EXPOSED! A Miami GOP activist linked to local @MiamiDadeGOP leadership is revealed to be a Jan 6th insurrectionist who marched with the Proud Boys and was inside the Capitol! 🏛
Meet Barbara Balmasada, aka Barby, aka #PinkGaiterPBG. Guess her political career is over! 🥴
This is significant not only because of Barby’s role as a GOP operative but also her boyfriend, Brandon Diaz, is the executive director of the Miami-Dade GOP — who we’ve previously linked to far-right politics.
Video clip that Barbara Balmaseda appears in alongside Miami Proud Boy Gabriel Garcia who is currently facing felony charges for his role in the attempted insurrection.
Capitol insurrectionist and Miami GOP activist who marched with the Proud Boys, Barbara "Barby" Balmaseda, is featured in this video posted by the Miami-Dade GOP.
Barbara "Barby" Balmaseda, who was exposed as participating in the Jan 6 insurrection and photo prove was inside the US Capitol serves as the chair of the voter registration committee for the Miami-Dade GOP.
Here’s Barbara "Barby" Balmaseda, exposed as participating in the Jan 6 insurrection + inside the US Capitol, interviewing Florida GOP Vice Chair Christian Ziegler @ChrisMZiegler.
Adding Jan 6 insurrectionary Barbara "Barby" Balmaseda’s work history: currently at Young Conservatives for Climate Dividends @YCCDaction, past campaign manager for @OmarBlancoFL + Ileana Garcia and intern for DeSantis and Rubio.
Take a good look at these detailed pictures of Miami GOP activist Barbara “Barby” Balmaseda inside the Capitol on Jan 6th and marching with the Proud Boys. 👀
Barbara Balmaseda, the current Voter Registration Committee officer for the Miami-Dade GOP and January 6th insurrectionist pictured inside the US Capitol.
After being exposed this week as being inside the US Capitol during the Jan 6 insurrection with the Proud Boys, Miami GOP activist Barbara Balmaseda is trying to cover her tracks and delete her LinkedIn profile.
Too late! We’ve already archived it and posted screen shots. 📸
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Next week Miami Young Republicans will host an event opposing #Florida’s Amendment 4 pro-choice ballot measure.
Among the “most influential voices” is antisemitic & pro-Putin podcaster Linda Catalina Cuadros — but that’s just the beginning with @MiamiYRs.
Let’s dive in! 🧵 1/
Miami based influence grifter Linda Cuadros got her start w anti-vaccine & pro-MAGA content but quickly expanded into far-right anti-LGBTQ themes on “globohomo” & support 4 Kanye West.
We also documented her sharing notorious neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin in her Telegram channel.
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Linda’s open antisemitism & Putin simp content naturally attracted attention in June when she did a sit down interview w Miami mayor Francis Suarez, earning her local media coverage. #WakeUpWithLinda
One of Florida’s worst creations, white MAGA rapper “Forgiato Blow” aka Kurt Jantz, has just posted that all his YouTube videos were just taken down. 1/
Forgiato Blow, aka Kurt Jantz, attended Jan 6 and appeared multiple times alongside now imprisoned former Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio. 2/
We’ve also documented Forgiato Blow in Miami for a small anti-LGBTQ hate rally directed at Target in June 2023 alongside a Miami Proud Boy & QAnon flat earth singer Jimmy Levy who he collaborated with for his ‘Boycott Target’ track. 3/
Meet the man currently nominated for a Florida State GOP Committeeman seat by the Miami GOP @MiamiDadeGOP.
Former Proud Boy & January 6th rioter Chris Barcenas. #USAPB
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Following the scandal caused by NYT coverage of the Proud Boys & allies holding seats on the Miami GOP Republican Executive Committee (REC) in 2022 — many remain active, including Barcenas.
This is also why the Miami GOP keeps membership a secret. 2/
Keep in mind two Proud Boys, Gabriel Garcia & Gilbert Fonticoba, were sitting Miami GOP REC members when indicted for J6 charges. Both since convicted.
A third REC member, Barbara Balmaseda #PinkGaiterPBG, was indicted in Dec 2023 for being inside the Capitol on J6 w Garcia. 3/
Rafael Verde, b. Dec 1968, is behind a string of short lived real estate & investment LLCs & currently “Ice Mountain LLC.”
Public records show a mountain of personal debts — his house went into foreclosure this month & he’s facing two credit card lender lawsuits for $27k. 2/
Proud Boy Rafael Antonio Verde has records for evictions in 2000, 2015, 2018 & another foreclosure in 2006. Former employer Bankers Life & Casualty sued him in 2015 for not returning $12k in commissions — likely signed up fraudulently based on later criminal charges. 3/
NEW: Today we present a special reveal featuring the president of Miami’s Vice City Proud Boys & two associates.
Let’s meet Alejandro “Alex” Reyes, the 50 year old discount rack Liver King who irons his beard & lives in a $2.5 million house in the burbs of Kendall. 1/🧵
Roid raging Proud Boy & president of Miami’s Vice City chapter Alejandro “Alex” Reyes is known for his appearances at the Miami school board @MDCPS opposing LGBTQ history month alongside PB ally groups, Miami Moms for Liberty (RIP) and the Christian Family Coalition. 2/
Miami Proud Boy leader Alejandro “Alex” Reyes has been a fixture at rallies + events & we know he’s the president because his telegram profile tells us: VCPB = Vice City Proud Boys.
In 2022 he was one of several Proud Boys who signed on as local poll workers w @MDCElections 3/
Let’s meet Patrick Bet-David who invited neo-fascist & white supremacist Patriot Front leader Thomas Rousseau, currently facing charges for the tiki torch Nazi march during Unite the Right, to his Fort Lauderdale studio for a ‘friendly chat’ on his PBD Podcast for YouTube.
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Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid is a 45 year old multi-level marketing ‘entrepreneur’ & podcaster based in Fort Lauderdale living in a $20 mill mansion in the posh neighborhood of Bay Colony.
800 feet of waterfront with a boat slip as well. 🛥️🐳 2/
Patrick Bet-David is a cretin of the right-wing media sphere with a recent appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show and last year did a “5 hour sit down” with underage model trafficker (allegedly) & professional misogynist Andrew Tate. 3/