I’m in Portland to cover the far right #ProudBoys rally. Follow along here for photo/video updates and/or check out my livestream on FB, Periscope, or YouTube.
Walmart stacked pallets in front of their windows and doors ahead of today’s rally. This woman was not happy to discover this. 
Armed supporters of the Proud Boys, dressed in full military fatigues and wearing “body cams” are directing us where to go
A couple hundred Proud Boys are in Delta Park. #portland
Designated security is asking @FordFischer, a journalist, to leave a public park because he is “antifa”. #Portland
This “Proud Boy” traveled from Florida for today’s rally.
Watch live here
https://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1309931280377606145
Speaker now saying “this is a war and we need to fight back” against “anarchy” and “black supremacy”
All geared up... including a vape holster
A truck is now unloading shields at Delta Park #PortlandProtest
A kid in flip flops grabbed a shield
It just started to rain 🌧
“Based Spartan” and his adult daughter, Bianca Turano, just arrived to Delta Park
A lot of waiting around now as people aren’t sure what to do or where to go now that the rally is over
Well this is something I haven’t seen before... a shield that can shock an enemy. A quick search showed a price of $1200 #PortlandProtest
Unclear where Proud Boys, III%s, Patriot Prayer, etc went. Any tips greatly appreciated.
I just arrived to Irving Park where a motorcade in support of #BLM is ongoing
Just drove around the entire perimeter of the Vancouver Mall. No one here 🤷♂️
No word on where everyone went... my guess would be to eat and drink more. I’d imagine people will come back out tonight. I overheard a PB saying “we were promised a battle”, as if upset they weren’t met with violence.
While at Irving Park, I spoke to someone in black bloc and asked if they ever planned to attend the rally at Delta. “No. We weren’t falling for their bullshit.”
"If we don't stand up/fight for our beloved country/our god-given rights/our 1st/2nd amendment/life/our children's future/our own parent's futures/our faith, then we're handing it over to these Marxists/anarchists/all those liberals who hate our president..."
More from an "Oregon Women for Trump" spokeswoman:
"I think its [America] better than it used to be. My life is better. And guess what, if you don't like it, get the hell out."
"I think its [America] better than it used to be. My life is better. And guess what, if you don't like it, get the hell out."
"America gonna have a purge of communists very soon. We gonna purge those motherfuckers. You can't be a communist and be American. That shit is illegal. So the gov't won't do anything, it's gonna be up to us. We gonna do it... liberate Portland... a good commie is a dead commie."
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