Thread by @AylingLindsay

The right is inexplicably attempting to blame yesterday's coup attempt on Antifa, but a cursory round of the Capitol revealed the would-be insurrectionaries were the same fringe right and white nationalist groups that anti-fascists have been warning about for years. My photos: 1/

Overt white nationalists were present at the Capitol yesterday. I personally saw two people waving Kekistan flags. Kekistan is a fictional white ethnostate created by the alt-right. It's flag is designed to emulate the Nazi battle flag. 2/

Seeing a Kekistan flag flying on the balcony of the US Capitol building was particularly disturbing. 3/

Far-right militia group the Oathkeepers were present yesterday. Here's about a dozen of them talking outside the Capitol.

[blacked out face of one person who was probably a Trumper, but based on clothing I was not certain.] 4/

Several groups of QAnon conspiracy theories brought their banners. ("where we go one, we go all" or "WWG1WGA" is their slogan). 5/

Supporters of Alex Jones brought InfoWars gear and even affixed an InfoWars sticker to an armored government vehicle. 6/

Symbolism of far-right militia group the III%ers also had a heavy presence. Keep in mind that Threeper gear has become common among people who are not part of an organized militia, so these are not necessarily militia members. 7/

Here are some Threepers with collapsible polls who stopped to reference a map. 8/

You can also see a III%er flag in at the end of this clip, which also gives a sense of how large the crowd was on one side of the Capitol alone. 9/

Right-wing biker culture was involved as well. One person had a Bikers for Trump patch and another wore hoodie from this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which turned out to be a covid 19 superspreader event. 10/

I am not sure if the man with the bloody face is a proud boy, but he is wearing Proud Boy colors on his scarf.

One of his backpack patches says, "I'm here to break shit" and I imagine that's how he ended up with the bloody face. 11/

Trump supporters - and even Trump himself - have been using Lion imagery similar to a logo originally designed by white nationalist blog/hate group VDARE. 12/
[for reference see: vox.com/2019/8/29/2083…]

It was bizarre to see police nationalism as the crowd was engaging in hostilities with the police, but I nonetheless still saw some "thin blue line" symbols, including this patch. 13/

These photos only represent what I was able to capture from a brief walk around the Capitol. This symbolism was everywhere, and others have documented the presence of additional fascists and white supremacist groups. 14/

The would-be insurrectionaries wouldn't have achieved these numbers without Donald Trump's personal exhortations to his supporters

He encouraged them to align with fascist &white supremacist groups - in many cases, the same groups that rallied under swastikas in Charlottesville

'Normie' republicans joining the alt right in massive numbers is a scenario that anti-fascists have been warning about for years.

This is why we emphasize making fascism and white supremacy socially unacceptable.

You shouldn't be able to assist white nationalists in a coup attempt one day and claim you're just a concerned citizen the next.

We have to hold people accountable for the alliances they choose. And we need to resist fascism wherever it rears its head.