These weekend warriors form the obdurate bedrock of Trump Nation: white, rural and working class. They say Mr. Trump, a Manhattan billionaire and real estate tycoon, speaks for them. “The militia movement is overwhelmingly behind Trump’s candidacy.”For militias, Mr. Trump’s anti-establishment views “play right into their paranoid style of politics,” said Ryan Lenz, editor of the Hatewatch blog at the Southern Poverty Law Center. That is “a historical myth,” said Mr. Pitcavage, a historian, but useful for those who believe a few people with guns can defeat tyranny. They consider Mr. Trump a bulwark against the candidate they call “Shillary” Clinton.

Source: New York Times November 04, 2016 09:00 UTC