WEBVTT - The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace

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<v Speaker 1>Cool Zone Media.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, and welcome back to it could happen here. I

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<v Speaker 2>am your occasional host, Molly Conger, and today I have

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<v Speaker 2>exactly the kind of story you probably expect when you

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<v Speaker 2>hear my voice on this feed. A white nationalist has

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<v Speaker 2>gone and done something we all wish that he was

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<v Speaker 2>not doing. If you listen to my show Weird Little Guys,

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<v Speaker 2>you already know a little bit about this particular guy.

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<v Speaker 2>On that show, I talk about white nationalists, Neo Nazis,

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<v Speaker 2>right wing extremists, aspiring terrorists, things of that nature. My

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<v Speaker 2>domain is mostly guys you've never heard of because they

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<v Speaker 2>failed to live up to their goal of becoming the

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<v Speaker 2>next Hitler or whatever. It's funnier than it sounds, I swear,

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<v Speaker 2>But unfortunately for all of us, sometimes one of those

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<v Speaker 2>guys breaches containment talking about today, wants to be more

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<v Speaker 2>than just one of the weird little guys trying to

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<v Speaker 2>make a name for himself on the fringes of the

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<v Speaker 2>white nationalist movement. He wants to be a Congressman. He's

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<v Speaker 2>trying to make himself everybody's problem, and that makes him

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<v Speaker 2>part of what is happening here. Back in August, Representative

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<v Speaker 2>Nancy Mace announced that she wouldn't seek reelection in South

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina's first congressional district and she would instead focus on

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<v Speaker 2>making a run for governor, And that announcement opened the floodgates.

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<v Speaker 2>All but one of the ten Republicans vying for the

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<v Speaker 2>nomination to replace her filed their paperwork after the announcement.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't pay a ton of attention to this sort

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<v Speaker 2>of thing. It's not really my wheelhouse. But last month

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<v Speaker 2>a man named Tyler Dikes joined the race, filing paperwork

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<v Speaker 2>as a congressional candidate in Mace's district. Now, like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a crowded field. There are ten people in this primary,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's Nancy Mace's district. So being a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of a conspiracy theorist with an extremely right wing policy

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<v Speaker 2>platform doesn't really set you apart. They all kind of

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<v Speaker 2>blend together most years. I probably couldn't tell you a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot about every primary candidate in my own district,

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<v Speaker 2>let alone won two states away. So on the surface,

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<v Speaker 2>he's just another carbon copy America first Zelot trying to

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<v Speaker 2>fit this particular mold. He's created an image for his

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<v Speaker 2>campaign that's not unlike Nancy Mace's and I guess that

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<v Speaker 2>makes sense, right. These people voted for her, so maybe

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<v Speaker 2>that's what works here. Tyler Dykes's campaign website is pretty

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<v Speaker 2>similar to Nancy Mace's. They both emphasize their personal connection

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<v Speaker 2>to military service. Nancy Mace graduated from the Citadel Military

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<v Speaker 2>College and Hyler Dykes features photos of himself and his

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<v Speaker 2>Marine Corps dress blues. They both describe themselves as entrepreneurs

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<v Speaker 2>and business owners, and they both hate immigrants so much

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<v Speaker 2>that their lust for mass deportation isn't even confined only

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<v Speaker 2>to the pages devoted to their position on the issue.

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<v Speaker 2>It's in their candidate biographies, and they frame themselves as fighters.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of fight based language, fighting for America,

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<v Speaker 2>fighting for Christ, and they both really position their devotion

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<v Speaker 2>to God as something they have to fight for and

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<v Speaker 2>fight against the Christ hating whardes on the left to

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<v Speaker 2>keep like this is something someone's trying to take from them.

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<v Speaker 2>Their platforms are pretty similar to America first, South Carolina first,

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<v Speaker 2>law and order, tough on crime, deport millions of people.

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<v Speaker 2>Nancy Mace is running for governor on eliminating the state

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<v Speaker 2>income tax and if he gets to congress. Tyler Diyke

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<v Speaker 2>says he wants to slash taxes too, But of the

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<v Speaker 2>five main policy ideas on his congressional campaign website, the

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<v Speaker 2>one that's about taxes the tax that he will cut

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<v Speaker 2>as a congressman. He wrote that he will end property

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<v Speaker 2>taxes now. Regardless of how you feel about property taxes,

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<v Speaker 2>those are imposed by your state and local government. The

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<v Speaker 2>federal government doesn't tax your property. So I guess he's

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<v Speaker 2>got that Republican tax cut spirit. But he's a little confused.

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<v Speaker 2>But overall just another far right America First candidate trying

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<v Speaker 2>to elbow his way into this attention economy. It's distasteful,

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<v Speaker 2>it's bigoted, it's chrysto fascist, enophobic, poorly articulated, economically unsound,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's not unique or interesting. These guys are a

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<v Speaker 2>dime a dozen and they'll mostly be gone by the

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<v Speaker 2>time the primaries end. But there is one really weird

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<v Speaker 2>thing about Tyler Diyke's campaign messaging. He keeps bringing up

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<v Speaker 2>that he's not a Nazi. He wants you to know

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<v Speaker 2>that no one's asking him this. He's bringing it up preemptively.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not a Nazi. Letters that he mailed to

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<v Speaker 2>the homes of hundreds of voters in his district are

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<v Speaker 2>starting to raise questions he thinks are already answered in

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<v Speaker 2>those letters.

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<v Speaker 3>And here's the thing. They still call me a Nazi.

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<v Speaker 4>To this there they still random me is all these evil,

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<v Speaker 4>horrific things.

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<v Speaker 3>But let me tell you this, what makes me a Nazi?

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<v Speaker 4>I love Christ, I love God. I love my country.

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<v Speaker 4>I love my safe, my family, and my community and

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<v Speaker 4>the entirety of the Low Country area. And that's why

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<v Speaker 4>I live here because I love it so much. So

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<v Speaker 4>does that make me a Nazi? Does loving your family,

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<v Speaker 4>loving God? Does love in your country? Does that make

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<v Speaker 4>you a Nazi?

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<v Speaker 3>That makes you a nazi?

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<v Speaker 2>Sophiets, Oh wow, he's just another tragic victim of cancel culture.

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<v Speaker 2>He's being attacked by the woke mobs who hate good

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<v Speaker 2>Christian men, and that's why they're calling him nazi.

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Is there another reason that this keeps coming up? Or

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<v Speaker 2>is it just because he loves his family so much?

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<v Speaker 4>So it's quite interesting. You know, my experience is anily six.

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<v Speaker 4>For example, my brand is a neo Nazi domestic terrorists

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<v Speaker 4>because of the wave.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh it's not just because he loves his family. It's

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<v Speaker 2>because he's a peaceful, patriotic supporter of Donald Trump who

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<v Speaker 2>visited the Capitol Building and the communists who run the

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<v Speaker 2>mainstream media are unfairly showing a photograph of him where

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<v Speaker 2>he was simply waving hello to a friend. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>why they're calling him a Nazi, because he loves America

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<v Speaker 2>too much and he waved to load to a friend

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<v Speaker 2>while on a sightseeing trip to the Capitol Building. It

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<v Speaker 2>probably won't surprise you to know that that is not

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<v Speaker 2>the whole story. He's getting closer. It's definitely a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more about what specifically he was doing with his

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<v Speaker 2>right arm at the top of the east stairs of

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<v Speaker 2>the Capitol Building a little after two pm on January sixth,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one. It's more about that than it is

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<v Speaker 2>about his love of his family. He's getting warmer. See.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason he keeps bringing up that he doesn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to be called a Nazi is because there are Nazi allegations.

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<v Speaker 2>But these allegations aren't just lies from the evil left

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<v Speaker 2>wing media. It's something he's been asked about by the FBI,

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<v Speaker 2>by the DOJ, and the Marine Corps and police in

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<v Speaker 2>multiple jurisdictions. Across several states. A lot of people are

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<v Speaker 2>asking him about the Nazi thing, so it makes sense

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<v Speaker 2>that he'd want to get out ahead of it and

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<v Speaker 2>assure the voters that there's a good explanation when he

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<v Speaker 2>brings up that innocent wave that's being taken out of

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<v Speaker 2>context to smear him as a Nazi. He's talking about

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<v Speaker 2>a photograph, a particular photograph and one of many that

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<v Speaker 2>federal prosecutors included in their sentencing memorandum after Tyler Dykes

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<v Speaker 2>accepted a plea agreement in federal court, he pleaded guilty

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<v Speaker 2>to two counts of assaulting an officer during the breach

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<v Speaker 2>of the Capitol on January sixth, twenty twenty one. In

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<v Speaker 2>exchange for his cooperation, the government dropped the other eight

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<v Speaker 2>counts on the indictment. So in that sentencing memorandum there's

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<v Speaker 2>a picture. It's a still frame that was taken from

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<v Speaker 2>a video, but obviously you can't put a video on paper,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's just a still frame, and it shows a

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<v Speaker 2>mass of people making their way up the east steps

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<v Speaker 2>of the Capitol Building on the afternoon of January sixth.

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<v Speaker 2>Whoever's taking the video was standing at the bottom of

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<v Speaker 2>the stairs, so you're just seeing the backs of the

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<v Speaker 2>people in this crowd who are walking up the stairs,

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<v Speaker 2>except for the figure in the center. In the center

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<v Speaker 2>of the picture, at the top of the stairs, a

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<v Speaker 2>very tall man in a black jacket and a gray

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<v Speaker 2>mask has turned around so he's facing the plaza below,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's sort of squared up facing down the stairs,

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<v Speaker 2>and his right arm is completely extended at about a

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<v Speaker 2>forty five degree angle, elbow straight wrists, straight, fingers together.

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<v Speaker 2>The government's caption reads still from video showing Dikes performing

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<v Speaker 2>what appears to be the Sein Kyle's salute after he

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<v Speaker 2>arrives on the landing in front of the East Rotunda doors.

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<v Speaker 2>He maintains that he was waving to a friend. For

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<v Speaker 2>what it's worth, I've seen a lot of these waves,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know what it looks like to me, and

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<v Speaker 2>regardless of what it looks like to you in this photograph,

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<v Speaker 2>I have a video of him doing the exact same

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<v Speaker 2>wave at a Nazi rally, so it's not just a picture.

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<v Speaker 2>He only served three of the fifty seven months he

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<v Speaker 2>was sentenced to spend in prison before he was released

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<v Speaker 2>in January of twenty twenty five. As a result of

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<v Speaker 2>Trump's blanket pardons for the nearly sixteen hundred January sixth defendants.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not the issue here. He's not ashamed of

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<v Speaker 2>being a January sixth defendant. That's a badge of honor.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not a problem. If he can spin this Nazi

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<v Speaker 2>thing into a story that reinforces this narrative of brave

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<v Speaker 2>January sixth patriots who are being persecuted by communists and

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<v Speaker 2>liberals and the wop mob, it stops being a problem

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<v Speaker 2>for the people whose attention and votes and donations he wants.

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<v Speaker 2>So his story is pretty simple. All the people calling

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<v Speaker 2>him a Nazi are lying. They're taking a single photograph

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<v Speaker 2>out of context. It's not a Nazi salute. It's a wave.

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<v Speaker 2>And all of this, all of this Nazi talk, it's

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<v Speaker 2>all just about this one single incident, this one picture,

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<v Speaker 2>this one wave, and the government, the government is preventing

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<v Speaker 2>him from proving that to.

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<v Speaker 4>You and then the honorable judge that I had denied

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<v Speaker 4>me being able to get that evidence and being able

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<v Speaker 4>to show the other people, and so a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>these people, unfortunately, because of a lot of the news

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<v Speaker 4>media and because of the efforts of the Biden administration.

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<v Speaker 4>They see me as an enemy and as a terrorist.

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<v Speaker 2>That's Tyler Dyke's in mid October of this year, telling

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<v Speaker 2>a local TV news crew in Hiltonhead that the media

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<v Speaker 2>is complicit in spreading these lies the government told about

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<v Speaker 2>him in court. When he was interviewed last month by

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<v Speaker 2>a conspiracy theorist and right wing podcaster named Anne Vandersteele,

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<v Speaker 2>she was on his side. She was earnest and she

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to get to the bottom of this. He told

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<v Speaker 2>her that the government's entire case was lie after lie,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's proof that he never did any of those

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<v Speaker 2>things on January sixth. And she's excited to hear this,

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<v Speaker 2>and she wants to see these videos because she would

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<v Speaker 2>love to see proof that the government is persecuting our

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<v Speaker 2>brave January sixth patriots. But there's one little problem.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know that's a very funny thing. The honorable

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<v Speaker 3>judge in my case actually put out a gaggle order

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<v Speaker 3>banning me from being able to have any of the

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<v Speaker 3>discovery evidence for me to be able to defend myself

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<v Speaker 3>from these That is the in the dockets.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's in the dockets. It's in the dockets. Phenomenal

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<v Speaker 2>I can look at the dockets. We can look at

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<v Speaker 2>that together. That's easy. And I do see here that

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<v Speaker 2>there is a protective order filed in this case. Shortly

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<v Speaker 2>after he was first arrest the judge entered an order

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<v Speaker 2>prohibiting the public dissemination of certain discovery materials. If you

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<v Speaker 2>look at enough J six cases, this kind of protective

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<v Speaker 2>order was almost universal. The government didn't want to publicly

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<v Speaker 2>release stuff like the names of confidential informants, security footage

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<v Speaker 2>from inside certain secure government areas, personal information about witnesses,

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<v Speaker 2>just a laundry list of kinds of evidence that was

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<v Speaker 2>likely to be produced in these cases that would be sensitive.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're not saying they can't turn it over to

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<v Speaker 2>the defense in discovery. They're just saying this stays between us, right,

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<v Speaker 2>This doesn't get released to the public. This was normal

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<v Speaker 2>and it was routine, and it was agreed to by

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<v Speaker 2>everyone involved. The Defense council agreed to this. So okay,

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<v Speaker 2>off to a good start. I do see a protective

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<v Speaker 2>order on the docket. But if you skip down a

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<v Speaker 2>year down to the bottom of the docket, to the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the case, after the guilty plea, the government

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<v Speaker 2>filed their exhibit list for the sentencing hearing, and in

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<v Speaker 2>that document, the federal prosecutor wrote, the government does not

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<v Speaker 2>object to any photo or video evidence being released to

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<v Speaker 2>the public. So of the exhibits they planned to show

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<v Speaker 2>in court at sentencing, they said, it's okay if everyone

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<v Speaker 2>sees these, the media can have these, And so the

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<v Speaker 2>judge in turn asked defense counsel how they felt about that,

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<v Speaker 2>and the defense replied, defendant Tyler Bradley Dyke's buy and

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<v Speaker 2>through his attorneys, does not object to the video and

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<v Speaker 2>photo evidence identified and the government's noticed ECF number forty

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<v Speaker 2>four being made publicly available. Defendant does subject to any

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<v Speaker 2>public disclosure of his military records identified in Exhibit nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the judge signed an order the exhibits that

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<v Speaker 2>the government identified for the sentencing hearing, which the file

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<v Speaker 2>names are in that document. It includes the video of

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<v Speaker 2>the wave, the video of him grabbing the policeman's shield,

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<v Speaker 2>the things he's saying he can't get based on the

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<v Speaker 2>file names, those videos can absolutely be requested from the court.

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<v Speaker 2>These aren't under seal. There's not a gag order. He

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<v Speaker 2>can request these and I think he should do that.

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<v Speaker 2>There are a lot of videos on that exhibit list,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm sure people would like to decide for themselves

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<v Speaker 2>if he's describing them faithfully. The only exhibit on that

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<v Speaker 2>list for the Defense objected to making publicly available. The

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<v Speaker 2>only one that remains sealed and isn't available for public

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<v Speaker 2>access are his military records. Those military records are specifically

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<v Speaker 2>the ones related to the other than honorable discharge he

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<v Speaker 2>received from the Marines. See those campaign flyers, the ones

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<v Speaker 2>he was mailing to people's houses. They're all signed at

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom. Tyler Dykes, US Marine Corps veteran business owner,

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<v Speaker 2>pardoned J six's patriot On November tenth, the Marine Corps birthday.

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<v Speaker 2>He posted a photo of himself in his dress blues

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<v Speaker 2>on the campaign's Instagram account. Being a Marine Corps veteran

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<v Speaker 2>is as big a part of his campaign identity as

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<v Speaker 2>talking about how he's not a Nazi. These are kind

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<v Speaker 2>of the top two things. He's a marine, and he

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<v Speaker 2>really wants you to know that Nazi stuff isn't true,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was a marine. That's true. He definitely was

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<v Speaker 2>in the Marine Corps. But those military records that he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't want released would really undermine his narrative about being

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<v Speaker 2>a proud honorable veteran who definitely isn't a Nazi, because

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<v Speaker 2>they would show that he received an other than honorable

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<v Speaker 2>discharge for participating in prohibited extremist activity on November eighth,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty, and that's in the file. I know that

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<v Speaker 2>specifically is in that sealed file because in other documents

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<v Speaker 2>that refer to it, that's all it says. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what else is in that record. All I know

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<v Speaker 2>for sure is that the stated reason for his other

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<v Speaker 2>than honorable discharge is something that happened on November eighth,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty. Now, luckily for us, I know that on

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<v Speaker 2>November eighth, twenty twenty, a security camera in Sumter County,

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<v Speaker 2>South Carolina recorded footage of two men. One of the

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<v Speaker 2>men looked exactly like Tyler Dikes. Even his father had

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<v Speaker 2>to agree it kind of did. And the men were

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<v Speaker 2>putting up flyers with swastikas on them outside local businesses.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if his military discharge records include anything else.

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<v Speaker 2>Was it really just the flyers, just the one time

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<v Speaker 2>with the swastika flyers and that was it. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if the military was aware that he had been

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<v Speaker 2>attending things like a paramilitary training weekend at a compounded

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<v Speaker 2>Michigan hosted by members of the neo Nazi group the Base.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if there's a memo in there about

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<v Speaker 2>the time in January of twenty nineteen that an FBI

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<v Speaker 2>agent from the Joint Terrorism Task Force questioned him about

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<v Speaker 2>his possible connections to domestic extremist groups. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if the Marine Corps knew that he was one of

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<v Speaker 2>just a handful of white nationalists who attended the Unite

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<v Speaker 2>the Right Too, the flop of a Nazi rally held

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<v Speaker 2>in Washington, d C. In twenty eighteen to commemorate the

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<v Speaker 2>deadly rally that had happened a year earlier, and along

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<v Speaker 2>that same line of thought. I don't know if the

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<v Speaker 2>Marine Corp knew back then the Tyler Dykes had attended

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<v Speaker 2>the Unite the Right rally in Charlesville in twenty seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if they saw the videos of him

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<v Speaker 2>marching with a tea he torched, or the videos of

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<v Speaker 2>him punching wildly at counter protesters that he'd helped trap

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<v Speaker 2>in that sea of flames. And with the exception of

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<v Speaker 2>the Unit the Right rally in twenty seventeen, which was

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<v Speaker 2>before he enlisted. All of the rest of that conduct

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<v Speaker 2>occurred while Tyler Dykes was a Marine. He went to

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<v Speaker 2>Nazi rallies, he joined Nazi groups, he put up Nazi flyers,

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<v Speaker 2>he went to Nazi training camps to prepare for the

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<v Speaker 2>race war, and he fought his way into the Capitol

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<v Speaker 2>Building on January sixth. So, okay, yeah, he was a

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<v Speaker 2>United States Marine. He can post that picture in his

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<v Speaker 2>uniform on his campaign website. I don't care. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>personally offended about him being a stain on the honor

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<v Speaker 2>of the US military or whatever, but I think a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of voters would feel like this isn't quite honest.

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<v Speaker 2>By the time Tyler Dykes was arrested in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three and extradited back to Virginia to face charges for

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<v Speaker 2>men missing those counter protesters with a lit torch, he'd

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<v Speaker 2>already been kicked out of the Marines. He had apparently

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<v Speaker 2>hidden that fact from his parents, and there was a

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<v Speaker 2>lot they didn't know about their son. The day he

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<v Speaker 2>was arrested in twenty twenty three, he'd been out with

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<v Speaker 2>other members of a group called the Southern Sons Active

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<v Speaker 2>Club a sort of white supremacist fight club for friendless

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<v Speaker 2>young men. They were trying to hang Nazi banners from

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<v Speaker 2>a highway overpass, but Tyler Dykes was bitten by a

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<v Speaker 2>dog and had to go to the hospital instead. He

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<v Speaker 2>eventually pleaded guilty to that felony charge in Almarle County,

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<v Speaker 2>Virginia related to the torch March, and he spent a

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<v Speaker 2>few months in the local jail. On the day he

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<v Speaker 2>was supposed to go home, he was picked up by

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<v Speaker 2>a federal marshal. The doj had waited until the last

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<v Speaker 2>day of his sentence here to unseal the charges against

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<v Speaker 2>him for January sixth, and after that he spent a

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<v Speaker 2>year out on pre trial bond in that case, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he eventually pleaded guilty to those charges in the

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<v Speaker 2>summer of twenty twenty four, and he finally reported to

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<v Speaker 2>federal prison in October of twenty twenty four, expecting to

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<v Speaker 2>be there for almost five years, but he was released

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<v Speaker 2>a few months later in January of this year after

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<v Speaker 2>receiving a federal pardon. And now he wants to go

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<v Speaker 2>back to the Capitol Building, not as a rioter this time,

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<v Speaker 2>but as a congressman. The campaign is barely a month old.

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<v Speaker 2>He's using a right wing crowdfunding site for campaign donations,

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<v Speaker 2>so you can see that he hasn't cracked two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>dollars yet. The only photo of his launch party is

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<v Speaker 2>so tightly cropped that you can only see the candidate

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<v Speaker 2>himself standing in an empty field in a public park.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think there's a lot of grassroots excitement for

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler Diykes in South Carolina's first district. But if he

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<v Speaker 2>does keep making the rounds, and if he ever ends

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<v Speaker 2>up in front of a real reporter, I hope they'll

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<v Speaker 2>ask him why doesn't he just produce those exhibits. The

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<v Speaker 2>videos he's claiming are being kept from him under seal aren't.

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<v Speaker 2>And if he's so against any exhibits being held back

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<v Speaker 2>from the court of public opinion, he could go ahead

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<v Speaker 2>and release the one he actually has in his own possession,

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<v Speaker 2>the only one that is sealed. He has his own

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<v Speaker 2>discharge records show him to us. I'm dying to know

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<v Speaker 2>how many of those Nazi rallies the Marine Corps knew

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<v Speaker 2>about before they finally kicked him out. If you're interested

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<v Speaker 2>in hearing more about this particular weird Little Guy. There

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<v Speaker 2>are two episodes available right now over on the Weird

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<v Speaker 2>Little Guy's feed. It's a cool Zone Media show you

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<v Speaker 2>can listen to wherever you get your podcasts, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>in the Charleston area, or more importantly, if your conservative

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<v Speaker 2>boomer parents are, it can't hurt to let folks know

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<v Speaker 2>that one of your local candidates isn't being entirely forthcoming

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<v Speaker 2>about why people are calling him a Nazi. And wherever

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<v Speaker 2>you're conservative parents live, maybe this is a useful example

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<v Speaker 2>of the kind of thing you might find when you

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<v Speaker 2>start gently scratching the surface of these America First candidates.

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