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Masked Patriot Front march through Washington, Confederate flags displayed

newsJul 4, 2026809,657

On July 4, during America’s 250th anniversary, several hundred masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched from Union Station across Capitol Hill and toward the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Marchers carried Confederate flags and chanted anti-immigrant slogans, and many wore white masks or gaiters to conceal their identities. Reports and photos, including imagery credited to Reuters photographer Cheney Orr, show the group in khaki trousers and coordinated face coverings. Local officials issued a statement condemning the group, identifying them as white supremacists and urging neighbors to protect vulnerable people. Some accounts put the turnout at roughly 400, while one local report described a smaller contingent of about 100; witnesses say the march lasted only a short time before dispersing. News outlets including NBC Washington and Raw Story covered the event and published on-the-ground reporting and reaction.

Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

Patriot Front came out of their moms’ basements, dusted off the Old Navy khakis, put on the white masks so they don’t get fired from their day jobs, and headed to Washington for America’s 250th birthday celebration. Four hundred self-described patriots, not one ounce of bravery.

45392h ago
Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Patriot Front headed to the Mall in DC. Seems a questionable way to dress for 100+ degree weather. Sure hope none of these little fascist twerps gets heat stroke . . .

8032h ago
Dr. Mar
@boldnewme.bsky.social

This is America in one frame. And the most American person in this photograph isn’t covering her face. She represents a nation still haunted by the hatred it has never fully confronted, while carried forward by steadfast courage. The nation’s unfinished struggle is captured in a single moment.

jedayal g
6m

America is celebrating 250 years today.
This photograph may be one of the most honest representations of who we have been, and who we still are, as a country.
A Black woman sits on a Washington, D.C., Metro train while masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front ride to a march through the nation's capital. As the country celebrates its founding, this is one of the images that defines this moment in America.
3651h ago
Luca Migo
@victinibcn.bsky.social

BREAKING: Hundreds of masked men in Confederate flags marching through the nation's capital on its 250th birthday, and the White House response is... crickets. Almost like silence is the statement. Happy Independence Day, apparently some Americans get an asterisk

1634h ago
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Lucky Shitt 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇺🇦34

This is why every single Confederate general should have been hanged in the middle of Atlanta

😈Sarcastic momma and really fucking inappropriate10

Of course the White House is silent, he just pardoned most of these guys and tried to give them a slushfund using our tax dollars.

Mark & The Crew8

I wonder if they grasp the fact that their "side" lost? Bunch of fucking losers doing a loser parade.

Cowgal Fella 🇨🇦🇺🇦3

This is the #US capitol today, on its Birthday: a parade of masked stomp-troopers and a sloppy, wrecked national building. Weak, divided country.

Steve King♿️3

At least we finally got them to wear masks

🌊 BostonPops 🌊2

The true hateful ugliness of Trump's America is behind those masks.

🔬godhatesyeast🔬2

but hey at least the watermelon wahhabis’ bold stand against democrat tyranny here at home has led to the unprecedented freedom peace and prosperity currently being enjoyed by the people of gaza & the wider middle east thanks again #uncommitted we wouldn’t be here today without all of your help

Larry 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇬🇱2

Disgustingly cowardly racists marching in Washington DC & in the White House.

Kinlika2

Which was the whole point of the exercise Proud Boys Oath Keepers Brown Shirts Jackboots S.S Schutzstaffel Protection Squad S.A Sturmabteilung 'stormtroopers' With full pardons waiting for anyone who needs it Absolute immunity That should scare the living daylights out of you

PortiaMcGonagal
@portiamcgonagal.bsky.social

But we're a post-racial, rising tide lifts all boats, America, right? The fruits of the stochastic terrorist tree, watered, fed, and nurtured by a racist President and his regime. www.rawstory.com/confederate-...

1113h ago
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