Posted on 02/14/2021 7:52:23 PM PST by RandFan
As federal authorities crack down on the far right after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the movement’s leaders have found new sources of suspicion: each other.
In the Trumpist “America First” movement and the far-right paramilitary group the Proud Boys, alliances are fracturing as extremists brand each other as potential informants. Now racist live-streamers are accusing their former comrades of attempting to turn over followers to law enforcement, while Proud Boys chapters are splintering from the national organization over similar fears.
Until the FBI started closing in, white nationalists Nick Fuentes and Patrick Casey were the two most prominent figures in the racist “America First” movement.
The pair built up shared audiences on live-streaming platforms, and cheered as their fans, nicknamed “groypers” after an obese version of the cartoon Pepe the Frog, heckled more moderate Trump allies at conservative events.
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Accusations that one-time allies have become federal informants aren’t uncommon in the extreme right, which has built up an entire lexicon of terms to describe the varieties of real or suspected federal infiltrators. But that paranoia has been ratcheted up in the aftermath of the riot, with the Proud Boys—a group that has seen a slew of members indicted—splintering under accusations that leaders have become informants or otherwise been compromised by the FBI.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested in Washington, D.C., two days before the riot, and now faces felony charges over the possession of illicit firearm magazines. But a Reuters report on Tarrio’s history as a federal informant cast members’ suspicions on their own leader, even as Proud Boys who allegedly participated in the riot face federal conspiracy charges.
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Why you post daily Beast crud, and the second time.
Being a patriotic American who believes in the Constitution and the rule of law now qualifies as far-right?
I wanted to warn people to be careful of feds and infiltrators
BTTT
The media are a disgrace and you won’t find a fair article about any of these people who have been charged.
They must be using DOJ talking points or something
“I wanted to warn people to be careful of feds and infiltrators”
Of what?
And do you think this is a credible publication?
Already posted a bit earlier. About impossible to find again, though.
Sorry about that.
I think the warning is important though.
If the founding fathers lived today they will be recognized as far right
There have been several on FR.
It is getting as bad as Mao’s China. If three people got together to talk, one was always a snitch.
AFAB
/s
Well as usual, about darned impossible to find the duplicate, though.
I really do find entrapment that the feds do to be crossing the line...
It should not be allowed and thrown out in court.
They literally described the America first movement as “racist.” 🙄
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