How the far-right group 'Oath Enforcers' plans to harass political enemies

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How the far-right group ‘Oath Enforcers’ plans to harass political enemies
Revealed: online chats indicate some members are threatening to unleash harassment tactics on officials and government workers
theguardian.com
7:14 AM · Apr 6, 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/06/far-right-group-oath-enforcers

A national online network of thousands of rightwing, self-described “Oath Enforcers” is threatening to unleash harassment tactics on elected officials and government workers around the country, the Guardian can reveal.

While the network’s founder insists that the group is neither violent nor a militia, internal chats indicate that some members are planning for confrontations with law enforcement and their perceived political enemies.

The chats also indicate that white supremacists and others connected with the militia movement are aiming to leverage the group’s success in recruiting disillusioned supporters of Donald Trump and the “QAnon” conspiracy movement, who are being exposed to a wide range of conspiracy theories, white nationalist material, and rightwing legal theories inside the groups.

The group’s founder, who makes videos and organizes under the name Vince Edwards, lives off-grid in a remote corner of Costilla county, in Colorado’s high desert region. Arrest records from 2016 indicate that he has also used the name Christian Picolo, and other public records associate him with the name Vincent Edward Deluca.

Experts say that Edwards’ personal history reflects the potential danger in the spread of “sovereign citizen” ideology – along with voluminous online propaganda, that history includes an armed standoff with Costilla county sheriff’s deputies in 2016.

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[Budi]

1. LOL. this is so 2016 🙄

"plans to harass political enemies
Revealed:
online chats indicate some members are threatening to unleash harassment tactics on officials and government workers"