Only hours after President Donald Trump gave a debate-stage nod to the extremist group the Proud Boys he’s now claiming he doesn’t know who they are. “I don’t know who the Proud Boys are. You’ll have to give me a definition because I really don’t know who they are,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. However,…
Members of the Proud Boys, a group of self-described “Western chauvinists” who yearn for violent civil conflict, are taking President Trump’s debate remarks that they should “stand by” as a “call to action,” said an expert on extremism at the Anti-Defamation League. “Stand by” is a law enforcement and military term, said Joanna Mendelson, associate…
The head of Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis’ Jewish outreach around Miami attended a Republican protest outside a campaign event that included participation by two members of the white nationalist group the Proud Boys — and later caused a party leader to apologize. Miami-Dade Jewish outreach chair Corey Breier, who also donated $2,000 to the…
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