"Unbiased Journalist" Compares ANTIFA To WWII Vets in TDS Meltdown, Desperate Plea for Relevancy

A Bridge Too Far: Chris Kelly’s Disgraceful Comparison

I normally ignore the ramblings of Scranton (Yes, that Scranton Joe Biden’s Scranton) Times-Tribune opinion writer Chris Kelly. His columns long ago traded credibility for cheap partisan applause. But his latest attempt to equate ANTIFA with the brave Americans who stormed the beaches of Normandy and liberated Nazi death camps is a bridge too far — especially for this Blue Star father, twice over.

Kelly wrote:

“ANTIFA is not an organized terrorist group… If you want photographic evidence of ‘ANTIFA,’ look up images of American heroes storming the beaches of Normandy and liberating Nazi death camps. Those ‘suckers and losers’ literally saved the world.”

Let’s be clear — our World War II veterans weren’t masked agitators torching cities or attacking police under the banner of “anti-fascism.” They were disciplined soldiers, united under the American flag, fighting tyranny abroad while embodying honor, courage, and sacrifice. To casually lump them together with ANTIFA extremists dishonors their legacy and insults every family that has sent a loved one into uniform.

And contrary to Kelly’s revisionist claims, ANTIFA is very real. Federal agencies, from the FBI to the Department of Homeland Security, have documented organized ANTIFA activity for years — from coordinated riots to targeted political violence. It’s not some “made-up MAGA myth.” It’s a movement with structure, funding channels, and a record of destruction that real communities — not pundits — have had to clean up after.

While Kelly romanticizes ANTIFA, he also invokes the long-debunked “suckers and losers” quote attributed to President Trump — a claim never substantiated despite years of repetition. The irony is thick: he dismisses verifiable violence but clings to discredited gossip.

This comes just a week after Kelly was forced to write an entire column defending his questionable collusion with a local political candidate running for both mayor and Congress at the same time. When a journalist blurs ethical lines in politics and then tries to rewrite the moral lines of history, the community should take notice.

Free speech is sacred. But so is truth — and decency. Comparing our WWII heroes to ANTIFA militants doesn’t just cross a line; it tramples on the graves of the very men and women who gave their lives so that writers like Chris Kelly could freely express themselves in the first place.

As someone who has watched two children answer the call to serve this nation, I cannot sit quietly while self-serving commentary diminishes the valor of those who truly fought for freedom.

Chris Kelly owes the veterans of this country, and the families who raised them, an apology.

Respectfully,