The armed people in the photos with @SenatorLoeffler and @mtgreenee
claim allegiance to the Georgia Martyrs. Ignore the Catholic links from Google. This militia has a dark history 1/x
Also known as Georgia III% Martyrs they look for recruits on discussion boards mymilitia.com/forums/topic/6…
They are connected with other 3% Security Forces triad-city-beat.com/iii-security-f…
Three percent? It’s a history myth: “Its members are so-called 3 percenters, who believe that only 3 percent of colonists fought in the Revolutionary War. That is “a historical myth,” said a historian. nytimes.com/2016/11/05/us/…
More from NY Times: “In separate interviews, various militiamen shared the same conspiracy theories, almost word for word: Muslim refugees have established terrorist training camps on American soil. The liberal billionaire George Soros has rigged voting machines for Democrats.”
@splcenter lists them among anti-government groups around nation splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
@VICE did a show on this group in 2017 vice.com/en_us/article/…
@TimesFreePress has more photos from the rally and notes the “Georgia III% Martyrs” were not hired security but they sure do want to seem that way.
Apparently @DrewGriffinCNN was there timesfreepress.com/news/local/sto…
Finally, plenty of Facebook groups with that name or similar. /end
PS here is some good work on their logos link.medium.com/IeARvQwcV9
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