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Proud Boys claim they'll be at polling places as Trump ups violent rhetoric and election fraud claims
NBC News | Comcast ^ | November 4, 2024 | By Ryan J. Reilly (D-NBC)

Posted on 11/05/2024 6:12:25 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

PHILADELPHIA — As Donald Trump yet again tells his supporters he can lose Tuesday only if there's massive voter fraud and as he ramps up violent rhetoric about Democrats and other "enemies," members of the far-right group that put more "boots on the ground" than any other at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, say they're mobilizing.

The last time Trump tried to overturn his election loss, the Proud Boys played a critical role, jumping into action on Jan. 6 just weeks after Trump gave the group a major recruitment boost by telling it to “stand back and stand by” during a presidential debate. The group, which was “thirsting for violence and organizing for action,” sent members to the Capitol to act as “Donald Trump’s army,” federal prosecutors said later. Several Proud Boys leaders were ultimately convicted of seditious conspiracy and are still in prison, including former chairman Enrique Tarrio, who is serving 22 years, the longest sentence given to any Jan. 6 defendant.

But the decentralized all-male far-right group remains active around the country, and some of its members are openly making plans to get involved in Tuesday’s elections, as Trump closes his campaign by talking about shooting through the media; calls his political opponents “evil,” “dangerous” and “the enemy within”; and spreads more baseless predictions of election fraud.At least 30 of the 34 active and public Telegram channels operated by Proud Boys chapters across the country have once again been rallying support for Trump, posting pro-Trump content since the beginning of October, according to an analysis by Advance Democracy, a nonprofit research organization. Many groups are posting memes and content that suggest that the 2024 election will be stolen from Trump.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: comcast; election2024; enemieslist; enemyjournalist; fbi; hysterics; journalism; media; msdnc; mslsd; msm; msnbc; nbc; pmsnbc; press; proudboys; ryanjreilly; ryanreilly; tds
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1 posted on 11/05/2024 6:12:25 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’d rather have the proud boys than the black panthers.


2 posted on 11/05/2024 6:13:04 AM PST by BradtotheBone (When I die I want the GOP to be my Pallbearers, so they can let me down one last time.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow...could a “news” article be any more biased than this one?


3 posted on 11/05/2024 6:14:11 AM PST by woweeitsme
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Translation: The Proud Boys won’t be there. Maybe some Dems in masks.


4 posted on 11/05/2024 6:15:20 AM PST by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Typical NBC
Nothing But Crap


5 posted on 11/05/2024 6:15:31 AM PST by RWGinger (FJB)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s right, Ryan. Throw in all the liberal dog whistles that you can - January 6, Trump claiming fraud, Proud Boys, insurrection, alleged threats from conservatives. And this propaganda is on the NBC “news” page.


6 posted on 11/05/2024 6:16:21 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fake News, why would they be at polling places?


7 posted on 11/05/2024 6:17:55 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Aren’t the Proud Boys completely taken over by the FBI at this point?


8 posted on 11/05/2024 6:18:58 AM PST by Fido969
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Foxes guarding the hen house?


9 posted on 11/05/2024 6:19:27 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BradtotheBone

or ANTIFA or Black Lives Matter.


10 posted on 11/05/2024 6:19:34 AM PST by abbastanza (Oh boy. Can’t wait. Go nuts kids)
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To: AppyPappy

✔️


11 posted on 11/05/2024 6:19:50 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Too bad I voted by mail — I would have enjoyed shaking their hands. Even if they were leftist provocateurs in disguise.


12 posted on 11/05/2024 6:20:08 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh the irony!

NBC whips a news story about ‘proud boys’ on election day and claims the context is about Trump being the one who is upping the “violent rhetoric”.

Just wow


13 posted on 11/05/2024 6:20:48 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Has Trump not learned anything over the past 4 years. Any comment, no matter how small will be blow up to insurrection.


14 posted on 11/05/2024 6:26:47 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (just remember the Harris algorithm runs at 3 am.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Proud Boys? Is that the same group that Dementia Joe call the “poor boys?” Are the down on the corner...?


15 posted on 11/05/2024 6:27:23 AM PST by cdcdawg ("She runs a mean pick six," said Tim Walz, a fraud.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I guess this explains why the National Guard is on standby in so many states with large blue cities.


16 posted on 11/05/2024 6:28:21 AM PST by Nekman (The Dems are SocialistCommunistUtopianMarxists...SCUM for short...it FITS!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

>> all-male far-right group

“all-male” huh... might that be one of them there “dog whistles” to the feminazis?


17 posted on 11/05/2024 6:29:25 AM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: Fido969
Aren’t the Proud Boys completely taken over by the FBI at this point?

Yup. Derpstate false flag instigators. When you graduate from the FBI's "Patriot Front" academy, you get to work as a Proud Boy instigator.

18 posted on 11/05/2024 6:29:28 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Violent rhetoric” includes any accurate description of Democrats, such as “evil”, and “enemy”. He should only say words that reflect love and respect, like them.


19 posted on 11/05/2024 6:30:15 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So the FBI will be at polling stations pretending to be proud boys.

Cool.

Maybe they can accidentally catch someone committing vote fraud.


20 posted on 11/05/2024 6:31:00 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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