Armed Extremists Menace Idaho Pride Event, White Nationalist “Patriot Front” Mob Arrested By Riot Police

June 11, 2022 Extremists, LGBT News

From a June 3rd report by the New Republic:

In the last month, two very different videos, both threatening to confront Pride celebrations with armed protest or “hunting” LGBTQ people and allies, have raised fears of how Republicans in state legislatures have enabled an environment for anti-LGBTQ violence and emboldened far-right extremists.

At the end of April, GOP Idaho state Rep. Heather Scott held an event billed as a talk on removing “inappropriate materials” from libraries and schools. She warned of an ongoing “war of perversion against our children” by the LGBTQ community, then invited two members of the Panhandle Patriots Riding Club to the stage.

Spokane’s NBC News affiliate reports:

In their video, the rhetoric used by Panhandle patriots was seemingly calling for violence, stating, “We’re having an event the very same day. That very same day, we actually intend to go head to head with these people. A line must be drawn in the sand.

“Good people need to stand up. She was talking about the repercussions⁠—we say damn the repercussions. Stand up, take it to the head. Go to the fight.”

On Facebook, the PPRC advertised the event with the quote, “If they want to have a war, let it begin here,” and encouraged people coming to carry firearms.

NOTE: Tweets below by the “Idaho Tribune” are actually from a far-right website. Give it a minute for all of the tweets to fully load.



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