and working that particular piece doesn t do anything because these legislators have already made up their mind. reporter: she is a founder of a group called mamalitia and says her activism is peaceful. do we look violent to you do we look like we re trying to storm any place? have i ever done anything violent in the capital? absolutely not. reporter: like many who share her goals, aguilar uses alternative social media platforms like telegram to organize and strategize those go local tactics also being embraced by prominent white nationalists. this is the right approach going to the school board meetings, going out to protests. reporter: groups like the proud boys responding taking to the streets of towns in long island and north carolina to protest public health measures. extremist groups have always seen the culture wars as a place that has enough anger and division already that it can be fruitful for them. reporter: are we in a better place now than we were on january
tank the atlantic council. domestic extremism is really like a fluid that matches the container that it s in in any given moment. reporter: in a new report holt says following backlash and hundreds of arrests connected to the attack on the capitol far right activists have shifted their focus from national politics to local. a lot of the adaptation that is we ve seen came in the form of kind of decentralizing these national movements. reporter: what are these extremists all talking about at the local level? what is the content? a lot of them are taking it upon themselves to reengage in the broader conservative culture war. we are here to protect the children of our community. reporter: for aguilar who we met outside a local school board meeting in california it s opposition to mandates. we figured out that going to the capitol and working that particular piece doesn t do anything because these legislators have already made up their mind. reporter: she is the founder of