Matt Gaetz defends the Proud Boys

Gaetz: “They mostly seem like a lonely group of young men who sought association with fellow misfits and rejected social mores”

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From the January 22, 2025, edition of OANN's The Matt Gaetz Show 

MATT GAETZ (HOST): The Proud Boys. You've probably heard the media describe this organization as militants, insurrectionists, and dangerous. I've met a few Proud Boys, and they mostly seem like a lonely group of young men who sought association with fellow misfits and rejected social mores. Not all, but most. Every group of humans that reaches a certain size probably has some bad people, among them, even Congress or the Catholic Church. More on both of those organizations later in the show. The Proud Boys, though. They even took center stage in a presidential debate.