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- Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
- Sprache: Englisch
The Russia-Ukraine war once again focused attention on the United States, not only because it is a member of NATO or because it is one of the main powers in the world, but because of the interests that are at stake. The affinities are clear: Trump-Russia-Putin and Biden-Ukraine-Zelenski. On the other hand, with the arrest of Enrique Tarrio and other members of groups that supported Donald Trump, with their silencing on the networks and their public cancelation, it has become very clear what place groups like the Proud Boys occupy in the Biden administration.
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Inhalt
Assault on the Capitol
The Trump-Proud Boys Affair
Western Chauvinists
Gavin McInnes: The Founde
The right, united, supports Trum
Enrique Tarrio, the unexpected new leade
“The FBI does not and will not monitor ideology”
Rights in their difference
Proud Boys vs. Antifa
Links with Roger Ston
“Stand back and stand by”
Tarrio imprisone
Nicholas Benton’s theor
Assault on the Capitol
When Donald Trump became president of the United States in January 2017, he had the support of groups like Proud Boys that organized rallies and waved Trump’s flags, and were even willing to fight for their leader. In fact, Proud Boys were part of an entire right-wing movement that had recently been formed or that no longer needed to hide: they could loudly proclaim their slogans, no matter how racist or politically wrong they were. But many analysts point out that Trump also had the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin and had the help of Russian hackers behind the scenes. Who are the Proud Boys and how might they relate to Russia’s support for Trump?
The relationship between the Proud Boys and Donald Trump was one of unconditional support. The group itself was formed during the 2016 campaign. In his public statements, Trump detached himself from Proud Boys in a lukewarm way, stating that he didn’t “know them very well”. The day Trump was due to leave the presidency amid allegations of fraud, the Proud Boys and other right-wing and far-right groups were in Washington DC to support him in a massive event that included the violent Capitol assault.
The investigation of this assault led to more than 700 arrests, including that of Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys accused of commanding the coup (from the distance, since due to an arrest in the previous days he had had to leave the state of Washington). The prosecution pointed out different groups had carried out a coordinated and planned action that made the assault possible
Relations between Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, were always “friendly” and included admiration and praise from both sides. New theories speak of a much greater closeness between Russia, Trump and groups like the Proud Boys. In the pages that follow, we’ll take a snapshot of the Proud Boys, its leaders and their political connections, and review the ways in which both the Proud Boys and Donald Trump could be related to the Russian influence.
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The Trump-Proud Boys Affair
Since Trump decided to run as a candidate in the Republican Party primary elections, polarization in the United States became more and more evident. Trump’s speech included the idea of building a huge wall in the Mexican border, and slogans like Make America Great Again: all of this was echoed by right-wing and far-right groups. In times when the politically correct has become a dominant narrative, times in which the vindication of the equal rights of minorities seems to be the only idea to stand by (at least in the dominant narrative) the rise of a politically incorrect candidate revived supremacist, racist or simply right-wing ideologies.
During Trump’s presidency, clashes between left and right groups won the streets, and in some cases the escalation of violence put Trump in an uncomfortable position, in which he was publicly asked to give an opinion on the matter. Near the end of his term, when he was running for re-election, during a national television debate against his opponent Joe Biden, the moderator asked Trump to publicly ask white supremacist groups, specifically the Proud Boys, to withdraw from the public scene. But what Trump said was: “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by”. More than a condemnation, the phrase was perhaps an unconscious request. Shortly after, he had to clarify that he had meant to say “stand down”, that this was really what he wanted from that group, but the phrase had already been heard by millions of viewers.
The Proud Boys had unconditionally supported Trump since the beginning, but the overall situation did not allow the president to publicly return the support. In fact, it was never established that there was any kind of relationship between them. Who are the Proud Boys? They define themselves as “Western chauvinists who refuse to apologize for creating the modern world”. “Tattooed hipsters”, “white supremacist standard bearers”, “western chauvinists”, “islamophobic chauvinists” are some of the ways in which they have been named.
