Masked Patriot Front Rally in DC Displays Confederate Flag Amid Fourth of July Protests
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Hundreds of masked Patriot Front members marched through Washington, DC on the Fourth of July, carrying banners including the Confederate flag as they moved from Union Station toward Capitol Hill, led by founder Thomas Rousseau. The display drew counter-protesters and police monitoring, highlighting the group’s white-supremacist extremism and its ongoing mobilization that has garnered attention in recent years.
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