White supremacists in Arizona

[saidsimplesimon]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-reason-surging-racism-in-prescott-should-not-surprise-you/ar-BB19WHIJ?ocid=hplocalnews

Arizona Republic

10/12/20
The reason surging racism in Prescott should not surprise you

EJ Montini

President Donald Trump talks endlessly about Antifa and “anarchists” and “mobs.”
What he doesn’t talk about, however, is that his own Department of Homeland Security says that white supremacists – not Antifa or anyone else -- present the gravest terror threat to the United States.
Trump’s not-always-taciit approval of right wing fringe groups has emboldened just about every fringe group espousing racist, anti-Semitic, xenophobic beliefs. The very individuals the FBI worries about are all there. The Proud Boys. Boogaloo Bois. Three Percenters. Oath Keepers.

According to a draft report described by Politico, Homeland Security officials said, “Among DVEs [Domestic Violent Extremists], we judge that white supremacist extremists (WSEs) will remain the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland through 2021.”
The groups thrive in places like Prescott because Republican politicians more or less embrace them.
Rep. Paul Gosar, for example, posed for a photo or two with some of the locals espousing some of those beliefs over Fourth of July weekend.
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[Mike 03]

1. This is kind of a shame. Prescott is a mixed bag. There's a lovely

Buddhist community there. I don't want people to think it's all whackjobs.

[saidsimplesimon]

2. I visit there, have acquaintances who have moved there.

I did not know about the Buddhist community, that is good news.