FBI Categorizes Proud Boys As Extremist Group With Ties To White Nationalism
The group the "Proud Boys" was recently labeled an extremist group by the federal government. That's according to an internal affairs report by the Clark County Sheriff's Office in Vancouver, Wash.
SOLOMON: So the Proud Boys are a self-described Western chauvinist fraternal organization for men. They were founded in late 2016 by Gavin McInnes, who's probably most known as the co-founder of Vice Media. McInnes has been very vocal, though, that the Proud Boys are not an "alt-right" white nationalist group. But they have a well-documented track record of using anti-immigrant rhetoric, a history of misogyny and violent activities. Earlier this year, I should say, the Southern Poverty Law Center actually elevated the Proud Boys to an official hate group.'