
Propaganda
Eugenics
Heroism
Militarism
Economic interventionism
Protectionism
Statolatry
New Man
Totalitarianism
Social order
Anti-communism
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Antifa:
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Socialism/Communism (instead of Nationalism)
'30's Fascists believed in Nationalism - A political/social/economic ideology promoting the national interests. In this more global economy, Nationalism is now replaced by reverence for Marxist ideals.

Imperialism - Extending dominion, by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political/economic control. Socialists do the same thing as 'Imperialists'. They want world domination.

Authoritarianism - A form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms.
Nowadays, if you're not a Democrat, the FBI is watching you, and the IRS will be auditing you shortly. You can do anything you want, as long as it doesn't offend a liberal, but don't do it here.

One-party state - One political party forms the government. (How appropriate that its symbol is the Ass).

Dictatorship - A localized authoritarian government with little mass mobilization or political pluralism. "We can do anything we want. Screw over the Bear Stearns shareholders, walk into GM and fire their president..."

Personality cult - Use of mass media & propaganda to create an idealized, heroic, worshipful image of a leader.
Check your Cracker Jack boxes - someone else might get a Nobel Prize for being black.

Direct action - The actors use their economic/physical power to directly reach certain goals.
Remember Kristallnacht in Ferguson. MO? Important: Wear a black kerchief so they can't see your face when you attack.

Social Darwinism - The application of the evolutionary concept of natural selection to human society. (White Male Christian Conservative Heteros may not apply).

Social interventionism - The intervention of a government or an organization in social affairs. (comment removed as it could be construed as non-egalitarian)

Indoctrination - The process of inculcating a person with particular ideas, attitudes, cognitive strategies.
Your daughter isn't cool unless she can Save the Whales, and has a Black Boyfriend.

Proletarian nation - Countries that were subordinate to the Western imperialist powers.
Aside: after we're gone and Europe's gone, who are the Western Imperialists?

Propaganda - Information that is not objective, used to influence an audience and further an agenda.
Pretty much anything you see on CNN (the Communist News Network), ABC (Anything But Conservative), CBS (Convincing But Socialist), and MSNBC (More S**t from Nancy Boy Commies).

Eugenics - 'Improving' a human population by excluding certain genetic groups judged to be less desirable. (White Male Conservative Christian Heteros may not apply).

Heroism - Stories of heroism may serve as moral examples.
Example: the poor brave Florida woman who had 15 children and no income because those dirty cops dragged her current baby-daddy off to jail. "Someone has to pay for this!".

Militarism - Belief that a state should maintain and use strong military to expand national interests.
Example: Christian Serbs that were bombed by NATO and the US (on Bill Clinton's order) to protect Bosnian Muslims.

Economic interventionism - Favoring government intervention to correct markets and promote general welfare.
GM.

Protectionism - the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through import tariffs & quotas, and other regulations, shielding producers from foreign competitors.
This makes sense once you realize that They're just protecting someone else.

Statolatry - literally worship of the State analogous to idolatry as worship of idols.
Again, In this global economy, State is replaced by Socialism.

New Man - a utopian concept of a new ideal human being or citizen replacing non-ideal ones.
Again, "White, Christian, Conservative heteros need not apply."

Totalitarianism - a mode of government which prohibits opposition parties or individual opposition to the state, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life.
"We'll tell you what to think. and where to get your medical insurance."

Social order - A set or system of linked institutions, & customs which enforce certain patterns of behavior.
"You're required by law to use the correct pronoun, and avoid the 'N' word, if you're White!"

Nationalism - A political/social/economic ideology promoting the national interests. (Nowadays state-oriented Nationalism is considered Conservative and therefore bad, so instead we should be promoting the higher ideal of world Socialism/Communism).

Statolatry - literally worship of the State analogous to idolatry as worship of idols.
(In this more global economy, reverence for State is replaced by reverence for the Marxist ideal.)

Anti-Communism - opposition to Communism.
Fascists in Italy & Germany were 'Anti-Communist' in the '30's, but realize that this is not an expression of dislike for Communist precepts, but rather dislike for anyone else's brand of Socialism, because they are owned and operated by competitors.

As far as I can tell, the modern Antifa warrior uncomfortably fits the description of a Fascist.

Courage? Elected officials? Surely you jest! :)

I believe you are right about Michele stepping in to rescue the Democrat Party. But, I don't believe she would be the next President.

Here's where an open Convention of States with state commissions to rebalance the roles of the Federal Government and the States' governments is best applied. Check out Concord Green on http://LinkedIn.com