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Trump Supporters Meet for Vehicle Rally Outside Portland

Associated Press

   PORTLAND, ORE. - Hundreds of people gathered Monday afternoon in a
   small town south of Portland for a pro-Donald Trump vehicle rally --
   just more than a week after a member of a far-right group was fatally
   shot after a Trump caravan went through Oregon's largest city.

   Vehicles waving flags for Trump, the QAnon conspiracy theory and in
   support of police gathered at Clackamas Community College in Oregon
   City about noon, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

   The rally's organizers said they would drive to the state capital,
   Salem, and members of the right-wing groups the Proud Boys and Patriot
   Prayer would be in attendance. Organizers said they did not plan to
   enter Multnomah County, where Portland is located. Oregon City is about
   20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Portland.

   On Aug. 29, Aaron "Jay" Danielson, a supporter of Patriot Prayer, was
   killed in Portland after a pro-Trump caravan went downtown. Trump
   supporters fired paintballs at counterdemonstrators, who tried to block
   their way.

   Danielson's suspected killer, Michael Forest Reinoehl, was fatally shot
   by police Thursday. Reinoehl was a supporter of antifa -- shorthand for
   anti-fascists and an umbrella description for far-left-leaning militant
   groups.

   Demonstrations in Portland started in late May after George Floyd died
   in police custody in Minneapolis and have continued for more than 100
   days.

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