The Patriot Front is classified as a white nationalist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization whose labels have been the subject of criticism in recent years. Among anti-communist and patriotic sentiments, stickers matched the group's anti-immigrant and pro-colonization rhetoric such as "Reclaim America" and "Not stolen, conquered" with the silhouette of America. The hate group was born from the Neo-Nazi Vanguard America — following the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a failed power grab by its 18-year-old founder. 
The Patriot Front's website comes with a 3,000-word manifesto laying out a description of a true American: white and of European descent, preferably dating back to the original settlers.

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, a Des Moines advocacy group, sent a statement from Sharon Zanders, its director of special projects, via email: 
"One of the main beliefs of the Patriot Front is that they are against democracy because they know most people don’t believe what they believe. Right now white supremacists are acting out because they’re scared of the political moment we’re in where people are organizing, standing with each other and ready to fight for a better world."