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Ben Makuch

US neo-fascist group claims it is part of Texas floods relief efforts

an aerial view of a river
The Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on 6 July 2025. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

A US racist and neo-fascist hate group that has become a public fixture in recent years has descended on central Texas in a stunt it claims is part of the “disaster relief” efforts under way after the devastating flash floods hit the region last week.

Patriot Front, founded following the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, after which its leader, Thomas Rousseau, a Texan, was later charged for his participation, has claimed on its Telegram app channel that it has shown up in the areas near Camp Mystic, where 27 young campers lost their lives.

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