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TexasTowelie

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Sat Oct 3, 2020, 02:33 AM Oct 2020

The Proud Boys are closer than you think [View all]

Did anybody else get a chill down their spine on Tuesday night’s debate, when President Trump gave a shout out to the Proud Boys? Anyone else flash back to the chaos in Charlottesville, the mayhem in Chapel Hill, the hatred on display in Graham?

Anyone else get a sinking feeling about the future of our republic?

The Proud Boys are more than just an idea in North Carolina. We have our own chapter — its president, Charles Donahoe, lives in Winston-Salem. They were in Fayetteville last month, about 40 of them, for a Qanon Save the Children March.

An NC House candidate, Heather Holmes (District 44), and state Senate candidate Sev Palacios (District 21), spoke at this event.

And why not? The president himself called them “fine people” after Charlottesville.

Read more: https://triad-city-beat.com/editors-notebook-the-proud-boys-are-closer-than-you-think/

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