Groypers

Los groypers (aka ejército groyper) son un grupo de extremada derecha, nacionalistas blancos-cristianos liderados por Nick Fuentes. Groyper es un dibujo-variante de Pepe the frog.

Su propósito es introducir extrema-derecha en los conservadores tradicionales de EEUU. Participaron en la toma violenta del Capitolio el 6 de Enero. Sus actividades empezaron en 2019 protestando en el campus contra Kirk o Trump Jr, a los que llamaban "Conservative Inc.". A continuación presionaron la campaña de Trump para hacerla más radical.

Hacen campañas de acoso coordinadas en Twitter (X) y en TikTok donde han sido expulsados varias veces. Se consideran el brazo derecho del Partido Republicano. Fuentes ha llamado a instaurar una dictadura de Trump aunque luego han sido muy críticos con aspectos de su presidencia. Son profudnamente antisemitas y ese es un punto de fricción con Trump. Right Wiung Watch ha ido advirtiendo de su infiltración en asociaciones importantes estudiantiles conservadoras que han negado su implicación.

En 2019 Fuentes criticó a Kirk por evitar la confrontación y ser flojo. Han conseguido cerrar eventos de Trump Jr en la universidad.

Varios Groypers fueron condenados por el asalto al congreso.

Riley June Williams of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was accused of invading Nancy Pelosi's office and stealing her laptop and gavel and of generally accelerating the attack. She was tried and found guilty of six charges, including a felony count of civil disorder. On March 23, 2023, Williams was sentenced to three years in prison with three years of probation and fined.

Christian Secor of Costa Mesa, California, was at the Capitol, where he allegedly flew the Groypers flag. He was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, assault, and resisting arrest, and sentenced to 42 months in prison.

Joseph Brody of Springfield, Virginia, and four others acted as a group that assisted the mob "in using a metal barricade against a U.S. Capitol Police officer, knocking the officers back as he attempted to secure the North Door". He was convicted of assaulting a police officer, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers, causing bodily injury, interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, and obstruction of an official proceeding.

David Dempsey of Los Angeles, California, received a 20-year sentence for attacking several law enforcement officers on January 6. This was the second-longest sentence for any of those involved in the insurrection. Before sentencing, Dempsey apologized to the police officers in the courtroom, saying he had a "profound sense of regret", but as he was led out of the room after sentencing he made a hand sign associated with the Groyper movement.[76]
Thomas Carey of Pittsburgh, Ohio, Gabriel Chase of Gainesville, Florida, Jon Lizak of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, and Paul Ewald Lovley of Halethorpe, Maryland, all pleaded guilty to demonstrating in a Capitol Building and were each fined $500.

Groyper influencer Anthime Gionet, known as Baked Alaska, was arrested for his role in storming the Capitol building, which he live streamed. According to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, "During the riot, he wore Pit Viper sunglasses, which have since been adopted as a symbol by the Groypers."[79][80]
Tristan Sartor of Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania, was charged with criminally entering a restricted building and attempting to "impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business" at the Capitol.[81][82]

En 2023 el grupo empezó a atacar a Trump y promocional la candidatura presidencial de Kanye West. En mayo de 2023 West rompio lazos con ellos.