Leader Of Seattle Alt-Right Rally Tells Followers 'No Fighting'

SEATTLE, WA - The leader of the right-wing Patriot Prayer group holding a rally in Seattle Sunday is asking his followers to "not fight back" if the group comes under physical assault from counter-protesters. The leader of Patriot Prayer, Joey Gibson, made the comments Saturday morning after anti-Nazi protesters were violently attacked in Charlottesville, Va., leaving a 32-year-old woman dead an 19 injured.

However, Gibson's remarks also seemed to prophesize violence. He says in the video that members of Patriot Prayer probably will likely be attacked by "little white punks," but encouraged his followers to not retaliate.

"A lot of these kids are going to punch you in the face and it's going to feel like a mosquito bite," he said. "You're not even gonna bleed."

Patriot Prayer, based in Portland, Ore., has appeared in Seattle twice so far in 2017. The group held a rally at Westlake Park on May Day, which was raucous and featured scuffles between right and left-wing protesters. Gibson and other Patriot Prayer members appeared at an "anti-sharia" march in Seattle in June. That event ended in a brawl between Patriot Prayer and anti-fascists; Seattle police had to deploy pepper spray to break up the fight.

Last Sunday, Patriot Prayer fought with anti-fascists at a rally in downtown Portland.

Here's Joey Gibson's full remarks in his Facebook live video from Saturday morning.

There is at least one counter-protest to the Patriot Prayer event planned for Sunday. The Seattle International Socialist Organization is holding a solidarity march against hate, which begins before the Patriot Prayer event.

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