Proud Boys

The U.S. government announced this week that Iran was likely behind threatening emails received by people across the country that appeared to come from a far-right extremist group called the “Proud Boys” ordering them to vote for President Trump. LX News was joined by Randy Pestana of FIU’s Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Kristen Clarke of the National Lawyers’...

President Trump on Wednesday attempted to walk-back his refusal to condemn white supremacists and an extremist group known as the Proud Boys during Tuesday night’s debate. When pressed to disavow his white supremacist supporters, Mr. Trump said only “Proud Boys — stand back and stand by.”

President Donald Trump is trying to walk back his refusal to outright condemn the far right Proud Boys during the presidential debate.

The Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, pledged allegiance to President Donald Trump on Tuesday night after he told the group to “stand back and stand by” during the evening’s debate, NBC News reports.