In a world where ICE agents are shooting US citizens on the street, the need for militias and extremist groups like the Proud Boys to support far-right interests has evaporated. Whether it was protesting Covid lockdowns, attending school board meetings, or facing off against Black Lives Matter protesters, the far-right Proud Boys were always on hand to support Donald Trump's first term in office. When Trump left office in 2021, the group's leaders languished in jail for their role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. With reported infighting destabilizing the movement, it looked like the group's glory days were behind it. But Trump's return a year ago, and his release of all January 6 prisoners, signaled that a Proud Boy comeback could be in the cards.

Outside of the Utah hospital where Charlie Kirk was taken Wednesday, a crowd of families, college students, and Proud Boys gathered to mourn. Mourners outside Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah, where Charlie Kirk was taken after being shot at Utah Valley University, September 10, 2025. At around 8 pm on Wednesday, the motorcade with Charlie Kirk's body left the Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah. Along the road, the 100 or so people who showed up for an impromptu memorial for Kirk stopped what they were doing, lined the sidewalk, and stared as it sped away from the mountains and into the dark. Kirk had been at nearby Utah Valley University for the kickoff stop of his planned "American Comeback Tour" when a sniper allegedly stood on the roof of a building 200 or so yards away, and took aim, killing him with one shot .

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