When the Proud Boys came to town

The far-right group were a flashpoint in the first presidential debate. Who are they?

By James Astill

During the raucous debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Tuesday, Trump was invited to condemn white supremacist groups, specifically the Proud Boys, a brotherhood of self-described “Western chauvinists” who had mustered the previous weekend in Portland, Oregon (the pictures in this article were taken there). Trump failed to do so. Later it was reported that this was because he didn’t know who they were. But the Proud Boys certainly know all about him.

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