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Enrique Tarrio
Tarrio, in a gathering in 2020
Born1983 or 1984 (age 40–41)[1]
Miami, Florida, United States[2]
Occupations
Political partyRepublican[2][4]

Enrique Tarrio is an American businessman[1] and chairman of the far-right,[5] neo-fascist[6][undue weight? – discuss] organization Proud Boys.[3][7] In 2020, he was a candidate in the Republican primary election for Florida's 27th congressional district, but withdrew.[2][4][8] Tarrio is the Florida state director of the grassroots organization Latinos for Trump.[9][10][11]

Early life

Tarrio grew up in Little Havana, a neighborhood in Miami, Florida.[12] He identifies as Afro-Cuban.[1][11] He has been married and divorced.[1]

In 2004 when he was 20 years old, Tarrio was convicted of theft. He was sentenced to three years of probation, community service, and ordered to pay restitution.[1] In 2013, Tarrio was sentenced to 30 months (of which he spent 16) in federal prison for rebranding and reselling stolen medical devices.[13][14]

Career

After 2004, Tarrio relocated to a small town in North Florida in order to run a poultry farm. He later returned to Miami.[1] He has also started a security equipment installation firm and another providing GPS tracking for companies.[1]

Tarrio owns a Miami T-shirt business,[3] known as the 1776 Shop, an online vendor for right-wing merchandise.[15] Slate described the 1776 Shop as a "freewheeling online emporium for far-right merch" that sells a range of Proud Boys gear including shirts stating "Pinochet did nothing wrong".[7]

Proud Boys

Further information: Proud Boys
Tarrio (center right) with the Proud Boys in 2020

Tarrio volunteered at a Miami event for far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in May 2017 where he encountered a member of the Proud Boys who encouraged him to join the group.[1] In August 2017, Tarrio attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.[16] His stated intention for attending was to protest the removal of Confederate statues.[17]

Tarrio went on to become a fourth-degree member of the Proud Boys, a distinction reserved for those who get into a physical altercation, after punching someone who is believed to be an antifa member in the face in June 2018.[18] He assumed the role of chairman for the organization on November 29, 2018, succeeding Jason Lee Van Dyke, who held the position for two days, and Van Dyke's predecessor Gavin McInnes.[19][20]

Tarrio helped organize the End Domestic Terrorism rally in Portland, Oregon, in 2019.[21]

Political views

In regards to his views on extremist groups and ideologies, Tarrio has been quoted as saying, "I denounce white supremacy. I denounce anti-Semitism. I denounce racism. I denounce fascism. I denounce communism and any other -ism that is prejudice towards people because of their race, religion, culture, tone of skin."[22] In regards to his own ethnicity, he has said, "I'm pretty brown, I'm Cuban. There's nothing white supremacist about me."[16]

In 2018, Twitter removed Tarrio's account, amongst others related to the Proud Boys, citing how platform policy prohibited accounts related to violent extremist groups. The following year, another account created by Tarrio to evade the suspension was detected and removed from the platform by Twitter.[23]

Tarrio is a close friend of Roger Stone.[10] After Stone was arrested in January 2019, Tarrio appeared outside the courtroom in a shirt emblazoned with the message "Roger Stone did nothing wrong".[24]

Tarrio began a run for Congress for Florida's 27th district in 2020, but withdrew before the Republican Party primary. In his campaign's responses to a Ballotpedia survey done in 2019, Tarrio listed criminal justice reform, protection of the Second Amendment, countering domestic terrorism, ending the war on drugs, free speech on digital platforms, and immigration reform among some of his priorities.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i O'Connor, Meg (December 10, 2018). "Hate Goes Mainstream With the Miami Proud Boys". Miami New Times. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Enrique Tarrio". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c MacFarquhar, Neil; Feuer, Alan; Baker, Mike; Frenkel, Sheera (September 30, 2020). "Far-Right Group That Trades in Political Violence Gets a Boost". The New York Times. Retrieved October 4, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1361386". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Wendling, Mike (September 30, 2020). "Who are Proud Boys and antifa?". BBC News. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  6. ^
    • HoSang, Daniel (2019). Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity. University of Minnesota Press. p. 2. ISBN 9781452960340. [...] groups such as the protofascist Proud Boys [...].
    • Vitolo-Haddad, CV (June 11, 2019). "The Blood of Patriots: Symbolic Violence and 'The West'". Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 49: 280–296 – via Taylor & Francis Online. Proud Boys [...] advance a fascist politic [...].
    • McLaren, Peter (October 10, 2019). "Are those whiffs of fascism that I smell? Living behind the orange curtain". Educational Philosophy and Theory. 52: 1011–1015. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2020 – via Taylor & Francis Online. [...] the hate-filled, far-right neo-fascist organization, Proud Boys.
    • Kutner, Samantha (2020). "Swiping Right: The Allure of Hyper Masculinity and Cryptofascism for Men Who Join the Proud Boys" (PDF). International Centre for Counter-Terrorism: 1 – via JSTOR. Conclusion: Proud Boys represent a new face of far-right extremism… This study explored the pull factors surrounding recruitment, the ways members describe precarity, and the communicative features that mark the group as a violent, cryptofascist extremist organization.
    • Sernau, Scott (2019). Social Inequality in a Global Age. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781544309309. The Proud Boys, an all-male neo-fascist group [...].
    • Álvarez, Rebecca (2020). Vigilante Gender Violence: Social Class, the Gender Bargain, and Mob Attacks on Women Worldwide. Routledge. ISBN 1000174131. The Proud Boys are a neo-fascist masculinist hate group.
  7. ^ a b Glaser, April (February 7, 2019). "It Just Got a Lot Harder for the Proud Boys to Sell Their Merch Online". Slate. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Iannelli, Jerry (February 5, 2020). "Proud Boys Leader Has Raised Basically No Money for Miami Congressional Run". Miami New Times. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  9. ^ Sidner, Sara (October 1, 2020). "Leader of Proud Boys also leads grassroots group Latinos for Trump". CNN.
  10. ^ a b Karni, Annie (October 2, 2020). "The Florida director of a pro-Trump Latino group is the chairman of the Proud Boys". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  11. ^ a b Ceballos, Joshua (September 30, 2020). "Proud Boys Respond to Trump's Debate Night Comments".
  12. ^ Lipscomb, Jessica (November 1, 2019). "Local Douchebag Announces 2020 Congressional Run". Miami New Times. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  13. ^ Boryga, Andrew. "South Florida Proud Boys leader reacts with pride to President Trump's debate-night call to 'stand by'". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  14. ^ Owen, Tess (November 4, 2019). "Proud Boys Leader and Roger Stone Fanboy Is Running for Congress". vice.com. Retrieved October 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Weill, Kelly (January 29, 2019). "The Proud Boys Are Now Roger Stone's Personal Army". The Daily Beast. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  16. ^ a b Orecchio-Egresitz, Haven (September 30, 2020). "The Proud Boys chairman says members of the organization are running for office — and you might not know if you're voting for one". Insider. Retrieved October 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Viteri, Amy (August 18, 2017). "White nationalist who attended rally in Charlottesville explains his beliefs". WPLG. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  18. ^ Coaston, Jane (October 15, 2018). "The Proud Boys, explained". Vox. Retrieved October 2, 2020. became a fourth-degree Proud Boy after punching a purported member of antifa in the face in June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ Merlan, Anna (November 29, 2018). "The Proud Boys' Hilarious Slow-Motion Disintegration Continues". Splinter. Retrieved October 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Farrell, Paul (November 29, 2018). "Enrique Tarrio: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  21. ^ Wesley, Lashay (August 11, 2019). "Rival demonstrations planned on August 17 in Downtown Portland". KATU (TV). Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  22. ^ Burgos, Marisela (September 30, 2020). "Proud Boys chairman tells 7News group is misunderstood; group labeled 'dangerous'". WSVN. Retrieved October 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ Lipscomb, Jessica (March 13, 2019). "Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio Removed From Twitter for 'Evading Suspension'". Miami New Times. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  24. ^ O'Connor, Jerry Iannelli, Meg (February 21, 2019). "Roger Stone Admits Extensive Ties to Extremist Group Florida Proud Boys in Court". Miami New Times. Retrieved October 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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