Elon Musk and the new fascists
Wednesday, February 26 Members of the Proud Boys and other recently pardoned Jan. 6 rioters returned to the U.S. Capitol this week. Also in this week’s Eye On The Right: A look at Elon Musk’s thunderous reception at CPAC and Vivek Ramaswamy declares his candidacy for Ohio governor. As always, thanks for reading. — Matt Cohen, Senior Staff Writer The (Proud) Boys Are Back in Town In 2020 I was reporting heavily on the right-wing extremist groups that flourished under the first Trump administration. Groups like the Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and Proud Boys weren’t household names back then but instead were fringe extremist groups who were amassing influence and notoriety at an alarming rate. All of that changed by Jan. 6, 2021, when the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys led the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol. Hours before the attack I had an encounter with the Proud Boys that’s still seared into my brain. I was wandering on the National Mall when I came across...