Exclusive: Ryan Balch, who says he marched with Kyle Rittenhouse and a contingent of militia conducting armed patrols in Kenosha, WI, promoted far-right, Nazi and white supremacist rhetoric on his social media, including a video featuring Hitler, a @Hatewatch investigation found.
Balch, 31, has not been accused of a crime or been linked to the shooting by law enforcement. He volunteered info about this acquaintance with Rittenhouse on his Facebook page.
But @Hatewatch tied Balch to a Twitter account that indicates he was immersed in white supremacy propaganda. At the time he was patrolling the streets of Kenosha with a firearm, Balch was featuring an image promoting the “boogaloo” movement as his Facebook cover image.
He also shared a meme on Twitter that proclaimed, “Commies Can’t Punch You with a Hole in their Head,” which featured an illustration of a heavily armed man holding a hat with a blood-soaked bullet hole in it.
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