❓WHAT HAPPENED: A new study reveals left-wing terror attacks are on pace to reach a three-decade high, with five incidents already recorded in the first half of 2025—before high-profile incidents such as Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination and this week’s anti-ICE sniper attack in Dallas, Texas.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) conducted the study.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The study analyzed incidents between January 1, 1994, and July 4, 2025, across the United States, with recent attacks in Dallas, New York City, and Utah.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The celebrations among some on the left of Luigi Mangione is a failure to undermine support for left-wing violence,” the study notes.
🎯IMPACT: Left-wing violence is surpassing right-wing violence for the first time in three decades, raising concerns about growing political leftist extremism.
Leftist ideology-inspired terrorist attacks are set to reach a record high, according to new analysis published by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). The Washington, D.C.-based think tank’s study found that violent plots planned or perpetrated by the far left in the United States hit a record high in the first half of 2025 and are on pace to reach a three-decade high.
Notably, the second half of 2025 has already seen high-profile incidents such as the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, and a sniper attack on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility earlier this week.
Between January 1, 1994, and July 4, 2025, CSIS researchers analyzed a dataset of terrorist attacks and plots in the U.S. Through July 4, there were five left-wing attacks or plots this year, over eight times the annual average from 1995 to 2000.
The study indicates that left-wing violence has surged since President Donald J. Trump first became President-elect in 2016, often motivated by left-wing partisan extremism and anti-Trump rhetoric. “All left-wing attacks through July 4, 2025, appeared to be motivated by one of these ideologies,” the researchers noted, citing the assassination of Charlie Kirk as an example. Tyler Robinson, Kirk’s alleged murderer, wrote “Hey fascist, catch!” on a shell casing before the attack.
The study also highlighted the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, allegedly carried out by Luigi Mangione. “The celebrations among some on the left of Luigi Mangione is a failure to undermine support for left-wing violence,” the study stated.
The rise in left-wing violence is attributed to opposition to the Trump administration and its policies, with immigration emerging as a key issue, as seen in the Dallas ICE facility attack.
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