Rose City Antifa has been tracking a number of white supremacists and fascists that show up to Joey Gibson’s rallies. Some of these we have written about, like Jeremy Christian, Jake Ott, Tim Gionet, Raul Gonzalez, The Traditionalist Workers Party, and the Proud Boys, as well as a number of others. Others, we continue to track, collecting as much useful information as possible on their activities and associates, before we expose them for what they are.
Today we would like to introduce Jeffery Wade Hughes Jr. (aka Jeffery Hoggat). Hughes is a white supremacist and a fascist from the Seattle area. He is very public about his politics, and posts a variety of racist and fascist memes on his Facebook profiles. Hughes is, unfortunately, a perfect example of the sort of fascist that is allowed to hide in plain sight at these far-right events.
_Hughes hid his fascism behind a Trump flag on June 4th._
Hughes attended Gibson’s June 4th rally, where he (on the right, in photo below) was seen standing with the invited keynote speaker, anti-semite Tim Gionet (center), as well as with alt-right YouTuber James Allsup (on left). He plans to attend Joey Gibson’s rally in Portland on August 6th, and Gibson’s rally in Seattle on August 13th.
Hughes served in the 82nd Airborne. He is trained as a chef. He is a Mason, and he is an Oath Keeper.
Hughes in uniform, with the 82nd Airborne
Hughes after graduating from culinary school
Hughes pictured with his Masonic group, front row, center
Hughes’ Oath Keeper membership card
But above all else, Hughes is a racist and a fascist.
Some of Hughes’ many fascist memes on Facebook
Above is a racist post Hughes’ shared, in support of the late 1960s white nationalist uprising in what is now Zimbabwe. Rhodesia is a popular theme with white supremacists, like mass murderer Dylann Roof.
In the above post, Hughes copies text from the neo-nazi site DailyStormer, which threatens CNN employees and their families.
In this post above, Hughes asks his friends which racist theory they personally identify with. Hughes makes the case for believing in segregation, while some of his friends believe that other races should be exterminated.
Militia groups like the Oath Keepers have long maintained that they do not allow fascists or racists in their ranks. However, on his Facebook Hughes engages in a public discussion of how he wants to work with the Oath Keepers in order to gain support for white nationalists within the police force and government, until the time when they can create a fascist state. Only at this point, says Hughes, will the Oath Keepers likely turn against the fascists and become a liability to his movement.
“The Oaths a keeper takes are specifically for the purpose of allowing such a non-violent movement such as our [sic] to rise. If the local police turned against us and were infringing on the constitution to do so, the Oath keepers have Oaths to defend us,” Hughes says. “The only way I perceive we will have more headlines [like] ’the police are working with white nationalists’ is if we don’t make ourselves hostile to them.”
“Much later down the road OK [Oath Keepers] pose a legitimate threat to a fascist state,” Hughes continues. “But at the moment there should be no doubt that we need to be on civil terms… Bullycide and poking fun works on the Proud Boys and younger groups that understand the Internet, but the boomers won’t get it and I suspect we’re going to need to hold their hand.”
Other fascists disagree with Hughes however, and believe that the Oath Keepers are not helpful to their mission of instituting fascism in the United States.
“We need to be weary [sic] of them and not take our defenses down to them. We can’t allow ourselves to be thrown off guard, and I don’t think that’s gonna happen. I don’t mind smearing the OK as cucks and a possible danger. It’s better to go in with that mentality than to not,” responds Roy Davis.
Later in the thread, Oswald Emerson goes the extra mile, and compares the effort to establish fascism in the United States with the rise of Hitler. “Hitler didn’t win by making compromises with moderates… Franco’s regime fell apart the moment he died because he constantly did exactly that.”
In the image below, Kathryn Townsend, the governor of American Freedom Warriors LLC as registered with the State of Washington, extols the virtues of affiliation with Patriot Prayer and AFW, which Hughes echoes. Without Joey Gibson’s events and the protection afforded by AFW, fascists like Hughes would have very little space to organize. Fascist white supremacists will not stop coming into our communities, as long as far-right organizations like Patriot Prayer continue to hold open the door.
Kathryn Townsend and Jeffery Hughes chat about Patriot Prayer on Facebook
Hughes is particularly dangerous because of his military experience, and his work infiltrating the Oath Keepers militia. This is the same militia that the Multnomah County GOP is allowing to run “security” for their events. Hughes has explicitly said that it is his aim to ally the police and militia organizations with white nationalists. Joey Gibson and the GOP, by allowing people like Hughes a place at their events, are aiding Hughes’ goal of establishing a fascist state.
When the Joey Gibson, the American Freedom Warriors, and the GOP place themselves as opposed to anti-fascists, this makes them pro-fascist. Nothing could make this clearer than Hughes’ presence at far-right events in the Portland area and beyond.
Hughes is also associated with several rising Pacific Northwest white supremacist groups that Rose City Antifa is currently tracking. We will publish more information about these associations in the coming weeks.
Here is some other information about Jeffery Hughes. If you have more information about Hughes or other white supremacists and fascists in your area, please contact us at [email protected].
Full name: Jeffery Wade Hughes Jr.
Aka: Jeffery Hoggat
Date of Birth: November 21, 1991
Current location: Des Moines, WA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004807840231
Alternate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/malicemizerable
Member of Masons, Oath Keepers