‘Absolutely essential’: Son of Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes is all in for Kamala Harris

CHICAGO — Dakota Adams is not your typical Democratic delegate. More notably is what lies deeper: Adams’ father, Stewart Rhodes, founded the Oath Keepers, a militia group instrumental in helping President Donald Trump attempt to maintain his grip on power after losing the 2020 election. “And the other half is defeating the election overturn attempt and the attempt to steal the election, which I think will inevitably turn violent.” Based on that criteria, and when it became apparent last month that President Joe Biden would drop out of the race, Adams said he initially supported Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for president “on the grounds of prior experience defeating a state level legislative coup and weathering a militia kidnapping plot, which were two critical pieces of job qualification for this coming election.” But after the Democratic Party establishment coalesced around Harris, Adams readily embraced her, particularly when “politically active Black American voters” helped marshal “record-breaking grassroots small-donor fundraising,” he said. “What we’ve got going now is our best shot, not just for defeating Donald Trump,” Adams said, “but for seeing Trump’s supporting conspiracy criminally charged, and for fixing the problems in this country that have had the existence of our nation imperiled by the results of an election for three elections in a row and the societal problems that lead to people going to a strongman like Trump for protection and for an easy fix.”