Hundreds of masked men carrying banners, including the Confederate flag, marched through Washington DC on the Fourth of July, the 250th anniversary of the US’s inception.

The group appeared to be led by Thomas Rousseau, founder of the neo-fascist, white supremacist organization Patriot Front. Members of the group wore white masks and gathered in front of DC’s Union Station. They later marched towards Capitol Hill, WTOP reported.

Members chanted “Life, liberty, victory!” and “Reclaim America!” during the Saturday demonstration, according to video posted on social media.

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[–] [S] 25 points 4 months ago

Neonazi buffoons proudly exhibiting pride in their beliefs, concealing their faces & waving loser Confederate flags in Washington DC

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago

    Protected free speech. Unlike Reflecting Pool commenters. Jfc.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago

    Nothing says patriot like hiding your face while waving the flag of the losing side in the civil war of the nation you claim to love.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    I wish the news would carry something about the hundreds of people carrying a giant copy of the declaration of independence constitution down constitution ave.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    This article is the epitome of values on which USA was founded and has operated, ever since. Stop worshipping a piece of paper. It is not, never was, and never will be meant for anyone but rich, white, male marauders.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago
    [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    “I heard there was a march by a group of concerned citizens, but I don’t know anything about that”

    Trump, probably

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Thats not even the correct "Confederate" flag. I swear if you took the masks off there wouldn't be three teeth for them to share. BTW... I'm a born and bred southerner and want to put my biggest boot up their ass.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Maybe Trump can lead the new Confederacy and ruin their country. We can probably part with the deep south, just leave us New Orleans.

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    [–] 154 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    They accuse anyone to the left of Hitler of hating America while flying the flag of an enemy nation defeated 150+ years ago.

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  • [–] 76 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The white face mask is the new white pointed hood

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  • [–] 67 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Oh yeah, I forgot a lot of ICE agents have the holiday weekend off.

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  • [–] 64 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    buncha cowards scared to show their faces

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  • [–] 36 points 4 months ago

    Brave patriots. Proudly standing up and not being identified.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Take the masks off traitors. I'm not afraid of some treasonous rats that hide behind a mask like cowards.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Remember when 4chan identified someone just from their eyes, brow, and nose?

    The bike lock bandit. He ended up being an ethics teacher at a college and got fired for beating people with a bike lock. We just need that sort of investigation here.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago

    Oh look, it's the justification for 30-rd magazines.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago

    What a way to commemorate the nation's 250th...

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    There's a reason they wear masks, hide all identifying information, and march only in a large group in sparsely populated areas.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    Seriously , a giant mob needs to break up the rally and burn those flags

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago

    The strangest gay subculture there is

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    That first image from 2017 is something out of a 90s court room drama about the racist south. It's so extreme it borders on caricature.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    How can you be a "patriot" and then promote the flag from another country - a country of losers?

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    The confederacy doing its victory lap.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    DSA, instead, spends time kicking ass at the polls

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    "What kind of an American are you?"

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Patriot front = white nationalist Taliban

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    parading with the flag of losers is so cringe

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    in the first image, i believe one of them fled to the UK before the pandemic, to avoid being doxxed. so he can finish his business degree.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Dude in lower right has a bump cap in his hat.

    Edit: I meant lower left. See how smooth his cap is compared to the dudes behind the lady?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    America fuck ya!

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    The irony of 250 years of freedom being celebrated with a nazi march

    R.I.P. America

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Not even one van tried to drive through them? Oh, America…

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