Trump’s extreme-right backers angry and not going anywhere
#WASHINGTON: The American far right is angry: Angry at Joe Biden, angry at Donald Trump, angry at the enigmatic “Q” and angry with themselves.
The online postings and chatrooms of US extremists have been brimming with disappointment and dissent since the failed January 6 insurrection against Congress and the inauguration of Joe Biden as president.
Followers of the QAnon conspiracy movement — and its delphic prophet Q — are in disarray, with their predictions of chaos and doom accompanying Biden’s elevation to the presidency not (or not yet) coming true.
Ultranationalists like the Proud Boys, armed militias such as the Oath Keepers, and dangerous white supremacists and neo-Nazis have been pushed further underground, with followers who took part in the Capitol attack being swept up by law enforcement.