The Scariest Part of the Proud Boys Isn’t The Violence

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

News & Politics

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🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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HuffPost reporter Andy Campbell and author of the brand new book on the group called We Are Proud Boys joins New Abnormal host Andy Levy for a riveting interview about what the far-right group is up to these days after many members have been charged with sedition for Jan. 6, how Trump and GOP officials came to know about the group, and back them, and what we have to fear about these guys the most. Plus! In this episode, actor Paul F. Tompkins explains why he stays away from politics in comedy and that the MAGA-aligned actors who complain about being blackmailed aren’t being shut out, they just suck.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious
0:06.4	objector.
0:07.4	I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.
0:10.2	And I'm producer Jesse Kettin, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off
0:14.0	the rails.
0:15.0	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some great guest co-hosts, as well as
0:19.4	some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond.
0:24.1	Our goal is to try to make some sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and
0:28.8	hopefully even make you laugh through the tears.
0:31.2	Hello and welcome to another Sunday bonus episode of the new abnormal.
0:34.2	We thank you so much for being here.
0:36.1	Today we have two extra special guests.
0:38.6	First we're going to talk to Andy Campbell, who's a journalist at the Huffington Post,
0:41.8	an author of the amazing new book, We Are Proud Boys, our right wing street gang ushered
0:46.8	in a new era of American extremism.
0:49.1	He's going to tell us all about his book, as well as what's going on with that wacky
0:53.2	bunch of boys.
0:54.4	But first we have an extra special guest with Paul F. Tompkins, a comedian and actor who
0:59.2	you of course know from his roles in Mr. Show, Bojack Horseman, There Will We Blood, the
1:04.4	guy does it all.
1:06.0	Paul, thank you so much for joining us.
1:07.6	This is sort of an inaugural attempt at doing this sort of segment.
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