Thomas Ryan Rousseau (born October 20, 1998) is an American far-right activist known for founding and leading the alt-right and white supremacist group Patriot Front.

[1][2] According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Rousseau was the editor of his high school newspaper, The Sidekick, where he wrote columns calling for banning transgender bathrooms and promoting guns on college campuses.

[8] In the weeks before the rally, Rousseau took control of Vanguard America's website and Discord server[a] after feuding with the "Commander" of VA, Dillon Irizarry.

[14] In 2023, Rousseau would be named in a lawsuit by African-American singer Charles M. Murrell III for "physical and emotional challenges" stemming from what he claimed was an assault carried out by Patriot Front members during their 2018 march through Boston.

"[20] North Dakota U.S. District Judge Peter Welte dismissed two parts of the lawsuit against Rousseau, which was filed by 10 unnamed individuals for vandalizing an immigrant bus station's mural, rejecting parts of the suit including the plaintiffs' rights to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity, as well as Rousseau's alleged trespassing with intentions to destroy the mural, but kept The Ku Klux Klan Act violations and civil conspiracy allegations on the table.

[14] The state of Virginia is seeking his extradition as the felony carries the potential sentence of 5 years in prison, while Rousseau and Patriot Front have denounced the charges as fabricated.

[7] Rousseau claims that Donald Trump is a white supremacist in line with the values of Patriot Front, but that he only "indirectly supports" the alt-right.