shock troops

It helps radicalize the already converted who form the shock troops of the Trump brigade.

They will in turn become his personal shock troops.

Its shock troops rarely even carry firearms; their weapons are low-tech, crude, and exceptionally cruel, and their targets are unarmed, unsuspecting civilians.

These men and women will become the core of his personal shock troops and paramilitary force, the street thugs and enforcers for the regime.

To some pro-life voters who for decades have constituted the shock troops of the Republican Party, the stance is worrying.