You know it was a bust if you have to search for anyone talking about this thing they laughingly called “The Power of Unity”!

NEWTOWN, PA – It seemed to be more of an effort to build momentum for supporters of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Mises Caucus, the  so-called “paleolibertarian” arm of the Libertarian Party currently running it, than it was an effort to get Donald Trump reelected President. Nevertheless, Trump was a means to an end for the moderately-sized crowd who attended an underreported rally they called “The Power of Unity” at a local athletic center organized by neo-fascist activists Scott Presler, Tim Pool and Jack Posobiec to get out the Republican vote.

While there was some media attention given to the event as the date neared, there were few reports on the event after it took place nor was there much discussion about it from even the promoters or the attendees.

The Mises Caucus was formed within the Libertarian Party in the wake of the tragic 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Va after the then-leadership of the Party was critical of the White nationalist statements and advocacy expressed in the weeks prior to the rally by the leaders of the Mises Institute think tank. Within five years, the Caucus was able to take over the Libertarian Party and since then further advanced the neo-fascism they had been advocating, prompting splits and departures within the Party.

Sunday’s event was held at the Newtown Sports & Events Center which is owned by GOP Delegate Jim Worthington and where Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance made a campaign stop Sept. 29. It was organized by Ellen Cox, a member of the Doylestown (PA) Republicans who was at the rally on Jan. 6, but it is not known if she participated in the riot that ensued that day. Another organizer was the Mises Caucus Board member and Libertarian Party Chair Angela McArdle, who was not present and is currently facing a lawsuit filed on Oct. 3 that seeks to remove her from her position on the grounds of having a disloyalty to the party with the support of Trump, the Republican Party presidential candidate, over that of Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Party candidate. At this rally there was support heard from speakers and attendees of Trump but virtually none for Oliver. The Mises Caucus had a table for their effort to prevent National Guard members from being deployed overseas. It was being overseen by Mises Caucus Chair Michael Heise.

After a number of music tracks played – including the seemingly ironic 1982 club song “Murphy’s Law” by Cheri – attendees stood for “Justice for All,” a rendition of the National Anthem with Donald Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance spliced in various parts of the song.

Sunday’s event most well-known faces were Presler, Pool and Posobiec, all known for their associations with neo-fascist activity. Presler was an associate of the anti-Muslim hate group ACT for America, Posobiec has worked with known White Supremacists such as Richard Spencer, Kevin DeAnna and onetime Identity Evropa leader Nathan Damingo and Pool passes himself off as a moderate that has frequently used his podcast to promote the Proud Boys as well as neo-fascist positions, once attempting to hold a conference of such individuals along with sympathizing liberals in New Jersey before it was shut down and sent to a casino in Philadelphia, the afterparty being held at a venue a block away from the original location.

At the rally Presler attempted to energize the crowd by suggesting that they can take over long-held Democratic strongholds in voter drives and encouraged them to find votes in conservative circles. “Could hunters save Western Civilization by literally voting in this year’s election?” he asked to cheers, using a term that is often employed by White Supremacists as a code phrase for European culture. He ended his presentation by addressing Democrats with a bizarre declaration: “I want you to know that we are coming peacefully, not with bullets, but with ballots!” Pool, meanwhile, said that is wasn’t until 2020 that he was active in politics, even though he has been a well-known figure among political far right circles for over a decade, but said Trump inspired him to get involved enough to push his candidacy. “This time around, I’m here out of the studio back outside because we all have to do something,” he said. Posobiec aired out a number of grievances, from his family having to leave his hometown of Norristown, PA because “they made it a sanctuary city” to lamenting how America is a country of political prisoners, citing right wing figures such as those convicted for their roles on January 6, Trump advisor Steve Bannon, currently in prison on a contempt of congress conviction and someone that Posobiec he says he speaks to regularly, 2020 Election Conspiracy theorist Peter Navarro and White Supremacist troll Doug Mackey, who under the Twitter handle “Ricky Vaughn” attempted to diminish turnout in the 2016 election. He then said that he is going to encourage a future Trump administration to respond in kind and go after those that have gone against the things he supports. “When they took Steve Bannon away, when they took him away and put him in jail and they put him in chains, I said, ‘You know what? I’m not going to rest until I do it to you too. I’m going to do the same exact thing that you did.’”

Many of the other, lesser known speakers came from the abandoned campaign of Robert F. Kennedy who were now expressing support for Donald Trump. A number of speakers, including Posobiec noted how the different camps came together for that event hoping that it will mean a win for Trump. Meanwhile on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was in Washington Crossing, PA also in Bucks County for a rally before her interview on Fox News where she met with Republicans expressing support for her. In her remarks, she noted that divisive politics should not be supported by anyone who wants to lead the nation. Bob and Kristina Lange, two Republicans who hosted the campaign stop on their farm, had been receiving death threats for supporting Harris.