Olivia Rosane,
Common Dreams
July 4, 2026
A member of the group Patriot Front gestures outside the Eastern Market metro station, on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Hundreds of members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front descended on Washington DC Saturday morning as the nation’s capital prepared to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Members of the group, wearing masks and carrying Confederate and US flags, rode the DC metro and marched around parts of Capitol Hill before departing the city by train, as WUSA reported. Beyond the march itself, no other incidents were reported connected to the group.
“What kind of fascist hellscape is [happening] on Pennsylvania Ave at the Eastern Market Metro stop?” Georgetown Law professor Josh Chafetz wrote on Bluesky upon spotting the group.
Chafetz said the group appeared to be all white and all male.
“Absolutely terrifying to have white supremacist hate group Patriot Front march through our streets today in Washington, DC,” human rights lawyer Mai El-Sadany wrote on social media. “Their manifesto calls for a white ethnostate, excludes people of color from their definition of citizenship, and is deeply antisemitic and xenophobic.”
In one video shared by WTOP reporter Mitchell Miller, members of the group stood in a line outside DC’s Union Station chanting, “Life, liberty, victory” and “Reclaim America.”
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Patriot Front split from Vanguard America after the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, at which white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr. drove his car into counterprotesters, killing anti-racist activist Heather Heyer and injuring 35 others.
“Patriot Front is an image-obsessed organization that rehabilitated the explicitly fascist agenda of Vanguard America with garish patriotism. Patriot Front focuses on theatrical rhetoric and activism that can be easily distributed as propaganda for its chapters across the country,” SPLC explains.
The group believes that democracy no longer functions and wants to transform the US into a “pan-European” ethnostate that excludes both citizens of color and new immigrants and refugees.
One image from a Reuters photographer shows the masked Patriot Front marchers standing around a Black woman sitting on the DC Metro.
“This image is from today. A Black woman sits on the DC metro as masked white nationalists prepare to march on our nation’s capital. This is America’s 250th anniversary,” attorney Aaron Parnas posted on social media.
Melanie D’Arrigo, executive director of the Campaign for New York Health, blasted the group for carrying Confederate flags and embracing fascism while claiming the mantle of US patriotism.
“You have no right to call yourself a ‘[patriot]’ while carrying the flag of one of America’s enemies, and claiming victory on behalf of the ideology that fueled another—both of which the US defeated,” D’Arrigo wrote on social media.
July 4, 2026
A member of the group Patriot Front gestures outside the Eastern Market metro station, on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Hundreds of members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front descended on Washington DC Saturday morning as the nation’s capital prepared to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Members of the group, wearing masks and carrying Confederate and US flags, rode the DC metro and marched around parts of Capitol Hill before departing the city by train, as WUSA reported. Beyond the march itself, no other incidents were reported connected to the group.
“What kind of fascist hellscape is [happening] on Pennsylvania Ave at the Eastern Market Metro stop?” Georgetown Law professor Josh Chafetz wrote on Bluesky upon spotting the group.
Chafetz said the group appeared to be all white and all male.
“Absolutely terrifying to have white supremacist hate group Patriot Front march through our streets today in Washington, DC,” human rights lawyer Mai El-Sadany wrote on social media. “Their manifesto calls for a white ethnostate, excludes people of color from their definition of citizenship, and is deeply antisemitic and xenophobic.”
In one video shared by WTOP reporter Mitchell Miller, members of the group stood in a line outside DC’s Union Station chanting, “Life, liberty, victory” and “Reclaim America.”
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Patriot Front split from Vanguard America after the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, at which white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr. drove his car into counterprotesters, killing anti-racist activist Heather Heyer and injuring 35 others.
“Patriot Front is an image-obsessed organization that rehabilitated the explicitly fascist agenda of Vanguard America with garish patriotism. Patriot Front focuses on theatrical rhetoric and activism that can be easily distributed as propaganda for its chapters across the country,” SPLC explains.
The group believes that democracy no longer functions and wants to transform the US into a “pan-European” ethnostate that excludes both citizens of color and new immigrants and refugees.
One image from a Reuters photographer shows the masked Patriot Front marchers standing around a Black woman sitting on the DC Metro.
“This image is from today. A Black woman sits on the DC metro as masked white nationalists prepare to march on our nation’s capital. This is America’s 250th anniversary,” attorney Aaron Parnas posted on social media.
Melanie D’Arrigo, executive director of the Campaign for New York Health, blasted the group for carrying Confederate flags and embracing fascism while claiming the mantle of US patriotism.
“You have no right to call yourself a ‘[patriot]’ while carrying the flag of one of America’s enemies, and claiming victory on behalf of the ideology that fueled another—both of which the US defeated,” D’Arrigo wrote on social media.
Fox News host’s response to white supremacist rally leaves ex-GOP lawmaker floored
Alexander Willis
July 4, 2026
Alexander Willis
July 4, 2026
RAW STORY
A commuter sits as members of the group Patriot Front stand at the Eastern Market metro station, on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
As dozens of masked men from the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched in the nation’s capital Saturday, Fox News host Laura Ingraham floated a theory in an apparent attempt to distance the GOP from the neo-fascist march, a theory that left one former Republican lawmaker floored.
On Saturday afternoon, journalist and writer Richie McGinniss uploaded a video of himself questioning people who appear to be members of Patriot Front standing in front of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
Despite there being countless reports by reputable news outlets on Patriot Front’s march through the nation’s capital, Ingraham floated a bizarre theory regarding McGinniss’ video.
“I call fake,” reads a social media post on X published Saturday by Ingraham’s account, responding to the video published by McGinniss “Looks more like Antifa in costume. No one should be allowed to cover their faces.”
Adam Kinzinger, a former GOP U.S. House member from Illinois, issued Ingraham a blistering rebuke.
“Yes of course. Fake. That's the only defense you have to this?” Kinzinger wrote Saturday in a social media post on X. “How about condemning it?”
Billy Ray, a notable film director and screenwriter, also issued Ingraham a fierce response.
“Laura, why is it so scary for you to admit that this exists amid your party – and your audience?” Ray asked in a social media post published on X Saturday. “If you were an actual journalist, you’d have to.”
A commuter sits as members of the group Patriot Front stand at the Eastern Market metro station, on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
As dozens of masked men from the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched in the nation’s capital Saturday, Fox News host Laura Ingraham floated a theory in an apparent attempt to distance the GOP from the neo-fascist march, a theory that left one former Republican lawmaker floored.
On Saturday afternoon, journalist and writer Richie McGinniss uploaded a video of himself questioning people who appear to be members of Patriot Front standing in front of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
Despite there being countless reports by reputable news outlets on Patriot Front’s march through the nation’s capital, Ingraham floated a bizarre theory regarding McGinniss’ video.
“I call fake,” reads a social media post on X published Saturday by Ingraham’s account, responding to the video published by McGinniss “Looks more like Antifa in costume. No one should be allowed to cover their faces.”
Adam Kinzinger, a former GOP U.S. House member from Illinois, issued Ingraham a blistering rebuke.
“Yes of course. Fake. That's the only defense you have to this?” Kinzinger wrote Saturday in a social media post on X. “How about condemning it?”
Billy Ray, a notable film director and screenwriter, also issued Ingraham a fierce response.
“Laura, why is it so scary for you to admit that this exists amid your party – and your audience?” Ray asked in a social media post published on X Saturday. “If you were an actual journalist, you’d have to.”
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