America’s far-right extremist groups 
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The Southern Poverty Law Center identified as many as 576 active extreme anti-government “Patriot” groups in the U.S. in 2019 – down from 612 in 2018. Of these, 181 groups were armed militias
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George W. Bush   Barack Obama    Donald Trump
     
Anti-government groups
Armed militias


2009-17: Presidency of Barack Obama leads to rise of Patriot 824 movement, driven by
fears over gun control, conspiracy theories over immigration and racism over first African-American president

2017-21: Extremists continue directing anger at Federal agencies

05 35 132
06 52 147
07 43 131
08 42 149
09 127 512
10 330 824
11 334 1,274
12 326 1,360
13 241 1,096
14 201 874
15 279 998
16 165 623
17 272 689
18 216 612
19 181 576
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Sources: Southern Poverty Law Center, Cato Institute Pictures: Associated Press           © GRAPHIC NEWS