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reAccording to a media report, US President Donald Trump sparked enthusiasm among his followers with remarks about a right-wing group called the Proud Boys. The “New York Times” reported Wednesday that Proud Boys supporters had celebrated Trump’s comment as “historic” on private social media channels. On one channel, members of the group took the president’s statement as tacit approval of his violent tactics. Another message said that the group was already seeing an increase in the number of “new recruits”.
Trump had refused to condemn right-wing groups Tuesday night in the television debate with his challenger Joe Biden before the presidential election. “Who should I judge?” He asked host Chris Wallace. “Proud guys: stop and brace yourself,” Trump said afterward (“stand back and wait”). Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., said on CBS that his father made a mistake. The New York Times quoted presidential adviser Jason Miller as saying that Trump had made it clear that the Proud Boys should end the violence.
The civil rights organization ADL classifies the Proud Boys as an unconventional stream in right-wing American extremism. The group can be described as violent, nationalistic and Islamophobic, among other things, according to the ADL. Its leaders rejected the accusations of racism. Members are known to use violent tactics. Several members were convicted of violent crimes.
