Well, that was weird. Here's some notes for the day. This was essentially a small meetup on the Senate lawn of about 50 people, mostly Proud Boys. Some politicians backed out but @BlackmanForAZ still spoke and even gave a shoutout to the AZ Proud Boys for being ""patriots."" 😐
Other speakers included: former representative Anthony Kern, Proud Boy associate Micajah Jackson, congressional candidate Jeff Zink, Cowboy's for Trump founder Couy Griffin, and... former NFL running back Jerone Davison for some reason?
Look Ahead America's local chapter (Look Ahead Arizona) organized today's small mostly-Proud Boy rally. Julie Fisher was the host today. Fisher and former Secretary of State Ken Bennett are both involved with Look Ahead's leadership team.
azmirror.com/2021/09/23/gop…
Also weird because there wasn't a coherent narrative around J6. Some by me thought Jacob Chansley was Antifa while a speaker gave Chansley praise. Jackson claimed all who died on J6 were killed by cops while others talked about how Ashli Babbitt was the only one killed by police.
Proud Boy associate Micajah Jackson, who is currently facing federal charges for storming the Capitol with them on J6, talking about how they're "American nationalists" and telling the small crowd they need to get involved with their local communities and school boards.
TBH, there's not really much to say, few people showed up. This was mostly just an event for some people involved with J6 to speak to a crowd that was almost entirely made up of AZ Piss Boys and their friends.
Oh look, real journalism.
For real though:
"'The Proud Boys came to one of my events and that was one of the proudest moments of my life,' Blackman said to the crowd." What the absolute fuck??
azmirror.com/2021/09/25/ari…
Here's the clip of @BlackmanForAZ praising the Proud Boys at today's "Justice for J6" event:
Former representative Anthony Kern talking about going to DC for J6. He criticizes Mike Pence but still talks about what a great time he had that day describing it as “awesome.”
azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
Host Julie Fisher also gave a shoutout to the Arizona Rangers for providing "security" for today's event. This is the same group that patrolled outside the Maricopa audit, and also grifted off it (obviously).
phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-r…
Besides Proud Boys, there were also a few "America First" groypers in attendance. Speaker Micajah Jackson affiliates with both Proud Boys & AF, same as Greyson Arnold & "antimasker" Ethan Schmidt. All attended Arnold's "White Boy Summer" event this summer.
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