{"id":83147,"date":"2023-06-27T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=83147"},"modified":"2023-06-26T15:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:40:40","slug":"adam-kinzinger-seems-to-admit-that-the-patriot-front-are-really-federal-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/06\/27\/adam-kinzinger-seems-to-admit-that-the-patriot-front-are-really-federal-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Kinzinger seems to admit that the &#8220;Patriot Front&#8221; are really federal agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomknighton.substack.com\/p\/adam-kinzinger-admits-patriot-front\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Knighton<\/a> on the weird MAGA-versus-&#8220;MAGA&#8221; confrontation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Meme-How-do-you-do-fellow-right-wingers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 25px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Meme-How-do-you-do-fellow-right-wingers-480x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"377\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-83148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Meme-How-do-you-do-fellow-right-wingers-480x377.jpg 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Meme-How-do-you-do-fellow-right-wingers-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Meme-How-do-you-do-fellow-right-wingers.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A while back, a group calling itself Patriot Front showed up. Dressed in dark shirts and khaki pants, with ball caps and masks hiding their face, Patriot Front started engaging in some very &#8230; questionable behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately, they were labeled as feds.<\/p>\n<p>Virtually no one believed they were who they claimed to be. They were openly Nazi-like, even providing the Hitler salute, all without the usual trappings of the neo-Nazis we typically see.<\/p>\n<p>Well, recently, the Proud Boys clashed with Patriot Front.<\/p>\n<p>The Proud Boys have been accused of being all kinds of things, too, including racists, yet it&#8217;s clear from the video shown that the Proud Boys aren&#8217;t fans of Patriot Front. Instead, you hear jeers calling them &#8220;racists&#8221; and &#8220;Nazis&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The altercation got physical and a couple of the Patriot Front members were unmasked.<\/p>\n<p>Enter former Congressman Adam Kinzinger, who offered up this hot take:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKinzinger\/status\/1673044858972393474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-27-at-15-38-36-Adam-Kinzinger-admits-Patriot-Front-are-feds.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"593\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-27-at-15-38-36-Adam-Kinzinger-admits-Patriot-Front-are-feds.png 591w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-27-at-15-38-36-Adam-Kinzinger-admits-Patriot-Front-are-feds-480x482.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-27-at-15-38-36-Adam-Kinzinger-admits-Patriot-Front-are-feds-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-27-at-15-38-36-Adam-Kinzinger-admits-Patriot-Front-are-feds-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-27-at-15-38-36-Adam-Kinzinger-admits-Patriot-Front-are-feds-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video shown there is, in fact, the video in question, and Kinzinger&#8217;s comments have riled a lot of people up.<\/p>\n<p>After all, he&#8217;s basically admitting that Patriot Front is a federal law enforcement operation.<\/p>\n<p>Is it?<\/p>\n<p>Probably, though I&#8217;m not sure Kinzinger would be read in on such an operation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Knighton on the weird MAGA-versus-&#8220;MAGA&#8221; confrontation: A while back, a group calling itself Patriot Front showed up. Dressed in dark shirts and khaki pants, with ball caps and masks hiding their face, Patriot Front started engaging in some very &#8230; questionable behavior. Almost immediately, they were labeled as feds. 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