Burgum defends white nationalist group’s Independence Day march, citing First Amendment

The image, photographed by Reuters' Cheney Orr on July 4, quickly spread across X after journalists and commentators shared it and debated what the image represents.

Images from Reuters captured the large groups of uniformed Patriot Front members — many covering their faces with white masks and sunglasses — traveling on Saturday morning by train, surrounding other passengers, and ascending from a station to begin their procession through the nation’s capital.

Videos posted on various social media platforms and shared on Patriot Front’s own Telegram channel showed the group marching to drummers near the U.S. Capitol and the Union Station transit center while wearing khaki pants and caps, blue shirts, white face coverings and sunglasses.

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