Right wing celebrities like milo eanopolis and an colter do these pro trump, conservative speaking tours. A lot of them are provocatively designed to appear on college campuses. What happens after these college campus scirmishes is under the rubric of protecting con nservative speech, the proud boys grant themselves license to become what amount to street vigilant. And they are not shy to use their fists and bodies to get involved in those situations.
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After a nearly yearlong investigation, the congressional committee examining the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will begin holding televised hearings on Thursday.
One focus of the hearings will be the Proud Boys. The trajectory of that group, which grew out of a drinking club in New York City for men who felt put upon by liberal culture, has now led to charges of trying to overthrow the United States government.
Guest: Alan Feuer, a reporter covering courts and criminal justice for The New York Times.
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