page_title: Mother of All Rallies
section_title: Participants and activities
hierarchical_section_title: Mother of All Rallies / Participants and activities
caption_attribution_description: WASHINGTON DC, SEPT 16 2017: The "Mother of All Rallies" event in support of Donald Trump draws a small group to the National Mall.
context_page_description: The Mother of All Rallies was a rally held on September 16, 2017, at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States, in support of President Donald Trump. The event was held on the same day as other demonstrations throughout the city, including the Juggalo March. Speakers included Marco Gutierrez and the leaders of Gays for Trump and Patriot Prayer, among others. Members of the 3 Percenters, American Guard, Oath Keepers, and Proud Boys were present, as were Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists. Crowd estimates ranged from several hundred to around 1,000 attendees, far less than organizers' original goal of 1 million participants and claims that thousands would attend. No Republican elected officials attended the rally.
context_section_description: Speakers included Peter Boykin of Gays for Trump, Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson, Tim Foley of the Arizona Border Recon militia group, Marco Gutierrez of Latinos for Trump, author Hamody Jasim, and Omar Navarro. They reportedly endorsed Trump's Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, which prohibits open military service of transgender individuals, and spoke out against sanctuary cities. Crowd estimates ranged from several hundred to around 1,000 people. The Associated Press reported there were 500 people assembled near the Washington Monument by 1:30pm, and one rally organizer taunted members of the media by inviting them to the stage to film but saying, "I know you don't like to show large pro-Trump crowds". One speaker got attendees to chant "lock her up" in reference to Hillary Clinton, which was often heard at Trump events leading up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
  Members of the 3 Percenters, American Guard, Oath Keepers, and Proud Boys were present, as was the Trump Unity Bridge. A group of Antifa demonstrators briefly visited the rally; the group was reportedly confronted by regional militia members at the Mother of All Rallies but tensions were reduced by United States Park Police officers. When Black Lives Matter activists gathered near the stage, a Mother of All Rallies organizer invited them to speak from the stage, and said: "It's your right to say whatever you believe, and it's their [the crowd's] right to let you know what they think about what you're saying. The important thing is that everybody has a right to speak their mind." Participants heard the Pledge of Allegiance each hour, and many versions of "The Star-Spangled Banner". No Republican members of Congress or politicians attended the rally.
caption: Speaker at the event
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