Activists with ties to Proud Boys may seek leadership of Clark County GOP

A group of far-right activists, alleged to have threatened several prominent Republicans, is considering running for leadership of the Clark County Republican Party.

Its members have deep ties to the local chapter of the Proud Boys, classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group contemplating election to leadership has planned its movements through an online social media forum soaked in what existing county party leadership deemed antisemitic content while promoting Israel publicly.

They provided deciding votes in the state party’s censure of Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, having allegedly swelled the ranks of the state party’s central committee just hours before because she refused to support the false narrative that fraud decided last year’s election.

The party conflict mirrors the national struggle for control of the Republican Party, as strident Donald Trump loyalists — including many who believe the former president’s re-election was stolen in 2020 — try to cast out dissenting voices who oppose extremist views within the party.

Two Republican women in public office told the Review-Journal they’ve been threatened by leaders of the fringe movement, as did the current board of the Clark County party, which is hiring security for a crucial meeting Tuesday.

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A report from the World Socialist Web Site indicated that on Monday, Nevada’s Clark County Republican Party announced that a previously scheduled Tuesday meeting had to be cancelled due to threats by Proud Boy militia members against elected officials.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/26/neva-m26.html