- Dakota Adams, the son of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers militia, is running for the Democratic Party.
- Mr. Rose is serving an 18-year sentence in connection with his involvement in the Capitol riot.
- Ms Adams said she grew up in a “toxic” household and lived in “extreme isolation”.
Dakota Adams, the son of the leader of the right-wing militia Oath Keepers, is running as a Democratic candidate in local elections.
His father is Stewart Rhodes, who is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Regarding her father's involvement in the insurrection, Adams told The Associated Press: “How much danger are we really in and how have the Republicans allowed the president to become an active danger to this republic?'' “It was a sobering wake-up call,” he told The Associated Press. .
“I was forced to reevaluate many beliefs and face difficult questions about what I truly stand for.”
Adams, 27, has launched a strong bid for the Montana House of Representatives in a Republican stronghold.
Taking his mother's maiden name, he told The Associated Press that he was still “figuring himself out” and was in therapy to overcome the “long-term effects of living in a toxic or dysfunctional family.” He said he was receiving.
He said he plans to sell the rifle, body armor and tactical equipment he wore at anti-government protests with his father.
A difficult childhood with a conspiracy theorist father
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes speaks at a rally in front of the White House in Washington.
Susan Walsh/AP Photo
Adams said she had a difficult childhood with a father who was a conspiracy theorist. His father lived in constant fear that the government was spying on his family, and he continued to believe that the apocalypse was always imminent.
“Early adulthood is basically a gray period of survival and moving boxes,” Adams said.
“We lived in extreme isolation within a particular cultural bubble in a right-wing political sphere that became paranoid and militant wherever we moved in the country, and we ended up in Montana.” Adams said he fled Rhodes in 2018 when Tasha Adams filed the complaint. Because of divorce.
His estranged wife and two of his children, including Dakota Adams, previously told Business Insider that their family has been living with Rose's “violent outbursts,” and that Rose has not been able to control his children. He said he claims he was abusive and abusive.
They described an incident in which he pulled a gun on his dog and an incident in which he strangled his daughter, Sequoia.
After graduating from Yale University with a law degree, Rose founded Oath Keepers in 2009 after Barack Obama was elected president.
The long-haired Adams, who describes herself as an “honest weirdo”, wears a band T-shirt and black nail polish for the campaign.
“Ever since I decided to run, I have refused to soften this idea in any way,” Adams told The Associated Press about his appearance. I refused to do it again for any reason. ”
Democrats have endorsed Adams' candidacy, and he has appeared at events with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ryan Busse, according to the Associated Press.
Scott Rodich, vice chairman of the county's Democratic Party Central Committee, said party leaders were happy to have Adams on the ballot because Democrats are hesitant to run in red districts. The newspaper reported.
