Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching what he calls an undercover operation to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.
He says this is in response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk and what he says is increased political violence.
Paxton says there has been a disturbing rise of leftist violence across the country and he is launching the operation into various groups affiliated with so-called left-wing political violence known to be operating in Texas.
"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger," Paxton said in a statement. "Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.
Paxton's announcement comes after President Donald Trump officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.