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Kyle 鈥淏ased Stickman鈥� Chapman, had it out with fellow California far-right activists Johnny Benitez (real name Juan Cadavid) and Irma Hinojosa, trading blows first in person and later online. Then long shot Florida GOP senate candidate Augustus Invictus jumped into the fray to badmouth Chapman, a former ally.

Just a few months ago they were all friendly enough, sharing the stage in early August for an event clumsily titled 鈥淢ake Men Great Again.鈥� But the bromance didn鈥檛 last. Their social media feeds were frenzied last week as they accused each other of eye-gouging, dealing drugs, worshiping Lucifer, and running spy operations for the Left or the FBI. With friends like these, who needs antifa?

Storm clouds first began to churn a few weeks after the August event. Benitez was from the Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights (FOAK), an offshoot of Gavin McInnes鈥� Proud Boys led by Chapman. According to a post from McInnes, it was because he tried to change the rules and got 鈥渨ay too into鈥� the club. Chapman would later that Benitez was kicked out for being a 鈥渞acist white nationalist,鈥� a charge Benitez denies.

In September, screenshots circulated on social media suggesting that Chapman had given his 鈥済reenlight鈥� on Benitez. Benitez and Hinojosa 鈥� his girlfriend 鈥� interpreted this as a threat of violence, and to denounce Chapman.

Last week鈥檚 theatrics began in earnest October 22 at the California GOP convention, when Chapman and Benitez got into a physical altercation. Chapman claims Benitez threw the first punch, and Benitez swears that Chapman tried to gouge out his eyes.

In a recorded on Tuesday, Chapman concedes to those allegations, 鈥淢aybe my thumb slipped in his eye 鈥� whatever.鈥�

The conflict escalated two days after the fight when Chapman brought a group of Proud Boys to crash an event hosted by Hinojosa in Laguna Beach. The showdown primarily involved trading insults and shining flashlights in each other鈥檚 faces.

The drama continued on social media, as accusations of cuckoldry and wrongdoing flew on Twitter. Benitez even in a reply to a since-deleted tweet Chapman posted that referenced drugs.

No soap opera is complete without an unexpected visitor 鈥� a long-lost sibling, a love child, or a rival previously thought dead 鈥� and in this drama, Augustus Invictus stepped in from off stage, and denounced Chapman, a former close ally.

Earlier this year, Invictus cozied up to Chapman to assist in the founding of FOAK, and positioned himself as second-in-command under him. But he did an , accusing Chapman of urging far-right YouTuber Brittany Pettibone to remove a video of an interview with Invictus, who posted a lengthy livestream to Facebook bemoaning this slight, and with a melodramatic flourish, resigning from the Alt-Knights. Just a few hours later, Chapman posted a response denying the accusation.

Like the most boring possible retelling of they wove conflicting tales of persecution and sacrifice. Invictus cast himself as the helpless victim of a 鈥渂lacklisting鈥� campaign and threw barbs at Chapman, who he said gets coked up, takes pills, and uses rallies to pick up women (the Southern Poverty Law Center has obtained screenshots of Invictus himself soliciting drugs and women from an acquaintance, proving that projection is not just for the theater). In his response, Chapman mocked 鈥渢he fake colonial accent [Invictus] tries to put on,鈥� and called him a has-been and a Satan-worshipper.

He questioned Invictus鈥� motives for jumping into the drama. 鈥淐harlottesville caused him serious, serious problems,鈥� Chapman said. 鈥淎nd him attacking me is one of his ways to try to boost himself into prominence again.鈥�

Invictus and Chapman each dedicated part of their rival livestreams to meditations on their definitions of manliness: an interesting argument coming from two people whose gossip and backstabbing seems more in step with an episode of 鈥淭he Real Housewives.鈥�

Fans of all these far-right personalities also jumped in and took sides. One enterprising troll from the anti-Chapman camp created a fake Twitter account for Chapman with the name 鈥淟yle ChappedAss鈥� and the handle @DebasedCuckman.

Personal conflicts like these have hobbled a movement that likes to claim to be united. But their loathing of 鈥淪JWs,鈥� 鈥渃ommies鈥� and 鈥渃---servatives,鈥� it seems, can鈥檛 outstrip their loathing for each other.

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