Thread by @Borwin10

Thread: A locally prominent right-wing caravan and rally organizer with ties to Proud Boys, the Recall Newsom Campaign, and local Republican Party officials co-runs a neo-nazi telegram channel with her husband, a self-described nazi. Meet Chelsea and Victor Knight from Auburn, CA

CW for some pretty egregious Nazi content in this thread.

This is also an abridged version of the full writeup. Find full details here: borwin10.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/33/

Chelsea Knight is an admin for the facebook group "Placer County for Trump" (PCFT), which has over 4,400 members. She also runs the group's twitter page (it uses her name as a handle) and both she and Victor are admins in the PCFT telegram group chat

PCFT is group responsible for most of the "Trump Train" caravans that have been driving around the Sacramento region. Chelsea herself has claimed responsibility for the caravans.

In addition to the caravans, Chelsea has also organized several rallies, including the 12/5 and 1/6 rallies at the CA Capitol. Both included a significant Proud Boy presence.

Chelsea is also involved in the organization of two upcoming rallies in Sacramento. The First is this upcoming weekend, on May 29. The second is on June 5th, organized in collaboration with local Proud Boy groups. Date changed and all mention of PBs removed on second flyer

Chelsea is also a member of Asatru Folk Assembly, a white only, white nationalist pagan religious group. She has admitted this and follows AFA and other white nationalist "Asatru" groups/pages on twitter and telegram More on AFA:
godsandradicals.org/2017/09/14/asa…

Note that not all Asatru practicers are racist. This particular group is.

Chelsea's husband, Victor, is more open with his beliefs. He uses "1488"(common Nazi signal) in many of his online profiles, including Telegram and Venmo. A twitter account whose only follower is Chelsea Describes himself as NS, short for National Socialist (Nazi)

Victor also has a Nazi SS Totenkopf (distinctive skull and crossbones) tattooed on his hand. Pic 1 is from Chelsea and Victor's wedding photos. Pic 2 is a hat pin from a Nazi SS uniform.

Photos also show Victor wears a distinctive pair of sunglasses. These have the Nazi SS double sig rune logo on them and are sold by the operator of a neo-nazi telegram channel. The writing on the side, "Hammerwaffen", is part of his marketing.

This article by @IwriteOK discusses the hammerwaffen glasses and the neo-nazi channel that sells them
bellingcat.com/news/americas/…

Chelsea and Victor are also close with Proud Boys. One even shows up in their wedding photos (compare tattoos in pics 1 and 2). Pic 3 is Chelsea, Victor, Proud Boy Cosmin Merca, and associate Alin Suiugan

Now, the Nazi telegram channel: I'm not sharing the name to avoid platforming, but it references both Chelsea and Victor in the name. Both the handle and description also mention 14/88. The channel has been archived and shared with other activists for confirmation.

Originally, the channel was just Victor. He kicks off the first day with "Time to be racist", on 11/20/20. Posts from 12/3 include a quote from American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell and a cgi character holding a revolver and the text "Jews don't fear an election"

On Jan 15, 2021, Chelsea was added to the channel as an admin and it was renamed to reflect her involvement, with a new picture of the both of them. Next day, She posted face pics from her J6 event at the CA capitol. Same day, Victor shared a post "Hitler was right"

There are hundreds of posts of explicit nazi content: Swastikas, hitler quotes, reading lists of Mein Kampf and Turner Diaries. Perhaps most egregious: a photo of the Poway Synagogue shooter in front of a bloody sonnenrad, with the text "Keep the momentum going"

Proud Boy Cosmin Merca is also in the nazi telegram channel. In one post, he responds to a video with "What more do i have to say fucking n****rs lol". Never listen when Proud Boys tell you they are not racist.

Victor posts, “America is the new South Africa”. Chelsea responds, “That's what I've been saying! Except the blacks here don't even realize how good they have it. They aren't cooking pigs feet over a trash can and selling them to tourists to support their families”

This is who has been putting on all the trump caravans, and rallies featuring the Proud Boys. Although Chelsea herself did not post any neo-nazi content to the channel, she is certainly aware of the genocidal hatred that is spread in her name, from a platform she controls

Chelsea has also worked with several local public figures for here events. Video from 1/6 shows CA GOP vice-chair Peter Kuo performing and speaking at Chelsea's event.

Here's Chelsea Knight with CA State Assembly member Kevin Kiley

And here's Chelse Knight with Scott Presler. A reverse angle shows that Victor is the one taking the photo.

Two different variations of her J6 event flyer show who else gets "ties to neo-nazism" next to their names. "Hosted/Organized by Chelsea K."
Note also the connection to the Recall Newsom campaign.

We cannot allow our streets to be overrun with these events organized by someone who operates a neo-nazi propaganda channel. Chelsea and Victor Knight are dangers to the Sacramento and surrounding communities.

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