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White nationalists, Boogaloo + Proud Boys + far-Right militias are mobilizing for #MillionsMAGAMarch. Not since Charlottesville have these groups attempted to unify - except this time around, they have the support from Fox News + the White House. A thread. https://itsgoingdown.org/trump-administration-promoting-dc-rally-featuring-white-nationalists-proud-boys-and-boogaloo-militias/
This Saturday a collection of MAGA grifters, racist e-celebrities, militia groups, Boogaloo insurgents, and street fighting fascists will converge in DC for a series of pro-Trump rallies. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/11/12/far-right-extremists-heading-washington-amid-talk-trump-coup
'“Stop the Steal” is a reboot of a 2016 project launched by convicted felon Roger Stone to dispute votes in multiracial neighborhoods. “March for Trump,” is a brand for the event which was promoted by FOX News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday."
Several rallies have been called, yet no permit for any event has yet to be secured. This leaves much of the event up in the air. https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/11/million-maga-march-organizers-still-dont-have-a-permit/
The rally is being pushed by a variety of far-Right groups + figures, from MAGA grifters + conspiracy theorists on social media, to hardcore white nationalists who attended Unite the Right in Charlottesville, to pro-Trump street gangs like the Proud Boys. https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/12/saturdays-pro-trump-events-in-dc-have-a-very-real-potential-to-turn-violent-according-to-experts-who-track-extremism/
Not since Unite the Right in 2017 have different sections of the far-Right come together in a single demonstration. What's different this time, is that both the Trump administration and pundits on Fox News have embraced the event. https://itsgoingdown.org/trump-administration-promoting-dc-rally-featuring-white-nationalists-proud-boys-and-boogaloo-militias/
"White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Thursday that she expects the turnout at Saturday's "Million MAGA March" in support of President Trump to be “quite large.”' https://thehill.com/homenews/news/525673-mcenany-expects-turnout-to-be-quite-large-at-million-maga-march
"Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller responded to a tweet Thursday in support of the rally, saying, “Love the outpouring of support for @/realDonaldTrump!”' https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maga-dc-protests/2020/11/12/ca7a16fc-2455-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html
"The pro-Trump rallies have garnered support from Fox News host Sean Hannity..."
One of the main white nationalists helping to promote the rally is Unite the Right marcher and holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Fuentes has already been leading Trump supporters in rallies in Michigan. https://twitter.com/dburghart/status/1326660044696379392?s=20
Fuentes is a leader within the "Groyper" movement, a white nationalist current which seeks to take over the MAGA movement and rebrand the Alt-Right. Michelle Malkin has also become one of their biggest cheerleaders. https://www.irehr.org/reports/alt-right-to-groyper/
Another Groyper leader who is expected to attend the #MillionsMAGAMarch is Patrick Casey, the former leader of the neo-Nazi group Identity Evropa, which then rebranded into American Identity Movement, which has been tied to acts of racist violence. https://splinternews.com/indiana-synagogue-vandal-says-he-was-radicalized-by-ben-1835039669
The leader of the American Guard, a white nationalist group founded by a violent neo-Nazi skinhead who attended the Charlottesville hate rally, has also promoted the #MillionsMAGAMarch. https://idavox.com/index.php/2020/11/09/proud-boys-promote-million-maga-march-with-video-featuring-neo-fascist-anthem/
The Proud Boys, a group which played a key role in Charlottesville and who are currently engulfed in a civil war with one side being openly white nationalist and anti-Semitic - also have plans to attended the #MillionsMAGAMarch. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/proud-boys-dc-maga-trump-election-b1722071.html
The Proud Boys have members doing prison time for violent assaults across the US currently and have been linked to assassination attempts of their enemies. The organization celebrates violence and sells shirts praising Pinochet murdering dissidents. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-lawyer-jason-lee-van-dyke_n_5e97a760c5b6a92100e1c6e7
Far-Right militias are also mobilizing to support the #MillionsMAGAMarch, this includes groups like the Oath Keepers, who in the lead up to the election, said they were ready to use deadly force against those opposed to Trump. https://www.mediamatters.org/infowars/militia-leader-stewart-rhodes-says-his-group-will-be-polling-locations-and-ready-kill
Another militia that is mobilizing for the #MillionsMAGAMarch is the Three Percenters, who have been linked to a string of bombings against Muslim and immigrant communities. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/01/25/3-members-kansas-militia-once-plotted-bomb-mosque-now-are-going-prison
Also expected to be in attendance are "Boogaloo Boys," a new generation of far-Right militia adherents who are obsessed with the idea of a violent "civil war." In Richmond, VA, Boogaloo Boys attended a pro-Trump rally organized by InfoWars on Thursday. https://twitter.com/JLJLovesRVA/status/1327049841298599936?s=20
The #MillionsMAGAMarch comes after months of increasing far-Right violence and various murder plots against elected officials by militia and Boogaloo groups. https://www.npr.org/2020/10/05/920314527/the-michigan-kidnapping-plot-and-whats-fueling-right-wing-extremism
