year, stephanie. on that note, i wish you all a very good night from los angeles. it is only 9:00 here, i might have to go out after this, from all of our colleagues, you have the networks at nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. happy made it to all those who celebrate, and hopefully we all do. this, i m sorry to say, was columbus ohio this weekend. a gentleman very bravely wearing ski masks with sunglasses over the eyeholes along with matching little coordinated outfits that make them look like assistant managers at a tire store, these gentlemen in columbus are part of a neo-nazi group and i don t say that as a general matter, it s not just something i m surmising from their look i say that because they are really not being subtle about it. they are, in fact, flying a gigantic swastika flag. very subtle, what s your point here guys? again, this was saturday, this was this weekend, 2023 in columbus ohio. and i want to be able to say t
molotov cocktails thrown in an arson attack on a church this nazi stuff, it s like it started off as one little issue spot in ohio but it s clear it s not a bug, it s a rash. and it is oozing and spreading all over, it s disgusting. but it really doesn t help to pretend that you can t see it, ohio. and it s not like it s hard to follow the plot here about what these guys are doing in each of these instances these nazi groups are turning out in ohio and the reported motive behind the attempt in arson at the ohio church, it s all for the same reason. to harass and intimidate trans people and queer people. this thing this wreak weekend with the guys in the red pajamas suits and the swastika flag, that was outside a drag brunch that was being held in a local columbus ohio business. a drag brunch that was to benefit a nonprofit called kaleidoscope youth center.