These were the three words emblazoned on a banner raised by the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front as they marched through downtown Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 2021. Clad in khaki cargo pants, matching dark blue t-shirts, white face masks, and dark sunglasses, more than a hundred members of the hate group maneuvered their way towards the Lincoln Memorial, where they staged a rally to “reclaim America.”
The group walked in tight formation, armed with shields and modified versions of the American flag with the Patriot Front logo of a fasces—a bound bundle of wooden rods used as a Roman symbol of power and authority—in a circle of 13 stars, in apparent homage to the original U.