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Proud Boys are ditching Trump hours after he left the White House for good, calling him a 'shill' and 'extraordinarily weak'


Sarah Al-Arshani
Wed, January 20, 2021

A member of the Proud Boys guards the front stage as another member of the proud boys gives a speech during a rally at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon, on June 26, 2020. Stanton Sharpe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Proud Boys once staunch allies of Trump are now walking away from him calling him a "shill" and "extraordinarily weak," The New York Times reported.

The group is upset he didn't put up a bigger fight to stay in office.

They are also frustrated he hasn't helped any of the members who have been arrested for their involvement in the January 6 siege of the Capitol.

Some members of the Proud Boys, who were staunch allies of former President Donald Trump, have walked away from him after leaving the White House for good on Wednesday, The New York Times reported.

"Trump will go down as a total failure," the Proud Boys said in a Telegram channel on Monday.

The group had stood behind the president for years and were especially re-energized after saying: "Proud Boys - stand back and stand by" during a presidential debate last year.

Trump was responding after being asked to denounce white nationalist organizations.

Some Proud Boys were in attendance on January 6 when a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol. After Trump lost the election in November, the group encouraged members to attend protests and baselessly echoed his claims that he'd lost due to fraud.

"Hail Emperor Trump," the Proud Boys wrote in a private Telegram channel on November 8, the Times reported.

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However, as Trump left office, some Proud Boys were disappointed that he didn't put up more of a fight to stay in power, and that he later condemned the violence that ensued during the Capitol siege, which led to five deaths.

Some members called Trump a "shill" and "extraordinarily weak," and have since urged others not to attend any more Trump events or even those from the Republican party, The Times reported.

Members are angered that Trump didn't help the Proud Boys arrested for their involvement in the January 6 siege.

On Wednesday, Joseph Biggs, a leader of the group, was arrested on charges of obstruction of a proceeding, entering restricted grounds, and disorderly conduct, CNN reported.

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He is at least the fifth member of the Proud Boys to be arrested in connection to the deadly Capitol riot, the Times reported.

According to reporting from Insider's Rachel Greenspan, members of the far-right group QAnon have also begun disavowing the president. The group flaunted a baseless conspiracy theory that alleged Trump was fighting a "deep state" cabal of pedophiles and human traffickers.

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