# Quote — Andy Ngo, Unmasked

> Antifa is a phantom movement by design. It is leaderless and structured to be functional through small, independent organizations, known as affinity groups, and individuals. Only the ideology needs to be propagated for lone wolves or groups to be inspired. Part of that ideology involves extensive training on ‘digital security,’ that is, using encrypted tools, apps, and web browsers to completely evade detection by authorities and others. It is no surprise that scant evidence materialized in the early days of the investigation into accused rioters. Antifa are trained to hide their political affiliations.

- Author: [Andy Ngo](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo.md)
- Book: [Unmasked](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked.md)
- Page: 18
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andy_Ngo#Unmasked:_Inside_Antifa%E2%80%99s_Radical_Plan_to_Destroy_Democracy_(2021)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/antifa-is-a-phantom

## More from this book

> Every use of force by officers, whether it be tear gas, smoke, pepper balls, or arrests, was heavily scrutinized. Out-of-context video snippets were released on social media and published by news outlets, generating mass rage and universally negative press for law enforcement and the Trump administration. The officers were called ‘Trump’s gestapo,’ ‘storm troopers,’ and ‘thugs’ by Democratic politicians and the media.

p. 63 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/every-use-of-force.md)

> Despite what was happening before our eyes, left-wing politicians and media denied antifa played a role. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called the movement ‘imagery’ during a congressional debate. And even though the public could plainly see masked militants openly planning and carrying out riot operations, we were still told there is ‘no evidence’ of organized antifa. ‘Who caused the violence at protests? It wasn’t antifa,’ declared one gaslighting Washington Post ‘fact-checker’ analysis, for example.

p. 5 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/despite-what-was.md)

> One glaring blind spot in the mainstream media coverage of CHAZ was how the space gave platform to violent extremist ideologies. Reports about CHAZ’s political agenda focused shallowly on ‘racial justice’ and ‘defunding the police’ rather than its explicit calls to kill cops and overthrow the government. Hundreds of graffiti messages and images lined the zone showing dead pigs wearing police hats.

p. 39 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/one-glaring-blind.md)