Proud Boys are GOP's 'neo-fascist foot soldiers' — and have GOP's full support
The Proud Boys may have seen their leaders sentenced to hard time, but they still hold a great deal of power in some corners of the Republican Party — and GOP leadership seems content for them to effectively be serving as a militant wing.
This is what various groups like the KKK were back in the 1920s. They were an armed part, a violent part of of a political faction.
https://www.rawstory.com/proud-boys-gop-2665058802/