(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A group of neo-Nazis called the Blood Tribe endorsed Joe Biden for U.S. President at an attention-grabbing public demonstration in Florida on Saturday, praising Biden’s support for their ideological brethren in Ukraine.
The group’s leader, Christopher Pohlhaus, voiced his endorsement of Biden in response to a question from a reporter about who he’ll support in the 2024 presidential election.
“I think Biden’s better than Trump because he sends rockets to Ukraine,” the Nazi said. “Heil Ukraine! Heil Azov!”
Behind him, fellow Blood Tribe member Kent McClellan shouted, “Slava Ukraini!”
Other Nazis expressed support for floundering GOP hopeful Ron DeSantis. After initially signaling that he wouldn’t continue aid to Ukraine, DeSantis has since backtracked.
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Neo-Nazis have been marching through Orlando, Florida this weekend, chanting “white power,” and slurs while performing Nazi salutes.
One Nazi yelled, “Vote for Ron DeSantis!”
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Pohlhaus’s response seemed to take reports aback. But it should come as no surprise for those who’ve been paying attention to Biden’s widely documented support for anti-Russian Nazi groups such as the Azov Battalion, the Right Sector, C14 and the pro-Ukraine Russian Volunteer Corps.
McClellan, who goes by the nickname “Bone Face,” has also claimed to have fought with the Azov Battalion against Russia.
And as Headline USA has reported, Pohlhaus is building a compound in Maine with the intent to train Nazis to fight in Ukraine.
According to The Intercept, Pohlhaus has ties to notorious neo-Nazi Denis Kapustin, the leader of the pro-Ukraine Russian Volunteer Corps.
Kapustin and the Russian Volunteer Corps have used U.S. equipment this year to execute terrorist attacks in Russian territory. The pro-Ukraine militia regularly calls for international volunteers to join its group, and Pohlhaus seems obliged.
“We see the glorious opportunity in this conflict,” he reportedly said earlier this year. “Because the American military is staying out of it, we get the chance to participate [under] OUR banner.”
Pohlhaus’s comments also come at a time with Ukraine President Vlodymyr Zelenskyy is forging closer ties with his country’s neo-Nazi elements. Zelenskyy recently met with Azov Battalion leader Andriy Biletsky, who has pledged to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade…against Semite-led Untermenschen.”
Pohlhaus has said it will take “a couple years” before his Blood Tribe is ready for war.
“It will take us some time to get the plan sorted but it shouldn’t take us longer than a couple years,” he said earlier this year.
However, thinkers sympathetic to the Ukrainian far-right have cautioned people like Pouhlaus from fighting for NATO and the U.S. global liberal empire.
The far-right thinker who goes by the name “Bronze Age Pervert” cautioned that fighting for Ukraine will only empower the far right’s enemies.
“The argument being made is this will wake up Europe so it will be strong and manly again … It’s all lies,” he said.
“You will at most get your foot blown off or obliterated by a Russian cruise missile. You’ll never see the thanks for it,” he said.
“You’ll be called fascist and privileged still, and the people who hate you will be enhanced in their power and security.”
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.
