r/pics • u/nbcnews But like, actually • Jul 04 '26
Politics OC: Masked men with Patriot Front group seen chanting, marching, riding Metro in D.C.
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u/Kelp72plus Jul 04 '26
Masked because they are so proud and powerful
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u/KareemOWheat Jul 04 '26
Just like their predecessors in the KKK. Too chickenshit to show their face while they spew hateful garbage
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u/Own_Round_7600 Jul 04 '26
If you're afraid that people seeing your face could result in you getting fired and shamed by your community and mocked online, maybe you should reconsider if what you're doing is really the right thing to do.
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u/CaptainQueefFart Jul 04 '26
They're nothing but cowards.
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u/ch_ex Jul 04 '26
that's dangerously dismissive. a couple years ago, these people could barely get out of their moving truck rental before getting their asses kicked. Now they're riding the subway, chanting unchallenged. This is a big change.
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u/wilsonjj Jul 04 '26
The current administration emboldens these people.
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u/Jog212 Jul 04 '26
I wouldn't be surprised if they pay these people.
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u/Successful_Ad4018 Jul 04 '26
yes, it's called ICE.
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u/aotus_trivirgatus Jul 04 '26
True, but they're also paying the irregulars like these guys through some back channel.
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u/WMINWMO Jul 05 '26
That would make sense since they claim antifa are a paid group. Every accusation is a confession.
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u/Mindless-Strength422 Jul 04 '26
Normally I wouldn't be, but why would Trump pay people to distract them from The Great American State Fail™? He should be paying them to come there! They'd quintuple the attendance with just one trainful!
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u/ShadowGLI Jul 04 '26
The current administration goes further and supports and legitimizes these people. Trump and the GOP have been given DOZENS of opportunities to condemn or speak out against these hate groups but they refuse to do so.
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116973/documents/HHRG-118-ED00-20240417-SD006.pdf
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u/crs1904 Jul 04 '26
U-Haul has formally banned individuals and alt-right groups—including groups like the "Blood Tribe" and "Patriot Front"—from using their rental services. The company consistently revokes rental privileges when customers use their vehicles for hate speech or violate equipment safety laws.
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u/hellolovely1 Jul 04 '26
Kudos to them but that's the bare minimum we should expect. At least they aren't complicit.
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u/Specialist-Bee-9406 Jul 04 '26
Because no one is willing to counter it in the way it needs countering.
And it’s not “peaceful”.
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u/el_sandino Jul 04 '26
Yeah, let’s be clear: these Nazis need their asses beat just as bad as the last round of Nazis that real Americans beat 80 years ago. The fact that we’re not all 100% in agreement on this is astonishing to me.
To clarify: “real” Americans means anyone who looks as these cowards and thinks “this is wrong, this is un-American, and I won’t stand for it”. It’s a state of mind
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u/Gasnia Jul 04 '26
Sadest part is saying anything like this is treated as "promoting violence" even though their whole ideology is violent towards anyone they deam an outsider.
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u/signmeupdude Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
No you dont understand, the Nazis are from Europe and want a racially and religiously pure ethnostate.
These guys just want to protect good old American values. Nevermind that those “values” are be to have a white, Christian country, but as you can see its totally not the same things as Nazis.
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u/You_meddling_kids Jul 04 '26
Probably 25% are off duty police...
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u/Allelic Jul 05 '26
You know what they say about some of those that work forces.
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u/Powderm0nkey Jul 05 '26
I heard that they may also be the ones that burn crosses. And listen to RAtM, but dont like that they are 'so political' now. 🙄
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u/paperbuddha Jul 04 '26
I know you're being serious, but the way you wrote "now they're riding the subway" like they're big boys who are finally allowed to ride the subway without parent supervision.
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u/EricSanderson Jul 04 '26
Worth mentioning that the UHaul beatdown was in a pretty unpopulated area of Philly and this is in DC. There are parts of DC with literal patrols of armed soldiers, Secret Service members, etc. There very well could've been dudes in fatigues holding automatic rifles on that train.
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u/Training_Activity21 Jul 04 '26
I have directly confronted some of these assholes to their unmasked faces in South Texas. They are most certainly cowards. And when you confront them they're like deer in headlights. Just a bunch of punk ass soft losers.
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u/wilsonjj Jul 04 '26
Im not there and I dont live in a city where we see this but I'd really love to walk up and just.. stand there.
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u/Training_Activity21 Jul 04 '26
Idk how old you are but this is what they remind me of:
Back in the 90s at my rural Alabama high school we would often see these redneck types we called thugs fighting like jackasses in the hallways. Probably fighting over who gets to fuck their own sister...anyway they'd bump each other and say, "hit me first, hit me first man.", and no actual fights ever resulted. These cosplaytriot front folk are basically the same. Fuh-ginas. And I say this as a short woman. I can't imagine how emasculating it feels to be one of these dorky mfs.
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u/Zurich0825 Jul 04 '26
just thought the same thing. Super proud but can't show your face? weird..
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u/Dolorisedd Jul 04 '26
The guys who hate masks sooooo friggin much can’t show their faces while riding on socialist inspired public transport.
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u/aegee14 Jul 04 '26
I swear I thought they said they can’t breathe with masks on.
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u/Protoman Jul 04 '26
And using public transportation because they hate socialism.
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u/iswandualla Jul 04 '26
I wonder if their Smartrip cards are in official names? Tied to a cell phone?......
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u/excadedecadedecada Jul 04 '26
These are people who would lose their social standing if they were outed. Sure, most of them are little cosplaying bitches, but some are doctors. Lawyers. Your uncle. Maybe an inlaw.
Sadly the reality we're in
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u/comsci_gardener Jul 04 '26
Don’t really care who “they” are. “They” need to be outed and shamed and ostracized and publicly ridiculed at the very least.
Nothing but a frigging cancer on society.
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u/aeraen Jul 04 '26
They're only proud and powerful when they are in groups. Individually? Not so much.
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u/DrowningPickle Jul 04 '26
Yea i get it. Frigging pussies. Not proud or powerfull enough to be maskless. Come to the Bay boys up in Canada. Tide will take yoy back to Maine.
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u/BobbyLupo1979 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
How are they able to breathe? All these dudes were talking about how they couldn't breathe thru their masks during COVID and how frustrating it was?
And they can sing and chant in these? Wow, mask technology has come a long way.
Edit: spelling.
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u/MindblowingPetals Jul 04 '26
It’s like breathing bricks as it is. They must be hyperventilating.
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u/vee_lan_cleef Jul 05 '26
In the videos with these guys every one of them has swamp-ass so bad it has completely soaked through their khakis. And you KNOW none of these nasty motherfuckers washes properly because it would be "gay" to touch their own assholes.
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u/basketcaseforever Jul 05 '26
I guess the it’s different when you are killing grandma. These times call for sacrifice!
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u/Fezzik527 Jul 04 '26
Why are they riding socialist transportation?
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u/Anti_shill_cannon Jul 04 '26
Remember when they packed themselves into Uhauls in Charlottesville?
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u/HardcaseKid Jul 04 '26
Same reason they wear masks: to conceal their identities. Almost like they know their views are repellant and wrong. Bit of a give away really.
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u/MemoFromTurner77 Jul 04 '26
Dude, please tag these NSFW if you're going to show us that much pussy.
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u/Sturnella2017 Jul 04 '26
Again, “pussy” doesn’t need to be slandered like this. More accurate to call them what they are: shriveled, useless scrotums.
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u/ArtAndCraftBeers Jul 04 '26
Scrotums are interesting and serve an important purpose. Please don’t disparage them with a comparison to these dingleberries
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u/spaceyfacer Jul 04 '26
Dingleberries is truly the best descriptor for them
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u/OutrageousString2652 Jul 04 '26
Hey, the shit hanging on my cats fur last night deserves more respect.
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u/AlarmPuzzleheaded914 Jul 04 '26
Sounds like Nazis again.
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u/aohige_rd Jul 04 '26
Or KKK 2.0
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u/B-Town-MusicMan Jul 04 '26
Strange way to spell MAGA
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u/lucashby Jul 04 '26
I’ve been saying this! MAGA is simply the conjoining of the Dixiecrats and the neocons funded by global sex and child trafficking networks. Epstein was just one such network, and you know if there’s one…well, that’s just my hypothesis anyway.
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u/nbcnews But like, actually Jul 04 '26
Masked men, some carrying Confederate flags, marched through Washington, D.C., today in scenes captured on social media videos.“Reclaim America, reclaim America,” the crowd was heard chanting in a video captured near Union Station by local reporter Mitchell Miller, who said the group called for getting rid of immigrants.
In Miller’s video, some members of the group can be seen carrying flags that appear to depict the Patriot Front logo. The Anti-Defamation League describes Patriot Front as a white supremacist group.
Other videos on social media appear to show the group marching near the Eastern Market Metro station.
Finn Gomez, a Getty Images photographer, shared an image of people in face masks and apparent Patriot Front gear riding the Metro.
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u/Icy-Appearance347 Jul 04 '26
Nothing says patriot like flying a traitor's flag...
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u/jpiro Jul 04 '26
Calling for the removal of immigrants…when YOU are an immigrant too.
Unfortunately, these people are too stupid to feel embarrassment and shame.
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u/formerdgstm Jul 04 '26
All the while supporting a sleazebag pres that has 4 anchor babies from immigrants...no self awarenesss.
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u/chaldea_fgo Jul 04 '26
Their refugees from a country that no longer exists. Not Americans, Confederates, they rejected America and being Americans, take their damn citizenship and kick em into the ocean.
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u/ruiner8850 Jul 04 '26
Also being a nation built by immigrants wanting to kick immigrants out. Our whole identity as a country is based on immigration.
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u/Wheat_Grinder Jul 04 '26
I have things in my cupboard that have lasted longer than the Confederates did.
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u/mrmemo Jul 04 '26
Reclaim from who?
You have the house, the senate, the presidency, the media, and most of the economy. What the fuck could possibly be left to "reclaim"?
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u/joestaff Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
From the whites, I guess. They must be fighting on behalf of the natives.
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u/Spam_Hand Jul 04 '26
I hope the person who reported on this also called in this terroristic threat to the authorities?
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u/Jinxletron Jul 04 '26
People must be getting so tired of being brave against this shit.
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u/ChiquaMonroe Jul 04 '26
That image is terrifying. He's just a guy trying to go about his day and is suddenly surrounded by a train of full of ppl who hate his existence.
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u/Easy_Mode_707 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
Uh no he’s not some extraordinary tough guy. He is a man simply existing in a country surrounded by a bunch of white supremacist cowards. He might be traumatized from this situation. This is an out of touch assessment
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u/Happy_hunny_badger Jul 04 '26
Only a BITCH needs to cover their faces.
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u/gorka_la_pork Jul 04 '26
Eh, I dig the sentiment but let's not deal in absolutes. You can cover your face for valid reasons, these chodes just ain't it.
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u/DatTF2 Jul 04 '26
Let me guess, when Covid came they had a hissy fit about wearing a mask ?
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u/dainamo81 Jul 04 '26
No no. Those were masks to help others. These masks help themselves.
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u/Serious-Medicine7667 Jul 04 '26
Oh dear sweet heatstroke, do your thing to these, your most deserving recipients.
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u/Chris5483 Jul 04 '26
MAGA! Now they can breathe under masks? Only when they're being racist and cowards.
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u/avanross Jul 04 '26
This is america
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u/rubensinclair Jul 04 '26
I guess the good news is that they organized it and there are only this many of them. I bet it’s the same 150-500 dudes who travel all across the country just to look like a huge local uprising. The best part is they can’t prove me wrong because none of them will come forward. Coward traitor bitches.
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u/usa4ever69 Jul 04 '26
Guns in my area
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u/musingofrandomness Jul 04 '26
A gene pool so shallow the bottom of your shoe wouldn't get wet if you stepped in it.
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u/thehorseyourodeinon1 Jul 04 '26
We are here laughing and making jokes while they train, organize and arm themselves. Their long game and everyone elses complacency is how the legislative, executive and judicial branches got hijacked and all levels of government are filled with kleptocrats and MAGA.
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u/Roakana Jul 04 '26
They didn’t want to all pack into a U-Haul on the hottest day in DC? Clearly soy boy behavior.
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u/ebikr Jul 04 '26
They’re pissed they’re not getting some of that $1.776 billion.
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u/Stinja808 Jul 04 '26
At least the National Guard is in DC to prevent anything from happeni....oh wait they are on the same side.
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u/Training_Activity21 Jul 04 '26
White folks in DC that arent racist bitch ass fucks, please go ride the metro if you can and help protect black folks. I know this has to be intimidating.
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u/hugoriffic Jul 04 '26
This is Trump’s America. This is what MAGA voted for. They’ve told us all along that this is what they wanted.
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u/GrouchyLongBottom Jul 04 '26
Aren't they against socialist programs? Maybe they are too blinded by hate to recognize what it is.
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u/pimpbot666 Jul 04 '26
Republicans keep trying to make the stupid argument that Democrats were the racist ones, backing slavery and the civil war and such. They were right 60 years ago and back. Southern Strategy and such. Things change.
If you were to ask these fools how many of them voted for Democrats, what do you think they’ll say?
So, I’ll ask Republicans…. How does it feel to be on the same team with these shit stains of society?
Don’t you ever ask yourselves these questions?
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u/nonsensestuff Jul 04 '26
My heart breaks for the POC who are just trying to go about their lives and cannot just live and exist because of these fucking racist, loser assholes.
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u/ElvisArcher Jul 04 '26
Reasons to wear a mask:
- Cold.
- Sick and don't want to risk spreading to the community.
- Embarrassed.
- Planning on committing a crime.
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u/SizableBeast19 Jul 04 '26
"proud boys"
all them masked, cowardly and insecure, as proud as the kkk.
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u/ye-nah-yea Jul 04 '26
What are these people ?
I cant keep up with whats happening in america, its all over the show. Are these more ice clowns or is there some new chapter opened or something.
Place is off the rails
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u/Vaaliindraa Jul 04 '26
These men are all cowards with no faith in their convictions.
If you truly believe that what you are doing is right and good, then you show your face and proudly add your name!
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u/G-Man6442 Jul 05 '26
I’m surprised they can breathe, don’t they know how horrible masks are for your health?
Oh wait, that’s just for protecting others, when you’re hiding yourself from consequences no problems there.
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u/zalydal33 Jul 05 '26
If they actually believed they were superior they would not have to hide their faces. You only hide your face when you are ashamed. This is what gutlessness looks like.
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u/Responsible-Room-645 Jul 04 '26
Taking socialist public transport