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How Proud Boys, other extreme groups are becoming mainstream

This week is the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol. In the months since the riot, a number of far-right extremist groups have become household names, and some of their core beliefs — and even their tactics — have moved from the fringe to the mainstream. Nick Schifrin reports.

How Proud Boys, other extreme groups are becoming mainstream

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