Patriot Front

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. 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/.

Patriot Front marches through Boston on July 2, 2022

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:

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.

Public Service Projects

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:

• 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. Such claims have been debunked as conspiracy theories, and labelled as "False" by fact-checkers Snopes. 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.

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:

America has a unique national identity founded in European discovery and settlement.

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.

The group supports a return to the values of the early American Republic, making the designations of Neo-fascist and Neo-nazi dubious.

Our goal is to affect the formation of a Republic which reflects a reforged spirit among our people.