Gave us VIP tickets’: Video shows Proud Boys complaining after being denied entry into Trump rally
Aviral video shows people wearing Proud Boys insignias being denied entry to former President Donald Trump's rally in Wyoming on Saturday. Security there also said that QAnon signs and symbols were prohibited.
Proud Boys and QAnon conspiracy theorists are some of the most loyal Trump supporters. Since the Capitol riot, where both were heavily in attendance, the far-right group and conspiracists have been increasingly rejected by mainstream society.
Even as they've fallen out of favor, Trump himself has long resisted disavowing either. Just last month, he reportedly shared a QAnon conspiracy theory about himself on his struggling social media platform.
Refusing to let anyone wearing symbols associated with the groups into his rally may indicate that Trump is finally concerned with how being associated with them affects his image.
However, this isn't the first time the issue has cropped up. In 2019, QAnon supporters at a Trump rally told the Washington Post that they'd been asked to cover or remove items that referenced the conspiracy theory.
At the time though, Trump was in office. While he is still under Secret Service protection, it's unclear if the directive came from them, Trump, or another group helping with security at the event.
Trump didn't immediately respond to a request for comment submitted on his website Wednesday morning.
Podcaster Louie Huey originally posted the video of security refusing to let people wearing Proud Boys regalia into the rally Trump held to support the Republican challenging Sen. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
Huey, who's since deleted the video, was reportedly a member of the Proud Boys. After his video went viral, the Wisconsin branch posted on Telegram that he doesn't belong to the group of self-described Western chauvinists.
As soon as they're no longer any use to him, or become a liability, Trump will throw them all under the bus to save his greasy orange hide.
Just more useful and expendable idiots. Winder if they’ll ever figure it out? Nah.
He can disavow all he wants. Qanon will always and forever be linked to him.
I would love to know what they are do fucking proud of!! They are nothing but trash.
If Trump isn't in prison by then, he knows he's got a legit battle on his hands for the nomination in the face of DeSantis. The hardestcore of the hardcore only favor Trump by 2:1. The standard GOP base will probably all support DeSantis. I foresee ALL big republican donors immediately going for DeSantis, who offers Trumpism without the insanity.
I think 2024 ends up with DeSantis as the GOP nominee. God help us if he wins, because he's so, so much more capable than Trump.
I read - somewhere - recently that Desantis is softening his stance, changing his image, preparing for 2024.
Possibly the Repugs think they are losing some middle ground?
They should have known that trump demands loyalty from everyone else but shows absolutely none in return.
As soon as they got seen as a liability and as part of trump’s attempt to nullify an election and overthrow the government to put himself in, there’s no way trump would want to be associated or tied to them.
They should understand all they need to do is stop being a liability and somehow possess something trump wants and he’d give them a hero’s welcome and let them spank him like Stormy…