Alt-Right and More Play Victim at Philadelphia Planned Parenthood Protest

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!”