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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Charles Kaiser

We Are Proud Boys review: chilling exposé illuminates Republicans’ fascist turn

Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (center), rally in support of Donald Trump in Washington in November 2020.
Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (center), rally in support of Donald Trump in Washington in November 2020. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

Andy Campbell has produced a smart, well-written and brilliantly reported book about another loathsome progeny of the most dangerous union of our time, the horror couple responsible for so many of the burgeoning threats to American democracy: Donald Trump and the internet.

Its subject is the Proud Boys, racist, beer-addled and violence-addicted street fighters who have become best friends with many of Trump’s warmest supporters, from Ann Coulter to Roger Stone.

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