The Patriot Rides are “about uniting as Americans what’s so wrong with that?” “It just seems like hate to me,” Torres said, referring to House-Whitehorse’s social media comments directed at her and her sister. House-Whitehorse’s comments intensified after Torres took a Ute Mountain Ute flag to a Patriots ride several weeks ago, Tallbird said.
A few vehicles display anti-Black Lives Matter signs. Members of the group drive Cortez’s Main Street in trucks, cars and motorcycles, waving American, Trump, Confederate and Thin Blue Line (law enforcement) flags. Complaints against House-Whitehorse go back to May, the start of the Montezuma County Patriots’ Freedom Rides.
