We Are Proud Boys with Andy Campbell
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
4.7 • 8.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by Andy Campbell, Senior Editor at HuffPost and an expert on American extremism. They discuss how the Proud Boys, which started as a blundering fraternity-like club, grew into the far-right extremist organization that played a significant role in the January 6th attack. Plus, how does bothsidesism in the media continue to fuel the growth of the Proud Boys as an organization…even though so many of its leaders and members are facing significant time behind bars? For more on this be sure to pick up Andy's new book, We Are Proud Boys, available wherever fine books are sold. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected].
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| 0:31.9 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project I'm your host, Reed Gailan. Today I'm joined by handy |
| 0:37.2 | Campbell an expert on disinformation and American extremism and senior editor at Huffpost. His |
| 0:43.6 | work on disinformation and extremism is regularly cited in scientific studies in scholarly papers |
| 0:48.6 | as well as featured on network cable news and radio. Prior to his time at Huffpost he wrote for |
| 0:53.4 | the Brooklyn paper and the New York Post and just out today Andy's new book We Are Proud Boys |
| 0:59.6 | How a Right Wing Street Gang ushered in a new era of American extremism is available wherever |
| 1:05.9 | fine books are sold. Today he's coming to us from Brooklyn, New York. Andy, welcome to the show. |
| 1:11.3 | So happy to be here. Thanks for having me Reed. So before I get to the beginning I want to read |
| 1:17.7 | something this is I think really distills American politics today and the proud boys in particular. |
| 1:25.6 | Only one of these groups is committing violence on behalf of a political party and receiving |
| 1:31.6 | explicit support in return and as the data show only one of these groups is plotting and carrying |
| 1:38.0 | out violence and destruction on a massive scale. This Andy describes the Republican Party. |
| 1:45.3 | I'm going to call it the ultra magma movement because I don't want to insult someone who might |
| 1:50.6 | have been a conservative at one point because they're not and it speaks to the kind of thing |
| 1:55.9 | that the proud boys do and largely get away with. Broadly speaking individuals going back to |
| 2:01.9 | January 6th or even before are held legally accountable. But this is an organization that's been |
| 2:07.8 | allowed to flourish and thrive so to speak in a largely willing environment. Absolutely and you |
| 2:14.6 | hit the nail on the head. They have positioned what they do with everyday Republicans and politicians |
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