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Luna requests congressional investigation into group known as ‘Patriot Front’

Following a demonstration through the nation’s capital over the Independence Day weekend, Florida GOP Representative Anna Paulina Luna has formally requested a congressional investigation into the group known as "Patriot Front."

The controversy ignited after approximately 400 masked members of the group marched through parts of Washington, D.C., near the U.S.

Capitol and Eastern Market.

The demonstrators wore matching outfits consisting of khaki pants, navy blue shirts, white face coverings, and hats while carrying American flags flown upside down and Confederate flags.

The Metropolitan Police Department monitored the demonstration, later noting that the participants boarded Metro trains to exit into the Washington suburbs, with a spokesperson stating that there were no reports of arrests, complaints filed, or calls for assistance associated with the group's march.

In the wake of the event, Representative Luna (R-Fla.) took to X to demand that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee launch an inquiry into the organization's funding and lack of previous federal scrutiny.

In her public post, Luna directly questioned why the group had not faced intensive scrutiny under the current presidential administration, writing, “What I find odd about Patriot Front is how under Biden they were never investigated.”

Elaborating on her call for a congressional probe, Luna wrote, “Well funded.

Never investigated.

The FBI under Biden looked into Catholics instead,” before directly appealing to the committee to “do some digging.”

The group, which the Anti-Defamation League identifies as one of the "most visible White supremacist organizations in the United States," was originally founded in 2017 by Thomas Rousseau following the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

According to data tracked by George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, the group advocates for the creation of a White ethnostate and firmly opposes multiculturalism.

Luna’s call for a formal investigation arrives amid a wave of condemnation from several other Republican lawmakers who spoke out against the group's presence in Washington.

Appearing on CNN’s "State of the Union," Representative Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) strongly rejected the group's ideology and denied that their tenets represent mainstream conservative values.

Denouncing the marchers, Carter stated, “What I'll say is that that is not the soul of America.”

He continued to distance his congressional colleagues from the demonstration, adding, “We are all created equally.

That is what our whole impetus is based on here in this country.

That does not represent the soul of America.

We in America believe in equality, and that is simply not reflective, certainly not of the Republican Party.”

During the same broadcast, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum also addressed the Independence Day demonstration, denouncing the organization's beliefs while simultaneously noting the legal protections granted to public demonstrations under the First Amendment.

Expressing his personal distaste for the group, Burgum stated, “Certainly what they stand for is nothing that I could possibly agree with.”

However, Burgum maintained that federal authorities must respect constitutional boundaries regarding public demonstrations, concluding, “But one of the foundational principles of the United States, which makes democracy messy, is free speech.

There are plenty of things that I see that I might personally find offensive, reprehensible, but in America, free speech is allowed.”

It is currently unclear whether the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will formally adopt Luna's request to launch an active investigation into the structural and financial operations of Patriot Front.

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