The gospel of Gilead was pretty much promoted by the ban abortion, “Make  America Great Again,” and  White Nationalist crowd that assembled, all because they didn’t like how a State Representative called them names.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Calling it a “Pro-Life Rally Against Bullying”, hundreds flocked to the Planned Parenthood clinic at 12th and Locust streets Friday after a state representative posted videos of himself sparring with anti-abortion protesters.

The mid-day rally temporarily shut down a Center City block of Locust Street and snarled traffic near Jefferson Hospital, a sophisticated regional trauma center. In addition to some prominent religious and conservative anti-choice activists making speeches, a number of neo-fascists were spotted and even identified. 

Chants of “USA! USA! USA!” were heard from the overwhelmingly white, middle age and older crowd. Many wore Make America Great Again hats and a member of the Christian Motorcyclists Association wore a jacket stating, “Jesus died for bikers too! Pray for the sons of God.”

Among the neo-fascist attendees of the rally was David Fanelli, the Identity Evropa/American Identity Movement (AmIM) self-styled “Director of Operations” who was recently revealed to be employed at Boeing. Philadelphia GOP mayoral candidate Billy Ciancaglini, best known for founding a “Men’s Rights” club at Temple University Law School, and who has a recent history of associations with the Proud Boys and Identity Evropa, attended as well. A number of attendees represented the pro-Militia “Three Percenter” campaign, not only at the rally, but also at a protest outside the office of pro-choice advocate PA Rep. Brian Sims, who was the target of the day’s events after he posted videos of himself berating anti-abortion protesters outside the Planned Parenthood clinic.

Katlin Bennett, known for staging pro-gun demonstrations while a student at Kent State University while also promoting far right positions, was there as a correspondent for Infowars, the conspiracy theorist propaganda outlet run by Alex Jones.

Leading up to the rally, Rep. Simms laughed off the upcoming protest, saying in a tweet, “Bring it, Bible Bullies!”