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2023-05-15 00:57:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 967E3775F982810A1A914DCA69B919D3BA1AF8260D7263E4F8F9360AD2240F8D
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These are not Federal Agents- Patriot Front is an American white nationalist and neo-fascist hate group. In 2017, Thomas Rousseau took control of Vanguard America's web and Discord server several weeks before the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Front https://www.buzzfeed.com/janelytvynenko/patriot-front-preparing-after-trump https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1/9/22875148/white-supremacist-group-patriot-front-crashes-anti-abortion-rally-in-the-loop https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/06/12/seven-texans-among-members-of-white-nationalist-patriot-front-group-arrested-in-idaho/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9vBqYpkL-8 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/10/scott-adams/unite-the-right-rally-was-real-not-a-staged-intel/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patriot-front-rally-dc-fake/
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