23 Facts About Patriot Prayer

Patriot Prayer is a far-right group founded by Joey Gibson in 2016 and based in Vancouver, Washington, a suburban city in the Portland metropolitan area.

Patriot Prayer has focused on fighting anti-fascist and leftist groups; the brutal street fights between the groups, which have taken place since 2017, have frequently been filmed and posted online by observers and members.

Patriot Prayer has described itself as in favor of free speech and opposed to big government.

An infiltrator into Patriot Prayer said that the group had around 15 core members in 2019.

Since early 2017, Patriot Prayer supporters have traveled to downtown Portland to hold rallies in support of Donald Trump.

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Patriot Prayer is a far-right group, part of the right-wing of American politics.

Patriot Prayer have been connected to the alt-right and other far-right groups.

In 2018, authorities were prompted to conduct an investigation after Patriot Prayer called the Council on American–Islamic Relations a "Muslim extremist organization" and made online threats against the group.

Patriot Prayer has harassed and assaulted Abolish ICE and other leftist activists.

Six individuals affiliated with Patriot Prayer, including Gibson, were indicted on felony rioting charges following a brawl between Patriot Prayer and patrons of Cider Riot, a Portland cider house, on May 1 2019; several members pleaded guilty to the charges.

Since 2016, Patriot Prayer has hosted dozens of pro-gun and pro-Trump rallies in the Pacific Northwest.

The attendees of Patriot Prayer's rallies, known to draw supporters from Proud Boys and other anti-government extremist groups, have repeatedly clashed with left-wing groups in the Portland, Oregon, area.

On May 11 and 13,2017, Patriot Prayer organized the attendance of a dozen "antifa watchers" at a protest at a south-east Portland grocery liquidator.

On June 15,2017, Patriot Prayer members held a rally at Evergreen State College shortly after the university became the focus of a national controversy over how the academic world handled race.

Patriot Prayer promoted solidarity with Bret Weinstein, whose critical comments about an event for racial awareness had ignited the 2017 campus protests.

Patriot Prayer members were sprayed with silly string and after he repeatedly advanced into the opposition, Gibson was pepper-sprayed.

On June 30,2017, Patriot Prayer's self titled "Freedom March", held at the Portland Waterfront near the annual Blues Festival, was met by counter-protesters.

Patriot Prayer planned an August 26,2017 event to be held at Crissy Field in San Francisco.

On February 10,2018, Patriot Prayer was invited by the University of Washington College Republicans to speak at their "Freedom Rally" in Red Square.

Patriot Prayer attracted some 400 supporters for the rally from across the nation, with many wearing Proud Boys colors, Trump-branded merchandise, InfoWars merchandise, or the slogan "RWDS" .

On November 17,2018, an offshoot of Patriot Prayer scheduled a Him Too rally at Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland and was met with counter protestors.

In late 2020, Patriot Prayer organized a rally to protest COVID-19 public health restrictions in Washington state.

At December 2020 rally at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem organized by Patriot Prayer, protesters used chemical agents against troopers and some entered the building unlawfully, resulting in several arrests.