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Stewart Rhodes announced<\/span> last week that he is relaunching the Oath Keepers<\/a>, his anti-government militia which virtually disappeared after dozens of its members\u2014including Rhodes\u2014were arrested for their roles in the January 6 attack on the Capitol<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rhodes, speaking to the Gateway Pundit this week, says that he sees the relaunched group as playing a role in combating what he labeled an \u201cinsurrection by the left\u201d on the streets of US cities. \u201cRight now, under federal statutes, president Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union,\u201d Rhodes said.<\/p>\n But in the days since Rhodes announced their return, experts, former members, and online chatter suggest there is little to no interest in restarting what was, at one point, one of the largest militias in America with a leaked database<\/a> listing 38,000 supposed members in 2021. This hasn\u2019t stopped Rhodes from asking potential new members and supporters to send money in support of the cause.<\/p>\n