All were released from jail after posting $300 bond, and court dates have yet to be set for the misdemeanor charges. Online court records do not yet show if the Patriot Front members have obtained attorneys.
The Department of Homeland Security warned last week that white nationalists and supremacists are using social media platforms like Instagram, Telegram and TikTok to present skewed framing of divisive issues like abortion, guns and LGBTQ rights, potentially driving extremists to attack public places across the U.S. Ron DeSantis said he would consider sending child protective services to investigate parents who take their kids to drag shows. Heather Scott, an Idaho Republican lawmaker, recently told an audience that drag queens and other LGBTQ supporters are waging a 'war of perversion against our children.' And last week, Florida Gov.
Another fundamentalist pastor in Texas gives similar sermons. Last month, a fundamentalist Idaho pastor told his small Boise congregation that gay, lesbian and transgender people should be executed by the government. 'Unfortunately, I think it is a strategy that is working,' she said. 31 Members of White Supremacist Group Arrested Near Idaho Pride Eventĭomestic extremist groups see conservatives as potential allies, Bjork-James said, and they've found anti-LGBTQ sentiment is one of the easiest ways to 'build a broader coalition among the radical right.'
