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ROF attends events organized by other [[White supremacy|white supremacist]] groups and spreads its hateful ideology online. The group has developed relationships and associations with other extremist organizations, including [[Vinlanders Social Club]], [[League of the South]], [[Atomwaffen Division|Atomwaffen]], and the [[Traditionalist Worker Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stall |first=Hampton |date=2018-02-16 |title=Secessionist Boot Camps, White Nationalist Ideology, and School Shooting: A review of the Republic… |url=https://medium.com/militiawatch/secessionist-boot-camps-white-nationalist-ideology-and-school-shooting-a-review-of-the-republic-3632ca887eb2 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=MilitiaWatch |language=en}}</ref>
ROF's leader is Jordan Jereb, is a convicted felon who founded the group in 2014. Jereb and other members of the group have made violent threats in the past, and while the group does not have a significant history of violence, its use of violent language has raised concerns, he was first arrested in 2016 for threatening a staffer in the office of [[List of governors of Florida|Florida Governor]] [[Rick Scott]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Stars Behind Bars: League of the South Joins Republic of Florida Militia for FSU Protest |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/04/21/stars-behind-bars-league-south-joins-republic-florida-militia-fsu-protest |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}</ref> In August 2017, Jereb was
In February 2018, the [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL) reported that Jordan Jereb, the leader of the [[White supremacy|white supremacist]] [[militia]] Republic of Florida (ROF),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Flags of Our Ancestors - Flags of Extremism - Part 3 (o-z) |url=http://www.loeser.us/flags/hate3.html#rof |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.loeser.us}}</ref> claimed that suspected shooter [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting|Nikolas Cruz]] was affiliated with ROF. This claim was quickly picked up by other media outlets, causing known white supremacists like [[The Daily Stormer|The Daily Stormer's]] [[Andrew Anglin]] and [[Traditionalist Worker Party]]'s Matthew Parrott to distance themselves from ROF and the shooting. <ref>{{Cite news |title=The 'Republic of Florida': What We Know About White Nationalist Group That Claims Florida Shooter Nikolas Cruz as a Member |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2018-02-16/ty-article/.premium/the-republic-of-floridas-ties-to-florida-shooter-nikolas-cruz/0000017f-f2ea-d8a1-a5ff-f2ea54c10000 |access-date=2022-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Batchelor |first=Amanda |date=2018-02-15 |title=What is the Republic of Florida Militia? |url=https://www.local10.com/news/2018/02/15/what-is-the-republic-of-florida-militia/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=WPLG |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=florida-school-shooting-suspect/story |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226062631/https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-school-shooting-suspect/story?id=53092753 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-15 |title=Leader of white nationalist group says Florida shooting suspect was a member |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/leader-of-white-nationalist-groups-says-florida-shooting-suspect-was-a-member |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Colin |date=2018-02-15 |title=A white supremacist militia just admitted it trained the Florida school shooter |url=https://washingtonpress.com/2018/02/15/white-supremacist-militia-just-admitted-trained-florida-school-shooter/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Washington Press |language=en-US}}</ref>
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