'A lot of them have been running for office': Author warns Proud Boys 'aren’t going away'

After a Washington, DC federal district court sentenced Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison for his role in organizing the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, HuffPost senior editor and author of We are Proud Boys Andy Campbell warned many of the group's members are still "running for office" and "mobilizing at rapid clip" around the country.

During Tuesday's episode of MSNBC's The Reid Out, guest host Jonathan Capehart asked Campbell to offer more details about who Tarrio is, and to explain what may have influenced him to lead the far-right group to

Campbell replied, "Enrique Tarrio has been the Proud Boys chairman since 2018, when their founder Gavin McGinnis stepped down. He got involved in politics around the same time as Trump rose in Miami-Dade County, Florida. And it was there that he met people like Roger Stone, Trump's top confidante, and also members of the Proud Boys, and he realized that through the Proud Boys he could put a violent edge to his political grievances. that's exactly what the proud boys do for a living."

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He continued, "And so he took the mantle here and realized that if the Proud Boys are seen as a fight gang on the street, they're going to dissolve pretty quickly. So he wanted to make them more of a political monster. And sure enough, like you said, the Proud Boys probably aren't going away because a lot of them have been running for office as Enrique Tarrio told them, and even as their leaders sit behind bars today, the Proud Boys are mobilizing at rapid clip. They're taking local seats at school boards and local Republican committees in Florida. They're really trying to go for something more politically legitimate here, and Enrique Tarrio was a big part of making that happen for them."

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