Lead Trump’s far-right supporters in the Proud Boys

11/01/2020 Sweden



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A hard copy of Dagens Nyheter, 2020-11-01 10:13

Article source address: https://www.dn.se/varlden/han-leder-trumps-hogerextrema-supportrar-i-proud-boys/

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His idea: Violence. Trump’s call: brace yourself. DN with the leader of the Proud Boys, Trump’s far-right supporters.

Before Election Day Tuesday, Donald Trump asked the far-right group Proud Boys to “be ready.”

Björn af Kleen and Lotta Härdelin from DN met with group leader Enrique Tarrio, who says he will “come out” if there is a recalculation of the ballots.

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Enrique Tarrio in his hometown of Miami. The phone acts as an extended part of the body. Tarrio communicates through short audio messages. Proud Boys is classified as a hate group and Tarrio behaves from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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Preview party at Proud Boys in Saint Louis, Missouri. Carl Lamb, 21, has equipped himself with blue plastic gloves and a “Bullpop”, a pistol. You have just achieved second degree status. Nate Parker is a full member, having two shots of the gluten-free Tito vodka before fidgeting around the house waiting for a planned protest.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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On the way to lunch in Miami. Enrique Tarrio, portrayed by credit card companies, is trying to make alternative payment services work. Girlfriend Eryka Gemma, right, and her friend Andrea Doucette introduce themselves as cryptocurrency experts.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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Soon a full member. Carl Lamb, left, just achieved second-grade Proud Boy membership. The opening rite consisted of gangsters surrounding Carl and beating him until he counted five types of cereal for breakfast. “It’s very difficult to find five varieties of flakes when they hit you at the same time,” recalls Carl. The protest in St. Louis is subsiding. Only members of the organization and the media from Denmark, Germany and Sweden are present.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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A curtain on the door of Enrique Tarrio’s print shop in Miami.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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The Miami garage produces caps and T-shirts with provocative messages. Enrique Tarrio is in the process of making a t-shirt for member Joe Biggs with the text “American supremacist.”

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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In the suburbs of Saint Louis, the Republicans are strong. Just over a week before the elections, a caravan is organized in support of the president. About a hundred decorated cars. Before the caravan leaves, the participants gather to pray. They pray that the nation and the president have four more years in power.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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On the way to the armed demonstration. Carl Lamb just passed under the Missouri battlefield flag flying in front of the house in a northwestern suburb of Saint Louis. Adrienna Di Cioccio with white Trump hat connects with a megaphone. She is newly married to Alex Furman, who is running for Congress. The meeting that the Proud Boys will organize is in support of the Furman campaign.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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Lunch at Flanigans in West Miami. There are few photos of Enrique Tarrio without sunglasses. He says he uses them because he has eye problems. “I have photophobia. It’s not really a real phobia. It sounds like I’m a queer. I’m not!”

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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Protest at Memorial Plaza Park in Saint Louis. In the foreground is Joe Biggs, a former far-right Infowars reporter and now a member of the Proud Boys. In the park there is a German and a Danish television crew. There is more to the media than the Proud Boys and there is no visible audience.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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When we arrange a meeting for the portraits, Enrique Tarrio wants them to see him on a walkway over a highway. He rejects our proposal with the illuminated downtown of Miami: “I am more asphalt.”

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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Memorial Plaza Park, St. Louis. Campaign in support of Alex Furman, who is running for Congress. Alex’s new wife, Adrienna, in a Trump hat, leans on a megaphone and freshly written posters.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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Minibus on the way to the campaign meeting in Saint Louis. Congressional candidate Alex Furman drives the minibus to his campaign rally. In the car, the smog is thick and the music pumps Bryson Gray with the song “Trump is your president” at full volume.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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The garage office in Miami. Between paintings and megaphones, there is a sticker with the message: Hunting permits for antifascists in Antifa.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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Pre-party in Saint Louis. Mike Lasater, wearing a second-hand white Versace t-shirt, opened the Proud Boys section in the city in 2017. He is clear that no woman will ever become a member of the Proud Boys. “We created this club so that men can be men.”

Photo: Lotta Härdelin

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Car show in Saint Louis in support of Trump. Among the viewers are both enthusiastic supporters and stubborn opponents.

Photo: Lotta Härdelin


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