WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Donald Trump supporters descended on the National Mall last Saturday for a political rally whose purpose was to \u201cpeacefully unite in honor of America.\u201d The rally in question, called The Mother of All Rallies or M.O.A.R, was meant to be the \u201cWoodstock of American Rallies\u201d as promoted on the event\u2019s now-disabled website and was anticipated by organizers to be larger than the actual outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a set goal of one million attendants, less than 1,000 people attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe reason you guys came out here today is because you know there\u2019s something not right,\u201d Joey Gibson, one of the speakers for M.O.A.R., said. \u201cYou know there\u2019s things going on in this country that we got to fix.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Named after the 22,000-pound \u201cmother of all bombs\u201d dropped on ISIS forces in Afghanistan by the U.S. military, M.O.A.R was held at the southernmost end of the Mall across the Washington Monument. Featured keynote speakers included Omar Navarro, a politician who ran for California\u2019s 43rd<\/sup> Congressional District against Rep. Maxine Waters; Marco Gutierrez, founder of the Latinos for Trump group; Hamody Jasim, a former Iraqi serviceman who wrote a memoir detailing his service fighting alongside U.S. military; Peter Boykin, the founder and president of the Gays For Trump group, and other speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Attendants were encouraged throughout the event to speak on stage if they so desired, including a man who used his chance to pitch his bid for governor of Florida in 2018, and another man who did the same only he was pitching his bid for Mississippi\u2019s 4th<\/sup> Congressional District. Groups such as Bikers for Trump, who also sponsored M.O.A.R, an alt-right group called The Proud Boys, and The Trump Unity Bridge, a float festooned with patriotic messages driven around the country for pro-Trump events, were also present. The float was secured next to the stage and welcomed all manner of poses and photographs by attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main organizer of M.O.A.R was Tommy E. Hodges Jr., also known as \u201cTommy Gunn\u201d, but better known as \u201cThe Pissed-Off American\u201d for his right-leaning video rants on the Internet. Despite the display of the Trump Unity Bridge, as well as chants in support of Trump not including the pro-Trump signs and shirts worn by attendants, Hodges insisted the rally \u201cwasn\u2019t for Trump,\u201d as recorded on video by reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Americans from all over came for the rally as word spread on Facebook and other corners of the web. In the case of Donna Byers, a financial reporter from Jacksonville, Fla., she drove all the way up to D.C. just for the rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n