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Leigh Dundas, a California anti-vaccination activist who has been actively promoting the trucker convoys on both sides of the border, used likewise militaristic language to talk about the campaign in a Jan. 17 Facebook Live broadcast on Jan. 17, as the Canadian convoy was getting ready. Dundas went over seeing a military coup in Thailand as an individual epiphany in comprehending how large lorries and heavy equipment might be used to overthrow a federal government.
“And they were going to get their big devices, their earth movers, their big tractors, fire those pups up, and bounce across the Thai countryside, and threaten to surround the Thailand worldwide airport there in Bangkok. That you had a distinct weapon in large equipment, since if the drivers of those large equipment-type cars decided they were going to release those pieces of devices, they had rather the move they might make, either defensively or offensively.”
Dundas fulfilled with organizers of the American convoy on a Zoom call previously this month, according to Jeremy Johnson, one of the organizers. In a Facebook Live video on Feb. 4, prior to the Zoom meeting, Dundas said, “US convoy coming soon.
Previously, Dundas stated she had actually signed up with a teleconference with legal representatives from the Trump campaign, and after that utilized her Facebook account to advise her fans to go to DC on Jan. 6, 2021. Similarly, members of the Proud Boys offered the spearpoint for the attack on the Capitol, with numerous presently dealing with conspiracy charges.
The owner of the account also updated their profile picture with an image of actor Bill Murray in Ghostbusters. The @GTHaze account still reveals an archival image of what appears to be a gold-colored marijuana sativa bud with the words “Ghost Train Haze” that was previously included as the profile image by the “Ghost MDC” Proud Boy account.
One post on the chapters Telegram channel from late December reads, “Special place in hell for these individuals. The channel has actually likewise called for the death of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. In the commentary accompanying the video, the Proud Boys channel launched a fusillade of allegations against Hogan, ending with the hashtag #bringbackpublichanging.
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The Proud Boys utilized their appearance last month at the Defeat the Mandates rally to signal their determination to return to the nations capital, after mainly preventing DC throughout of 2021 after the Jan. 6 attack due to fear of law enforcement repression. But on Jan. 23, the Official MDC Proudboys channel published a picture of “Ghost” using a tactical vest and smoking a stogie, accompanied by the text, “Were back!”
Posts on the Official MDC Proudboys channel show an unapologetic white nationalist stance that leaves from the Proud Boys normal efforts to promote its ideology through more politically tasty language about “Western chauvinism.”
One post on the chapters Telegram channel from late December reads, “Special place in hell for these individuals. Day of the rope mutha fucka.” The expression “day of the rope” is a direct reference to The Turner Diaries, an unique written by neo-Nazi William Pierce that functions as a handbook for race war.
The channel has also forwarded posts from white nationalist accounts like Media2Rise, Western Chauvinism, Greyson Arnold and Lauren Witzke
The channel has also required the death of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. The Official MDC Proudboys channel shared a TikTok video of Hogan talking about COVID control procedures under the heading “Military state is starting.” In the commentary accompanying the video, the Proud Boys channel released a fusillade of allegations versus Hogan, ending with the hashtag #bringbackpublichanging.
The username for the “Peter Venkman” account is @GTHaze, the exact same username as an account that posted a remark last month in the Official MDC Proudboys channel after the chapter chronicled its involvement in the Jan. 23 Defeat the Mandates rally in DC. The manage for the @GTHaze account was formerly “Ghost MDC,” constant with the name on a spot used by a Carroll County member of the chapter on his tactical vest at the rally.
In addition to altering the manage from “Ghost MDC” to “Peter Venkman,” the owner of the @GTHaze account likewise eliminated a bio which formerly read “4º PB,” showing a Proud Boy who has taken part in “a significant battle for the cause.” The owner of the account also updated their profile image with a picture of star Bill Murray in Ghostbusters. The @GTHaze account still shows an archival image of what appears to be a gold-colored cannabis sativa bud with the words “Ghost Train Haze” that was previously featured as the profile image by the “Ghost MDC” Proud Boy account.
A variety of dates have actually been tossed around by organizers of the American version of the “Freedom Convoy,” and chatter in individualss Convoy (OFFICIAL) Telegram channel– the biggest of lots of forums committed to the cause, with more than 45,000 members– shows confusion about the start date and fear about moles planting disinformation. However a group called OC Conservative Action has announced a convoy to DC that is leaving from Barstow, Calif. on Feb. 23, while dispersing a map that features Pepe the Frog, an alt-right icon that is thought about a white supremacist dog whistle.
In the Peoples Maryland/Virginia Convoy chat on Telegram on Tuesday night, “Ghost” emphasized that the group, currently with 122 members, holds a specific and crucial duty to provide the convoy for a planned occupation of DC.
“They are going to be in our territory the whole time once they get here. We need to collect whatever we can and continue gathering even after they arrive due to the fact that they are going to need supplies the entire time and we are not going to be able to offer it just from that little bit of time before hand.
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In a subsequent message in the channel, which has actually been examined by Raw Story, “Ghost” described a military-style effort in which details would be shown other individuals on a need-to-know basis.
” I am treating this, in many methods, like a military operation,” “Ghost” composed. “I certainly need to be versatile with a great deal of it because male here are not used to how that runs, however its efficient and it works.
” So, I was given my job and Im going to do it whether or not I concur with my exceptionals methods,” he continued. There might be times when I might ask something of you people– I just require you to please do it.”
