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	== History and Split from Vanguard America ==		== History and Split from Vanguard America ==
	~~Due~~ to ~~disagreements~~ over ~~messaging~~, the Patriot Front ~~split~~ from ~~Vanguard America following disagreement with VA~~'s ~~leader [[Dillon Irizarry]]~~. A leaked chat from Thomas Rousseau said the following:<blockquote>''Due to the unwillingness to meet any semblance of a compromise to resolve ongoing disputes with disagreeing parties, we are rebranding and reorganizing as a new entity. Vanguard America, as you know it, will now be the “Patriots Front.” … Our website is under construction, and will be back online via the same domain. Our focus will remain much the same, as will our overal [sic] goals, this restructuring will happen alongside the creation of an extended manifesto, and a top-down reform of the entity’s ranking system. … This change comes alongside many new visuals, and a new overall look. The new name was carefully chosen, as it serves several purposes. It can help inspire sympathy among those more inclined to fence-sitting, and can be easily justified to our ideaology [sic] and worldview. The original American patriots were nothing short of revolutionaries. The word patriot itself comes from the same root as paternal and patriarch. It means loyalty to something intrinsically based in blood.''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250903090726/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/patriot-front/</ref></blockquote>		Thomas Rousseau was the director of Propaganda at Vanguard America, before ultimately breaking off of Vanguard America and absorbing most of the members into Patriot Front. The initial breakaway group included Thomas and most of the Texas chapter.

			=== The Optics War ===
			The fundamental disagreement that led to Patriot Front's creation was over branding — Rousseau felt that the movement would be more successful with American aesthetics than the fascist European aesthetics that had predominated at Vanguard America. Rousseau's initial loyalists included a number of military veterans who preferred to do activism on behalf of the red, white, and blue that they had fought for. These veterans would later teach military techniques to the rest of Patriot Front that contributed to "fed accusations", stemming from the group's visible discipline and organizational capability. <ref>https://rumble.com/v4y2m10-s02e09-the-secret-history-of-patriot-front.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_v</ref>

			A leaked chat from Thomas Rousseau regarding the creation of the group said the following:<blockquote>''Due to the unwillingness to meet any semblance of a compromise to resolve ongoing disputes with disagreeing parties, we are rebranding and reorganizing as a new entity. Vanguard America, as you know it, will now be the “Patriots Front.” … Our website is under construction, and will be back online via the same domain. Our focus will remain much the same, as will our overal [sic] goals, this restructuring will happen alongside the creation of an extended manifesto, and a top-down reform of the entity’s ranking system. … This change comes alongside many new visuals, and a new overall look. The new name was carefully chosen, as it serves several purposes. It can help inspire sympathy among those more inclined to fence-sitting, and can be easily justified to our ideaology [sic] and worldview. The original American patriots were nothing short of revolutionaries. The word patriot itself comes from the same root as paternal and patriarch. It means loyalty to something intrinsically based in blood.''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250903090726/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/patriot-front/</ref></blockquote>

	== Public Service Projects ==		== Public Service Projects ==

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	Patriot Front is an American [[Nationalist Organization]]. Founded by [[Thomas Rousseau~~]], notable [[opticsfag~~]], the group split off from the Nationalist Organization [[Vanguard America]] in 2017. The group is notable for its political activism, which includes marches in major American cities, distribution of flyers, pamphlets and stickers, and an active online community on Telegram. Patriot Front also engages in humanitarian [[Works of Service]]. Following the [[Texas Floods of July 2025]], the group mobilized to the area to rescue trapped individuals and property from flooded buildings, particularly including family photos and heirlooms at risk of destruction from the flood, and deploying heavy equipment such as bulldozers and chainsaws to remove debris.		Patriot Front is an American [[Nationalist Organization]]. Founded by [[Thomas Rousseau]], the group split off from the Nationalist Organization [[Vanguard America]] in 2017. The group is notable for its political activism, which includes marches in major American cities, distribution of flyers, pamphlets and stickers, and an active online community on Telegram. Patriot Front also engages in humanitarian [[Works of Service]]. Following the [[Texas Floods of July 2025]], the group mobilized to the area to rescue trapped individuals and property from flooded buildings, particularly including family photos and heirlooms at risk of destruction from the flood, and deploying heavy equipment such as bulldozers and chainsaws to remove debris.

	The group is notable for the extreme degree of [[Online Censorship]] it faces on major internet platforms such as Instagram, Google, and X — official communications from the group are aggressively censored, and links to the group's official pages are [[pre-censored]] — that is, not even able to be shared via post or direct message. This aggressive stance stems from Social Media companies internally considering the Patriot Front as an [[Extremist Group]], a determination often reached by working hand in hand with [[Leftist Activist Groups]] such as the [[ADL]] and [[SPLC]], who variously label the group under the categories of [[Hate]], [[Terrorism]], [[White Supremacy]], and [[Extremism]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250611003733/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/patriot-front</ref> Despite this stance by social media companies and Activists, the Patriot Front has not been labeled a terrorist group or extremist group by the United States Government in any official capacity.		The group is notable for the extreme degree of [[Online Censorship]] it faces on major internet platforms such as Instagram, Google, and X — official communications from the group are aggressively censored, and links to the group's official pages are [[pre-censored]] — that is, not even able to be shared via post or direct message. This aggressive stance stems from Social Media companies internally considering the Patriot Front as an [[Extremist Group]], a determination often reached by working hand in hand with [[Leftist Activist Groups]] such as the [[ADL]] and [[SPLC]], who variously label the group under the categories of [[Hate]], [[Terrorism]], [[White Supremacy]], and [[Extremism]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250611003733/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/patriot-front</ref> Despite this stance by social media companies and Activists, the Patriot Front has not been labeled a terrorist group or extremist group by the United States Government in any official capacity.

Syf at 01:16, 12 October 2025

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	Patriot Front is an American [[Nationalist Organization]]. Founded by [[Thomas Rousseau]], the group split off from the Nationalist Organization [[Vanguard America]] in 2017. The group is notable for its political activism, which includes marches in major American cities, distribution of flyers, pamphlets and stickers, and an active online community on Telegram. Patriot Front also engages in humanitarian [[Works of Service]]. Following the [[Texas Floods of July 2025]], the group mobilized to the area to rescue trapped individuals and property from flooded buildings, particularly including family photos and heirlooms at risk of destruction from the flood, and deploying heavy equipment such as bulldozers and chainsaws to remove debris.		Patriot Front is an American [[Nationalist Organization]]. Founded by [[Thomas Rousseau]], notable [[opticsfag]], the group split off from the Nationalist Organization [[Vanguard America]] in 2017. The group is notable for its political activism, which includes marches in major American cities, distribution of flyers, pamphlets and stickers, and an active online community on Telegram. Patriot Front also engages in humanitarian [[Works of Service]]. Following the [[Texas Floods of July 2025]], the group mobilized to the area to rescue trapped individuals and property from flooded buildings, particularly including family photos and heirlooms at risk of destruction from the flood, and deploying heavy equipment such as bulldozers and chainsaws to remove debris.

	The group is notable for the extreme degree of [[Online Censorship]] it faces on major internet platforms such as Instagram, Google, and X — official communications from the group are aggressively censored, and links to the group's official pages are [[pre-censored]] — that is, not even able to be shared via post or direct message. This aggressive stance stems from Social Media companies internally considering the Patriot Front as an [[Extremist Group]], a determination often reached by working hand in hand with [[Leftist Activist Groups]] such as the [[ADL]] and [[SPLC]], who variously label the group under the categories of [[Hate]], [[Terrorism]], [[White Supremacy]], and [[Extremism]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250611003733/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/patriot-front</ref> Despite this stance by social media companies and Activists, the Patriot Front has not been labeled a terrorist group or extremist group by the United States Government in any official capacity.		The group is notable for the extreme degree of [[Online Censorship]] it faces on major internet platforms such as Instagram, Google, and X — official communications from the group are aggressively censored, and links to the group's official pages are [[pre-censored]] — that is, not even able to be shared via post or direct message. This aggressive stance stems from Social Media companies internally considering the Patriot Front as an [[Extremist Group]], a determination often reached by working hand in hand with [[Leftist Activist Groups]] such as the [[ADL]] and [[SPLC]], who variously label the group under the categories of [[Hate]], [[Terrorism]], [[White Supremacy]], and [[Extremism]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250611003733/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/patriot-front</ref> Despite this stance by social media companies and Activists, the Patriot Front has not been labeled a terrorist group or extremist group by the United States Government in any official capacity.

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	== History and Split from Vanguard America ==		== History and Split from Vanguard America ==
	Due to disagreements over messaging, the Patriot Front split from Vanguard America following disagreement with VA's leader [[Dillon Irizarry]]. ~~Lea~~<blockquote>''Due to the unwillingness to meet any semblance of a compromise to resolve ongoing disputes with disagreeing parties, we are rebranding and reorganizing as a new entity. Vanguard America, as you know it, will now be the “Patriots Front.” … Our website is under construction, and will be back online via the same domain. Our focus will remain much the same, as will our overal [sic] goals, this restructuring will happen alongside the creation of an extended manifesto, and a top-down reform of the entity’s ranking system. … This change comes alongside many new visuals, and a new overall look. The new name was carefully chosen, as it serves several purposes. It can help inspire sympathy among those more inclined to fence-sitting, and can be easily justified to our ideaology [sic] and worldview. The original American patriots were nothing short of revolutionaries. The word patriot itself comes from the same root as paternal and patriarch. It means loyalty to something intrinsically based in blood.''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250903090726/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/patriot-front/</ref></blockquote>		Due to disagreements over messaging, the Patriot Front split from Vanguard America following disagreement with VA's leader [[Dillon Irizarry]]. A leaked chat from Thomas Rousseau said the following:<blockquote>''Due to the unwillingness to meet any semblance of a compromise to resolve ongoing disputes with disagreeing parties, we are rebranding and reorganizing as a new entity. Vanguard America, as you know it, will now be the “Patriots Front.” … Our website is under construction, and will be back online via the same domain. Our focus will remain much the same, as will our overal [sic] goals, this restructuring will happen alongside the creation of an extended manifesto, and a top-down reform of the entity’s ranking system. … This change comes alongside many new visuals, and a new overall look. The new name was carefully chosen, as it serves several purposes. It can help inspire sympathy among those more inclined to fence-sitting, and can be easily justified to our ideaology [sic] and worldview. The original American patriots were nothing short of revolutionaries. The word patriot itself comes from the same root as paternal and patriarch. It means loyalty to something intrinsically based in blood.''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250903090726/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/patriot-front/</ref></blockquote>

	== Public Service Projects ==		== Public Service Projects ==

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	The group's website cannot be found by Google Search due to [[censorial algorithmic suppression]]. The site can be found here: https://patriotfront.us/, with links to their presences on [[alternative social media]] sites available at https://patriotfront.us/social/.		The group's website cannot be found by Google Search due to [[censorial algorithmic suppression]]. The site can be found here: https://patriotfront.us/, with links to their presences on [[alternative social media]] sites available at https://patriotfront.us/social/.
			[[File:Res-GettyImages-1406505508.jpg\|thumb\|Patriot Front marches through Boston on July 2, 2022]]

	== History and Split from Vanguard America ==		== History and Split from Vanguard America ==
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	== Public Service Projects ==		== Public Service Projects ==
			[[File:Screenshot 2025-09-13 at 4.03.12 PM.png\|thumb\|Patriot Front assists with debris removal and general disaster relief in Northern Mississippi following devastating tornadoes]]
	The Patriot Front regularly assists in humanitarian projects, often taking the form of disaster relief. The group moves debris, and assists with rescue of endangered individuals and property where the relief efforts of the federal government have proven insufficient. Recent examples include:		The Patriot Front regularly assists in humanitarian projects, often taking the form of disaster relief. The group moves debris, and assists with rescue of endangered individuals and property where the relief efforts of the federal government have proven insufficient. Recent examples include:

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	== Core Beliefs ==		== Core Beliefs ==
	The Patriot Front has been variously described by Leftist Activist Groups as [[White Supremacist]], [[Neo-fascist]], [[Neo-nazi]], and [[White Nationalist]]. However, the group's official communication materials do not offer support for any of these designations except White Nationalist. From the group's manifesto:<blockquote>America has a unique national identity founded in European discovery and settlement.</blockquote><blockquote>Those of foreign birth may occupy civil status within the lands occupied by the state, and they may even be dutiful citizens, yet they may not be American. Membership within the American nation is inherited through blood, not ink. Even those born in America may yet be foreign.</blockquote>The group supports a return to the values of the early American Republic, making the designations of Neo-fascist and Neo-nazi dubious. <blockquote>Our goal is to affect the formation of a Republic which reflects a reforged spirit among our people.</blockquote>		The Patriot Front has been variously described by Leftist Activist Groups as [[White Supremacist]], [[Neo-fascist]], [[Neo-nazi]], and [[White Nationalist]]. However, the group's official communication materials do not offer support for any of these designations except White Nationalist. From the group's manifesto:<blockquote>America has a unique national identity founded in European discovery and settlement.</blockquote><blockquote>Those of foreign birth may occupy civil status within the lands occupied by the state, and they may even be dutiful citizens, yet they may not be American. Membership within the American nation is inherited through blood, not ink. Even those born in America may yet be foreign.</blockquote>The group supports a return to the values of the early American Republic, making the designations of Neo-fascist and Neo-nazi dubious. <blockquote>Our goal is to affect the formation of a Republic which reflects a reforged spirit among our people.</blockquote>

			== References ==

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Patriot Front is an American [[Nationalist Organization]]. Founded by [[Thomas Rousseau]], the group split off from the Nationalist Organization [[Vanguard America]] in 2017. The group is notable for its political activism, which includes marches in major American cities, distribution of flyers, pamphlets and stickers, and an active online community on Telegram. Patriot Front also engages in humanitarian [[Works of Service]]. Following the [[Texas Floods of July 2025]], the group mobilized to the area to rescue trapped individuals and property from flooded buildings, particularly including family photos and heirlooms at risk of destruction from the flood, and deploying heavy equipment such as bulldozers and chainsaws to remove debris.

The group is notable for the extreme degree of [[Online Censorship]] it faces on major internet platforms such as Instagram, Google, and X — official communications from the group are aggressively censored, and links to the group's official pages are [[pre-censored]] — that is, not even able to be shared via post or direct message. This aggressive stance stems from Social Media companies internally considering the Patriot Front as an [[Extremist Group]], a determination often reached by working hand in hand with [[Leftist Activist Groups]] such as the [[ADL]] and [[SPLC]], who variously label the group under the categories of [[Hate]], [[Terrorism]], [[White Supremacy]], and [[Extremism]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250611003733/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/patriot-front</ref> Despite this stance by social media companies and Activists, the Patriot Front has not been labeled a terrorist group or extremist group by the United States Government in any official capacity.

The group's website cannot be found by Google Search due to [[censorial algorithmic suppression]]. The site can be found here: https://patriotfront.us/, with links to their presences on [[alternative social media]] sites available at https://patriotfront.us/social/.

== History and Split from Vanguard America ==
Due to disagreements over messaging, the Patriot Front split from Vanguard America following disagreement with VA's leader [[Dillon Irizarry]]. Lea<blockquote>''Due to the unwillingness to meet any semblance of a compromise to resolve ongoing disputes with disagreeing parties, we are rebranding and reorganizing as a new entity. Vanguard America, as you know it, will now be the “Patriots Front.” … Our website is under construction, and will be back online via the same domain. Our focus will remain much the same, as will our overal [sic] goals, this restructuring will happen alongside the creation of an extended manifesto, and a top-down reform of the entity’s ranking system. … This change comes alongside many new visuals, and a new overall look. The new name was carefully chosen, as it serves several purposes. It can help inspire sympathy among those more inclined to fence-sitting, and can be easily justified to our ideaology [sic] and worldview. The original American patriots were nothing short of revolutionaries. The word patriot itself comes from the same root as paternal and patriarch. It means loyalty to something intrinsically based in blood.''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250903090726/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/patriot-front/</ref></blockquote>

== Public Service Projects ==
The Patriot Front regularly assists in humanitarian projects, often taking the form of disaster relief. The group moves debris, and assists with rescue of endangered individuals and property where the relief efforts of the federal government have proven insufficient. Recent examples include:

* Tornado disaster relief in northern Mississippi in 2023
* Hurricane relief in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
* Disaster relief in Texas in July of 2025 following the Texas Floods, joined by MMA champion [[Jake Shields]]

== Federal Agent Conspiracy ==
In May 2023, some commentators, including Joe Rogan, suggested without evidence that the organization was an FBI sting operation or false flag by Antifa.<ref>https://www.insider.com/false-antifa-conspiracies-pushed-patriot-front-members-arrested-idaho-pride-2022-6</ref><ref>https://theweek.com/us/1014893/what-is-patriot-front</ref> Such claims have been debunked as conspiracy theories<ref>https://www.insider.com/false-antifa-conspiracies-pushed-patriot-front-members-arrested-idaho-pride-2022-6</ref>, and labelled as "False" by fact-checkers ''Snopes''.<ref>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patriot-front-rally-dc-fake/</ref> In December 2023, X (Twitter) owner Elon Musk contributed to the speculation, replying to a user who described the group as "Fed Front" and echoing the user's question as to why group members who were arrested did not have their masks removed by police.<ref>https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fed-front-conspiracy-theories-about-federal-government-involvement-in-far-right-extremism-resurface</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240120221214/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2024/01/20/elon-musk-feeds-viral-conspiracy-theory-that-patriot-front-actually-feds/</ref>

== Core Beliefs ==
The Patriot Front has been variously described by Leftist Activist Groups as [[White Supremacist]], [[Neo-fascist]], [[Neo-nazi]], and [[White Nationalist]]. However, the group's official communication materials do not offer support for any of these designations except White Nationalist. From the group's manifesto:<blockquote>America has a unique national identity founded in European discovery and settlement.</blockquote><blockquote>Those of foreign birth may occupy civil status within the lands occupied by the state, and they may even be dutiful citizens, yet they may not be American. Membership within the American nation is inherited through blood, not ink. Even those born in America may yet be foreign.</blockquote>The group supports a return to the values of the early American Republic, making the designations of Neo-fascist and Neo-nazi dubious. <blockquote>Our goal is to affect the formation of a Republic which reflects a reforged spirit among our people.</blockquote>