Neo-Nazis vow to 'defend' Donald Trump supporters at Republican Convention

Neo-Nazis have vowed to go to the GOP convention in Cleveland this July to "defend" Donald Trump and his supporters.
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A white-nationalist neo-Nazi group, the Traditionalist Worker Party, has vowed to make an appearance at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next month to "make sure that the Donald Trump supporters are defended from the leftist thugs," according to spokesman Matt Parrott.

The Traditionalist Worker Party made headlines over the weekend when the group organized a pro-Trump rally in Sacramento, California, that ended in multiple stabbings.

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