Far-right groups see growing membership numbers on the back of suspicion towards Covid-19
In this September 26, 2020 file photo, Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Portland, Oregon, US.
People's Rights started in deep-red Idaho, which remains one of the least-vaccinated states with only about 43 percent of its population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The group now includes activists in 38 states, according to the report.
“We noticed three or four months ago that they started having Canadian provinces listed on their website. It's not big, but it's kind of strange,” Tanner said.People’s Rights is still mostly focused in the northwestern states, particularly Idaho, where Bundy lives and roughly 17 out of every 10,000 are members, according to the report. Most of the growth has been around COVID-19-related activism, said Tanner.
Another prominent People's Rights activist, Pam Hemphill, is facing several federal charges after prosecutors said she took part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Hemphill has pleaded not guilty to the charges. “What People's Rights does is spread really radical ideas about overturning civil rights in the United States,” Tanner said. “This is a broad-based, anti-Democratic and bigoted social movement.”
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