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Dangerous ties unveiled between militia groups and a faction of the GOP

NPR

Published July 22, 2022 at 1:20 PM EDT

We have been hearing the Jan. 6 committee present links between militia groups and the storming of the U.S. Capitol.

A researcher is sounding an alarm about a broader and growing threat — a link between militia groups and a faction of the Republican Party.

Here & Now‘s Miles Parks talks with Rachel Kleinfeld, who studies violence and democracy. Kleinfeld is a fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.