Indiana white nationalist called 'the next David Duke' isn't stopping with Charlottesville

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Indiana white nationalist called 'the next David Duke' isn't stopping with Charlottesville


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Robert King, [email protected] Published 6:00 a.m. ET Aug. 27, 2017 | Updated 7:42 a.m. ET Aug. 27, 2017
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He defends white nationalism, even after Charlottesville




White nationalist Matt Heimbach had, "no particular sympathy," for Heather Heyer's death after the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville. Anti-defamation League's Center on Extremism's Marilyn Mayo says his view is, "very anti-American." Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
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With a guard always attached to his back, Matt Heimbach, right, a white nationalist who calls Indiana home, eyes the crowd that has assembled to counterprotest at Emancipation Park during the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, August 12, 2017. (Photo: Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar)Buy Photo
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Three weeks ahead of the coming apocalypse, Matthew Heimbach knew that violence was a real possibility in Charlottesville, Va.

A prominent white nationalist who’d squared off with leftist counterprotesters before, Heimbach said the group he was leading into Charlottesville’s Emancipation Park would be prepared: helmets and shields. And a security wing of his fringe political party would openly carry weapons.

Standing in the middle of an Indiana forest where he sometimes films propaganda videos, Heimbach cast himself and his cause — the defense of white heritage — in the most romantic of terms.

“I know — and my wife knows — whenever I go to an event, like the ancient Spartan wives used to tell their husbands, come back with your shield — or on it. And my family knows this will likely cost me my life or freedom in this system we are fighting.”


A portly, bookish man with a jet-black beard and rimless eyeglasses, Heimbach’s appearance is less of a Spartan warrior than a member of a college debate team.

The story of how Heimbach arrived in Charlottesville — and how he’s come to peddle his ideology from a home base in Indiana — reveals much about members of the white nationalist movement. And it also helps explain why they are no longer content to vent their anger solely online, but feel emboldened to parade their anger through the middle of American cities.

Aug. 12, which some white nationalists have come to refer to as the Battle of Charlottesville, was to be a date when they made a stand. And in the middle of it was Heimbach, dressed in black, wearing a Nazi-style combat helmet, about to enter a street fight with counterprotesters from the extreme left.

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[dalton99a]

1. "He appreciates the leadership of Russia's Vladimir Putin"

This guy has Russia written all over him

[murielm99]

2. He does not look like a member

of a college debate team. He looks like a rodent.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Ever see Ted Cruz?

[murielm99]

5. LOL!

I find Cruz more reptilian.

[benld74]

3. He needs a guard??

[IndianaDave]

6. Speaking for the sane Hoosiers, we disown this clown. And I'm pretty sure

the guards are for his beer and snacks.