Adolph Hitler inspired, led, and directed the activities of the Brown Shirts. They did marches, and intimidated people in local, state and federal governments. They were the original anti-Jewish arm of Hitler’s Big Lie that the Jews had caused Germany’s capitulation ending World War I and other lies. Later when he gained power, Hitler had the Black Shirts kill all the Brown Shirt leadership in an effort to clean up his image.

            Think the Proud Boys and their brown and yellow uniforms are following the Brown Shirts? They thought they were acting on behalf of Trump in their activities. When Trump was asked about the militias he said “Stand back and stand by.” He talked them into the insurrection. When Enrique Tarrio, Proud Boy’s Leader, was arrested before January 6 and those arrested afterwards because of their insurrection, Trump didn’t do anything. Trump’s Black Shirts are dressed in “Civies” quietly going to Republican groups and some radical groups to incite them to do anti-democratic, not party, efforts to restrict or overthrow voting results they don’t agree with. That was Brown and Black Shirt work under Hitler.

            Millions believed Hitler’s Big Lies – A Nazi invention – even after 1945. Some people are easily duped and aren’t easily able to see they were lied to and duped. Today’s militias are following the same path. The FBI needs to shut them down while they number in a few thousand before they become millions of sucker’s, becoming Oath Keepers, Three percenters, or some other radical militias.