Seeing a lot of people saying that trump mentioned the PB unprompted. That& #39;s false, but the statement which followed was still horrifying. It& #39;s also understandable that it& #39;s being missed, since there were three people talking at once. (40 seconds in clip) https://twitter.com/axios/status/1311127476391772160">https://twitter.com/axios/sta...

Transcript:
Trump: ...give me a name, give me a name, go ahead, who would you like me to condemn?
Wallace (over trump): White Supremacists and Right -- (inaudible)
Biden (simultaneously): White supremacists. Proud boys. Proud Boys.
Trump: Proud Boys, stand back and stand by --

Fact-check out of the way, let& #39;s take a look at who the proud boys are, for those not well versed in right-wing street gangs. The PB are a SPL Center recognized hate group and right wing "fraternity" that have been active since about 2016. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys">https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-...

Founded by Gavin McInnes (a white supremacist who has written for publications like American Renaissance and The Rebel), the Proud Boys are a "Western Chauvinist" club who, "refuse to apologize for the modern world". https://itsgoingdown.org/proud-for-what-part-1-on-patriot-prayer-the-proud-boys-and-nationalism/">https://itsgoingdown.org/proud-for...

Youtuber @ThoughtSlime recently published a video overviewing the group, which does a good job summarizing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZMWQDvZQZs">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

In portland especially, the Proud Boys have been known to work with PPB and another local group, Patriot Prayer, to foment violence at protests. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2018/08/17/fascist-activists-spent-last-year-trying-win-police/">https://www.bellingcat.com/news/amer...

For another look at the Proud Boys, their connections, and their ideals, check out this thread: https://twitter.com/IGD_News/status/1309782172656640000">https://twitter.com/IGD_News/...