Henry “Enrique” Tarrio is an American activist who is the head of the Proud Boys, a far-right and exclusively male group in the United States that encourages and engages in political violence and gay rights. Find out more about Enrique in the article below.
Tarrio, a Cuban-American with Afro-Cuban ancestry, was the Florida state director of the grassroots movement Latinos for Trump.
Tarrio ran in the Republican primary election for Florida’s 27th congressional district in 2020 but dropped out.
He has previously acted as an informant to both federal and local law enforcement, according to a former federal prosecutor and transcripts of a 2014 federal court case.
Enrique Tarrio Views On Gay And LGBT Rights
Enrique does not support LGBT rights or deny them. He is a neutral party when it comes to this topic.
Tarrio was volunteering at a far-right pundit Milo Yiannopoulos event in Miami in May 2017 when he met a member of the Proud Boys, who encouraged him to join.
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— Canadian Forces in ?? (@CAFinUS) October 4, 2020
Tarrio attended the Unite the Right demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.
He stated that he went there to oppose the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials.
Enrique Tarrio Net Worth in 2022
The exact estimated net worth of Enrique Tarrio has not been made public yet.
As he is an American activist who serves as chairman of the Proud Boys, he should have a net worth of around $600k.
#EnriqueTarrio makes his 1st court debut charged with a law used against Black activists in the ‘60s.??⚖️✊?#ProudBoys#Jan6Committee #Demvoice1 pic.twitter.com/gsEs2PLaCx
— (((Tam))) #IAmAntiFa #ONEV1 #DemVoice1 (@Tam_Resist) March 8, 2022
On November 29, 2018, he took over as chairman of the organization, following Jason Lee Van Dyke, who held the job for two days, and Van Dyke’s predecessor, Gavin McInnes.
Enrique Tarrio Parents And Family
Henry Tarrio was born in 1984 or 1985 in Little Havana, a Miami, Florida neighborhood. No details have been shared by Enrique about his parents yet.
Tarrio is of Cuban descent and considers himself an Afro-Cuban. He is a divorcee.
Tarrio moved to a tiny hamlet in North Florida to operate a chicken farm after 2004. Later, he returned to Miami.
He has also established a company that installs security systems and another that provides GPS tracking for businesses.
Tarrio operates the 1776 Shop, a Miami T-shirt company that sells right-wing items online.
The 1776 Shop is a “freewheeling online emporium for far-right kitsch” that offers a variety of Proud Boys merchandise, including shirts that say “Pinochet did nothing wrong.”
Enrique Tarrio On Instagram
Enrique Tarrio has been banned from all social media platforms, including Instagram.
The Proud Boys and Enrique haven’t had an official presence on Twitter and Instagram since the social media platform banned them in 2018.
Proud Boy chairman Henry Tarrio getting arrested this morning (SAD TROMBONE) #ProudBoys #FAFO h/t @WSSMomma who found this amazing pic pic.twitter.com/ewJNnG90aG
— Sedition Track (@seditiontrack) March 8, 2022
So they’ve spent the last few days reveling in their newfound, Trump-fueled celebrity on Parler, a two-year-old social media app popular among conservatives.
And it was their absence on Twitter, caused by poisonous and nasty language, that allowed LGBT activists to gain control of the hashtag #proudboys on Sunday.
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