Proud Boys claim they'll be at polling places as Trump ups violent rhetoric and election fraud claims
Source: NBC News
Nov. 4, 2024, 6:19 PM EST
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 Trumps 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 Tuesdays 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.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/proud-boys-claim-polling-places-trump-ups-violent-rhetoric-election-fr-rcna178386
JPK
(692 posts)I early voted a week ago but if I were voting tomorrow and one of these Proud Girls tried to question me, I'd tell them for fuck off. If they laid a hand on me, I would have her arrested for assault. They have no legal authority to do anything. If you feel threatened by these knuckle dragging goons, notify the nearest security officer. Be sure to have your cell phone camera on the ready.
CrispyQ
(38,381 posts)It's the girls who are going to stomp this orange POS into the ground. We are not sissies.
ancianita
(38,727 posts)Proud girls is just a variation on the farmer names, is all. Don't take it literally.
ShazzieB
(18,773 posts)But castrating a male animal does not turn him into a female. It doesn't work that way.
Also, implying that if a man is a lousy excuse as a man, that makes him a woman comes off as a sexist slur whether you meant it to or not.
Just thought you should know.
ancianita
(38,727 posts)I'm just reporting the history of how the "proud boys" cattle owners described their gelded cattle.
This is not me or my opinion. I'm just reporting the name history.
CrispyQ
(38,381 posts)niyad
(120,313 posts)chouchou
(1,343 posts)..why-in-the-hell would they call themselves Proud Boys? I mean, if WE women started something like that, we would
absolutely not call ourselves Proud Girls? The stupid asses should have called themselves Proud Men.
(My husband just said, they should have called themselves Proud Juveniles)
Evolve Dammit
(18,826 posts)gab13by13
(25,297 posts)He doesnt leak.
PSPS
(14,163 posts)bucolic_frolic
(47,165 posts)is he signaling these groups? This is 'stand back and stand by' in another form??
Would not surprise me if LE at any level has an active week ahead.
johnnyfins
(1,423 posts)TomSlick
(11,940 posts)Think. Again.
(18,404 posts)niyad
(120,313 posts)orangecrush
(21,940 posts)And the Philly DA said "FAFO". Literally said that.
oasis
(51,723 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,599 posts)18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384
Delarage
(2,354 posts)Watch me walk in, vote straight "D" in the booth, and walk out with an "I voted" sticker. And kiss my ass.
Hadnt heard about the Little Boys in a long time. Id hoped these jackasses had died off, so to speak, with a chunk of their leadership in the federal gray bar hotel.
Marthe48
(19,123 posts)In Ohio, that is marked by flags 100 feet from the entrance. If they are threatening, the Voting Location Manager will call law enforcement and if they get arrested, they might face felony charges.
kimbutgar
(23,410 posts)That said Im sure the telegram channels are being monitored also.
Proud boys are guys whos Mommies didnt love them enough.
Red Mountain
(1,896 posts)Red Mountain
(1,896 posts)Tore a PB sticker off my local convenience store bulletin board a while back. Never seen another.
We're supposed to have a DJ at the polling place.....I've got a play list suggestion or two.
Hope they take requests.
Man in Black by Johnny Cash
Which Side Are You On
Freedom, of course.
This Land Is Your Land Arlo Guthrie
Suggestions?
kimbutgar
(23,410 posts)I sometimes hum this song when I see him on TV.
Red Mountain
(1,896 posts)LA Blue Bengal
(25 posts)And Wilco version:
niyad
(120,313 posts)the purse that I do, and it isn't for looks!
orangecrush
(21,940 posts)Has a nice heft to it!
niyad
(120,313 posts)More in the nature of Mary Poppins' magic carpetbag.
orangecrush
(21,940 posts)A heater.
Heated purses are nice in the wintertime.
niyad
(120,313 posts)handwarmer packs.
orangecrush
(21,940 posts)IIRC.
Torchlight
(4,251 posts)These kids will be corralled by agencies looking to redeem themselves after their dramatic failure on Jan 6 preventing any violence. A few isolated incidents will prbably occur, and just as quickly, be immediatley and efficiently removed from circulation, all the while yelling about rights they have no real understanding of, and eventually breaking down, asking to make the phone call, and hoping mom hasn't gone on the cruise she's been saving up for ten years.
There's tougher bark on a burch tree than the loud barks these little fellas squeal.
johnnyfins
(1,423 posts)Joe, and the federal government have had four years. We'll see how tuff the PBs are.
Clouds Passing
(2,407 posts)newdeal2
(1,032 posts)They wear masks and hide in unmarked UHaul vans. Im not worried about them.
Figarosmom
(2,962 posts)Should vote early if they can
. I hope there are Democratic poll watchers at every polling place.
ZonkerHarris
(25,328 posts)COL Mustard
(6,915 posts)As long as theyre in the public area and dont get violent. I dont think theres any State that would let them actually be in the polling place itself.
IronLionZion
(47,020 posts)The source of their group's name can't be posted enough times. It's from Aladdin the musical. Not a joke.
travelingthrulife
(819 posts)Canada was wise enough to do it if I recall correctly.