72 hate and extremist groups call Texas home, the Southern Poverty Law Center says

Brayden Garcia
Jessica Gregorio posted on TikTok a video Sunday of a group of people dressed in Nazi clothing at a Torchy’s Tacos in Fort Worth. (Jessica Gregorio/TikTok)

A group of people dressed in Nazi clothing were seen eating at a Torchy’s Tacos in Fort Worth on Sunday.

On the same day, a group in similar attire were seen putting anti-Semitic material on cars at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. It’s unclear if the same people were involved in both incidents.

Nazi-rhetoric is not new to Texas as the state continues to be a hotbed for extremism and antisemitism, according to the Texas Tribune. Most of the movement is coming from white supremacy, anti-LGBTQ and anti-government groups.

Since 2021, antisemitic incidents have jumped by 89% in Texas, according to an Anti-Defamation League study. Additionally, the study identified six “terrorist plots” in Texas and two extremist murders.

The Southern Poverty Law Center tracked 72 hate and anti-government groups in Texas in 2022. Here’s where some of the groups reside in the state:

Statewide groups

  • American Nationalist Socialist Party: Neo-Nazi

  • American Reformation Front: General hate

  • Aryan Freedom Network: Neo-Nazi

  • Asatru Folk Assembly: Neo-Völkisch

  • Folks Front: Neo-Nazi

  • League of the South: Neo-Confederate

  • Mass Resistance: Anti-LGBTQ

  • Moms for Liberty: Anti-government group

  • News with Views: Anti-government group

  • Oath Keepers: Anti-government group

  • Parents Rights in Education: Anti-government group

  • Patriot Front: White nationalist

  • Proud Boys: General hate

  • Texas Parents Involved in Education: Anti-government group

  • The American State Assembly: Anti-government group

  • This is Texas Freedom Force: Anti-government group

  • We Are Change: Anti-government group

Tarrant County

  • Constitution Party: Anti-government group

  • True Texas Project: Anti-government group

  • Will2Rise: White nationalist

Dallas County

  • Stedfast Baptist Church: Anti-LGBTQ

  • New Columbia Movement: White nationalist

  • OneBody In Yahawashi: General hate

  • Patriots for America: Anti-government group

  • Texas Eagle Forum: Anti-government group

  • Understanding the Threat: Anti-Muslim group

  • Cold Dead Hands 2nd Amendment Advocacy Group: Anti-government group

  • Silver Bear Cafe: Anti-government group

Travis County

  • American Meeting Group: Anti-government group

  • Defense Distributed: Anti-government group

  • Freedom School: Anti-government group

  • InfoWars LLC: Anti-government group

  • Power of Prophecy: General hate

  • Rule of Law Radio: Anti-government group

  • The Church of Ben Klassen: Neo-Nazi

Harris County

  • Act for America: Anti-Muslim group

  • Mountains of Israel: General hate

  • New Black Panther Party: General hate

  • Texans for Immigration Reduction and Enforcement: Anti-Immigrant

  • The Remembrance Project: Anti-Immigrant

Bexar County

  • Constitutional Law Group: Anti-government group

  • Global and Theological Trends: Anti-Muslim

Collin County

  • Probe Ministries: Anti-LGBTQ

Kendall County

  • Truth in Textbooks: Anti-Muslim

Bell County

  • Concerned Christian Citizens: Anti-LGBTQ

El Paso County

  • Border Network News: Anti-government group

  • Tom Brown Ministries: Anti-LGBTQ

Kerr County

  • Carolyn Yeager: Antisemitism

Grayson County

  • ISD Records/NS88 Video: Hate music

  • Protect Texas Kids: General hate

Bastrop County

  • Republic of Texas: Anti-government group

Williamson County

  • Republic Broadcasting: Anti-government group

  • Texans4Truth: Anti-government group

Navarro County

  • Christ or Chaos: Radical traditional Catholicism

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