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‘Patriot Front’ march in Manhattan prompts inquiries about feds running ops near WTC

January 21, 2024 | | Print Article

Extremists readily believed to be cosplaying feds were spotted across New York and begged one question online: “Why?”

Originally founded in 2017 as a supposed offshoot of Vanguard America, the “white nationalist and neo-fascist hate group” Patriot Front made a resurgence in 2022 conveniently ahead of President Joe Biden’s divisive speech outside Independence Hall that led into the midterm elections.

Now, as the GOP primary is officially underway and former President Donald Trump is widely expected to secure his third nomination as the Republican candidate, the khaki-panted and quarter-zipped carbon copy “patriots” were seen throughout Manhattan Saturday.

Spotted marching with banners and waving signs near the World Trade Center, outside the National Museum of the American Indian and even on the subway, hardly anyone could take the dozens of protesters seriously amid the glaring lack of corporate media coverage.

Sharing one of the videos that included the masked, self-identifying nationalists waving signs that read “America is not for sale” and “No Zionists in government,” syndicated radio host Jesse Kelly remarked, “The story isn’t that these are feds. Everyone knows that by now. The story is, as it often is, why? Why would the feds run an op like this? Ask yourself that question. You won’t like the answers.”

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Likewise, other accounts, including Wall Street Silver, shared video that included the group riding the train like they were on their way to a flash mob and critiqued, “If Patriot Front was actually a real organic white supremacy group, the media would be all over this story to expose every member and ruin their lives. The fact that this is NOT happening confirms they are Feds.”

Others held mixed views of the intent of the group, with some suggesting that their aim was to seed concerns over a perceived threat of far-right extremism (while far-leftists get labeled mostly peaceful as they burn down cities across America) and others arguing the intent was an ill-conceived effort from a weaponized federal government to goad susceptible Americans into sparking an incident similar to the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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While the race hustlers on the payroll of corporate media networks heavily represented in the Big Apple remained relatively mum on the subject, the world’s richest man had taken notice.

Elon Musk had reacted to one of the videos of the group marching and asked, “Seems like they should be followed and unmasked. Why doesn’t the media or government care about their identities?”

Reacting with a video that featured one Thomas Ryan Rousseau, considered the founder of the group, claiming not to be a fed and arguing if they did work for the government they’d be “setting up acts of terrorism, which is what the FBI does,” Ed Krassenstein asked, “Can we all admit that they aren’t Feds now?”

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The billionaire replied seemingly unsold, “That is helpful to know. We should view any given event as having several possible explanations, with probabilities proportionate to evidence and updated as new evidence arises. What is their stated agenda?”

Others still maintained absolute certainty about the group with comments like, “Feds gonna fed. Groundhog Day.”

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