Within hours of the murder of conservative podcaster and activist Charlie Kirk—and in the absence of a suspect—high-profile figures on the right, from vice president JD Vance to deputy White House chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller , already had a different culprit in mind: nonprofit organizations.

On September 11, a day after Kirk’s murder, US representative Chip Roy, a Republican of Texas, sent a letter to request the formation of a select committee on “the money, influence, and power behind the radical left’s assault on America and the rule of law.” On September 17, in a post on Truth Social, President Trump announced that he was designating “antifa”—a term generally used for antifascist activism but not the name of a specific group—a “major terrorist organization.” “I w

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