Hacked data posted on the whistleblower site Distributed Denial of Secrets shows that people with Asian surnames donated 80 percent of the funds raised
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Despite its bigotry, Proud Boys has fans among Chinese Americans
Commentators, journalists and academics in the Chinese American community said they have long known that a significant portion of their conservative peers support the Proud Boys, despite the group s open racism and bigotry. This isn t a surprise for us, said Kaiser Kuo, host and co-founder of the Sinica Podcast, which discusses current affairs in China. I know these people, I know what they re all about. Even this recent wave of anti-Asian hate crime, which you would think might have shaken them out of their admiration for these racists and crypto-fascists like the Proud Boys it s actually only reinforced their beliefs.
Proud Boys saw wave of contributions from Chinese diaspora before Capitol attack Will Carless, USA TODAY
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The donations started coming in about 10 p.m. on Dec. 17.
A donor named Li Zhang gave $100. A few minutes later, someone named Jun Li donated $100. Then Hao Xu gave $20, followed shortly by $25 from a Ying Pei. In all, almost 1,000 people with Chinese surnames gave about $86,000 to a fundraiser on the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo for members of the extremist street gang the Proud Boys.
Their gifts made up more than 80% of the $106,107 raised for medical costs for members of the Proud Boys who were stabbed during violent clashes in Washington, D.C., in mid-December.