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===Controversies===
===Controversies===
Despite [[Patriot Prayer]] being nominatively supportive of American values, Gibson's [[Alt-right]] political activity is frequently met with heavy criticism. Members of Patriot Prayer are referred to as being white supremacists.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mesh|first1=Aaron|last2=Pein|first2=Cory|title=White Supremacists Are Brawling with Masked Leftists in the Portland Streets. Homeland Security is Watching.|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/2017/05/23/white-supremacists-are-brawling-with-masked-leftists-in-the-portland-streets-homeland-security-is-watching/|website=Willamette Week|publisher=Willamette Week}}</ref> Nine days after a Patriot Prayer-aligned protester allegedly stabbed three men on the Portland transit system, [[TriMet]], Gibson hosted an [[alt-right]] rally met by thousands of counter-protesters.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Jason|title='Alt-right celebrities' are holding a rally in Portland. Who are they?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/02/alt-right-celebrities-rally-portland-train-stabbing|website=The Guardian|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref> Later that year, at a rally on September 10th, one month after the [[Unite the Right]] rally in Charlottesville, a Patriot Prayer member allegedly tried to drive his car into a crowd of left-leaning activists.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Keaton|title=Man who drove truck through protesters in Vancouver: 'I was in fear for my safety'|url=http://katu.com/news/local/i-was-in-fear-for-my-safety-man-who-drove-truck-through-vancouver-protest-speaks-out|website=Katu News|publisher=Katu News}}</ref>. The Proud Boys, a far-right hate group<ref>{{cite web|title=PROUD BOYS|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref>, have also been present at several of his events.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Anna|title=Brawlt-right: Antifa squares off against skinhead, Proud Boy rally|url=https://psuvanguard.com/brawlt-right-antifa-squares-off-against-skinhead-proud-boy-rally/|website=PSU Vanguard|publisher=Portland State University|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Graham|first1=Natalie|last2=Hsieh|first2=Steven|title=Police Made Five Arrests and Deployed Pepper Spray at the UW Patriot Prayer Rally|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/02/10/25802852/police-made-five-arrests-and-deployed-pepper-spray-at-the-uw-patriot-prayer-rally|website=SLOG|publisher=The Stranger|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Fairbanks|first1=Phillip|title=In The Wake Of Charlottesville Patriot Prayer, Proud Boys Marked White Supremacist Hate Groups|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/opinion/4435127/in-the-wake-of-charlottesville-patriot-prayer-proud-boys-marked-white-supremacist-hate-groups/|website=Inquisitr|publisher=Inquisitr|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref> Gibson has also drawn internal criticism from his habit of using violence against members of his own organization after consuming alcohol.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Anna|title=What Ever Happened to Patriot Prayer?|url=https://psuvanguard.com/whatever-happened-to-patriot-prayer/|website=PSU Vanguard|publisher=Portland State University|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref>
Despite [[Patriot Prayer]] being nominally supportive of American values, Gibson's [[Alt-right]] political activity is frequently met with heavy criticism. Members of Patriot Prayer are referred to as being white supremacists.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mesh|first1=Aaron|last2=Pein|first2=Cory|title=White Supremacists Are Brawling with Masked Leftists in the Portland Streets. Homeland Security is Watching.|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/2017/05/23/white-supremacists-are-brawling-with-masked-leftists-in-the-portland-streets-homeland-security-is-watching/|website=Willamette Week|publisher=Willamette Week}}</ref> Nine days after a Patriot Prayer-aligned protester allegedly stabbed three men on the Portland transit system, [[TriMet]], Gibson hosted an [[alt-right]] rally met by thousands of counter-protesters.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Jason|title='Alt-right celebrities' are holding a rally in Portland. Who are they?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/02/alt-right-celebrities-rally-portland-train-stabbing|website=The Guardian|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref> Later that year, at a rally on September 10th, one month after the [[Unite the Right]] rally in Charlottesville, a Patriot Prayer member allegedly tried to drive his car into a crowd of left-leaning activists.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Keaton|title=Man who drove truck through protesters in Vancouver: 'I was in fear for my safety'|url=http://katu.com/news/local/i-was-in-fear-for-my-safety-man-who-drove-truck-through-vancouver-protest-speaks-out|website=Katu News|publisher=Katu News}}</ref>. The Proud Boys, a far-right hate group<ref>{{cite web|title=PROUD BOYS|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref>, have also been present at several of his events.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Anna|title=Brawlt-right: Antifa squares off against skinhead, Proud Boy rally|url=https://psuvanguard.com/brawlt-right-antifa-squares-off-against-skinhead-proud-boy-rally/|website=PSU Vanguard|publisher=Portland State University|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Graham|first1=Natalie|last2=Hsieh|first2=Steven|title=Police Made Five Arrests and Deployed Pepper Spray at the UW Patriot Prayer Rally|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/02/10/25802852/police-made-five-arrests-and-deployed-pepper-spray-at-the-uw-patriot-prayer-rally|website=SLOG|publisher=The Stranger|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Fairbanks|first1=Phillip|title=In The Wake Of Charlottesville Patriot Prayer, Proud Boys Marked White Supremacist Hate Groups|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/opinion/4435127/in-the-wake-of-charlottesville-patriot-prayer-proud-boys-marked-white-supremacist-hate-groups/|website=Inquisitr|publisher=Inquisitr|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref> Gibson has also drawn internal criticism from his habit of using violence against members of his own organization after consuming alcohol.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Anna|title=What Ever Happened to Patriot Prayer?|url=https://psuvanguard.com/whatever-happened-to-patriot-prayer/|website=PSU Vanguard|publisher=Portland State University|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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Joey Gibson
Personal details
Born1983 or 1984 (age 40–41)
Political partyRepublican
Known forPatriot Prayer

Joey Gibson (born 1983/84) is an American conservative political activist. He is the founder of Patriot Prayer, a group which has organized protests in Portland, Oregon and other cities.[1]

Career

Gibson founded Patriot Prayer in 2016.[2][3]

On February 25, 2018, Gibson announced that he would be running as a Republican in the 2018 election for the United States Senate seat from Washington. He seeks to unseat incumbent Democrat Maria Cantwell.[4]

Personal life

Gibson resides in Washington.[5] He was born in Camas and is of Irish and Japanese descent.[6][7]

Political positions

Gibson describes himself politically as a "moderate libertarian",[8][9] but his organization has been described in the media as "alt-right".[10][11] Gibson denies that his group is alt-right, and has disavowed white supremacists who appear at his events.[12][13]

Gibson supports a pathway to citizenship for non-criminal illegal immigrants. He supports decriminalization of marijuana, and same-sex marriage.[14] Gibson advocates for establishment of term limits for the U.S. Congress, implementing a national sales tax, and abolition of the Internal Revenue Service.[15] He opposes what he describes as undue influence of the pharmaceutical industry on healthcare in the United States.[13]


Controversies

Despite Patriot Prayer being nominally supportive of American values, Gibson's Alt-right political activity is frequently met with heavy criticism. Members of Patriot Prayer are referred to as being white supremacists.[16] Nine days after a Patriot Prayer-aligned protester allegedly stabbed three men on the Portland transit system, TriMet, Gibson hosted an alt-right rally met by thousands of counter-protesters.[17] Later that year, at a rally on September 10th, one month after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a Patriot Prayer member allegedly tried to drive his car into a crowd of left-leaning activists.[18]. The Proud Boys, a far-right hate group[19], have also been present at several of his events.[20][21][22] Gibson has also drawn internal criticism from his habit of using violence against members of his own organization after consuming alcohol.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Joey Gibson aims to 'liberate conservatives' via his Patriot Prayer group". The Columbian. 2017-07-02.
  2. ^ May, Patrick (August 23, 2017). "Who's behind this weekend's right-wing rally at Crissy Field?". Mercury News. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "San Francisco shuts down 'Patriot Prayer' rally by walling off city park". Fox News. Associated Press. August 26, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson plans U.S. Senate run in Washington". The Oregonian. 2018-02-26.
  5. ^ Brown, Doug (December 12, 2017). ""Proud Boys" Founder Wants to "Trigger the Entire State of Oregon" by Helping Patriot Prayer's Joey Gibson win the Oregon Person of the Year Poll (Updated)". Portland Mercury. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Fowler, Lilly (August 25, 2017). "Patriot Prayer leader dislikes racists, but they seem to hear a whistle". Crosscut.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "San Francisco shuts down 'Patriot Prayer' rally by walling off city park". Fox News. Associated Press. August 26, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "A Beating in Berkeley". The Weekly Standard. 2017-09-11.
  9. ^ "Report: Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson to run for Senate". KGW. February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "Leader of Patriot Prayer promises rally, march Tuesday in Berkeley". The San Jose Mercury-News. 2017-09-25.
  11. ^ "Alt-right Rally: San Francisco Dog Owners to Cover Site with Dog Poop in Counterprotest". Newsweek. 2017-08-25.
  12. ^ Vercammen, Paul (5 June 2017). "14 arrested as the many extremes of Portland collide in protest". CNN. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  13. ^ a b Matarrese, Andy (February 25, 2018). "Patriot Prayer leader Gibson announces Senate run against Cantwell". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  14. ^ Dixon Kavanaugh, Shane (February 25, 2018). "Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson plans U.S. Senate run in Washington". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  15. ^ Herzog, Katie (February 26, 2018). "Patriot Prayer's Joey Gibson is Running for Senate". The Stranger. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  16. ^ Mesh, Aaron; Pein, Cory. "White Supremacists Are Brawling with Masked Leftists in the Portland Streets. Homeland Security is Watching". Willamette Week. Willamette Week.
  17. ^ Wilson, Jason. "'Alt-right celebrities' are holding a rally in Portland. Who are they?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  18. ^ Thomas, Keaton. "Man who drove truck through protesters in Vancouver: 'I was in fear for my safety'". Katu News. Katu News.
  19. ^ "PROUD BOYS". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  20. ^ Williams, Anna. "Brawlt-right: Antifa squares off against skinhead, Proud Boy rally". PSU Vanguard. Portland State University. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  21. ^ Graham, Natalie; Hsieh, Steven. "Police Made Five Arrests and Deployed Pepper Spray at the UW Patriot Prayer Rally". SLOG. The Stranger. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  22. ^ Fairbanks, Phillip. "In The Wake Of Charlottesville Patriot Prayer, Proud Boys Marked White Supremacist Hate Groups". Inquisitr. Inquisitr. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  23. ^ Williams, Anna. "What Ever Happened to Patriot Prayer?". PSU Vanguard. Portland State University. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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