White Washing White Supremacy

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https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/03/exclusive-patriot-front-leaked-documents/90351663007/

“They’re trying to attract the widest possible audience so they put out some messaging that is patriotic in its orientation,” said J.M. Berger, a researcher, author and academic who coauthored a seminal 2020 study on Patriot Front’s propaganda efforts. “They’re trying to capture people who if you just said ‘Hey, do you want to join the Nazi Party?’ would say ‘No.’”

“I have no doubt in my mind that Patriot Front is a White nationalist group that is trying to build a White ethnostate,” he said. “Based on leaked messages, we know that members of Patriot Front idolize Hitler, they joke about the Holocaust, they use racial slurs and they very much want to psychologically traumatize non-White groups – they are very comfortable being White supremacists in private.”

On this occasion, the members refrained from engaging in violence and property damage, projecting an image of law-abiding, orderly activism. But those who are closely familiar with Patriot Front's history and operations warn: Don't believe what you see.
"That is not who they are in private," said Len Kamdang, director of the Criminal Justice Project at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. "Although they were on their best behavior [last] weekend, this is a dangerous group that commits acts of violence all over the country."