March 4 Trump

{{Short description|2017 series of demonstrations in support of U.S President Donald Trump}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox event | title = March 4 Trump | image = Pro-Trump Rallies Washington DC March 2017.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = | caption = Demonstration in Washington, D.C. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | english_name = | time = | duration = | date = {{start date and age|2017|03|04}} | venue = | location = United States | coordinates =  | also_known_as = | type = Demonstrations | theme = | cause = Support of president Donald Trump | first_reporter = | budget = | patron =  | organizers = Vincent Haney, Corinne Braun, Peter Boykin | filmed_by = | participants = | outcome = | casualties1 = | casualties2 = | casualties3 = | reported deaths = | reported injuries = 7 (Berkeley, California) | reported missing = | reported property damage = | burial = | inquiries = | inquest = | coroner = | arrests = 10 (Berkeley, California) | suspects = | accused = | convicted = | charges = | trial = | verdict = | convictions = | sentence = | publication_bans = | litigation = | awards = | url = | blank_label =  | blank1_label =  | blank2_label =  | website =  | notes = }} '''March 4 Trump''' was a series of more than two dozen demonstrations organized throughout the United States on March 4, 2017, in support of President Donald Trump.<ref name="Williams">{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Kale|title=Counter-protest planned for Lake Oswego 'March 4 Trump'|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/counter-protest_planned_for_la.html|access-date=February 25, 2017|work=The Oregonian|publisher=Advance Publications|date=February 24, 2017|archive-date=February 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226081633/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/counter-protest_planned_for_la.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Macuk">{{cite news|last1=Macuk|first1=Anthony|title=Lake Oswego business owner plans 'March 4 Trump'|url=http://koin.com/2017/02/22/lake-oswego-business-owner-plans-march-4-trump/|access-date=February 25, 2017|work=Lake Oswego Review|publisher=Pamplin Media Group|date=February 22, 2017|via=KOIN|archive-date=February 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225002427/http://koin.com/2017/02/22/lake-oswego-business-owner-plans-march-4-trump/|url-status=live}}</ref> The official message of the demonstration was "Stop the fight. Let's all unite."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2017/02/21/pro-trump-rally-planned-march-4-in-augusta/|title=Pro-Trump rally planned March 4 in Augusta|work=Portland Press Herald|agency=Kennebec Journal|date=February 21, 2017|access-date=February 27, 2017|archive-date=February 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225050831/http://www.pressherald.com/2017/02/21/pro-trump-rally-planned-march-4-in-augusta/|url-status=live}}</ref> The founder of the March 4 Trump movement is Vincent Haney, who says he was inspired to create a peaceful pro-Trump movement after listening to commentary by famous individuals speaking out against Trump and watching the anti-Trump marches.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kswo.com/story/34574794/oklahomans-to-unite-and-support-the-nationwide-pro-trump-march-at-state-capitol|title=Oklahomans to unite and support the Nationwide Pro-Trump March at State Capitol|last=Poolaw|first=Rhiannon|access-date=February 27, 2017|publisher=KSWO|archive-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317192740/https://www.kswo.com/story/34574794/oklahomans-to-unite-and-support-the-nationwide-pro-trump-march-at-state-capitol/|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the March organizers were part of the Tea Party movement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-supporters-idUSKBN1661CM|title=After anti-Trump protests, the president's fans organize their own rallies|date=February 27, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=February 27, 2017|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227131250/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-supporters-idUSKBN1661CM|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Locations== thumb|Washington, D.C. rally

As of February 23, 2017, the Facebook page for the Washington, D.C., event, which was held at the National Mall,<ref name=Macuk/> showed 166 people planning to attend, with an additional 349 expressing interest and another 1,800 who had been invited.<ref name="Campuzano">{{cite news|last1=Campuzano|first1=Eder|title=A Lake Oswego man is organizing Oregon's first 'March 4 Trump'|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/lake_oswego_man_organizes_oregon_march_4_trump.html|access-date=February 25, 2017|work=The Oregonian|date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223111551/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/lake_oswego_man_organizes_oregon_march_4_trump.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On the day, an estimated 150 Trump supporters marched from the Washington Monument to Lafayette Square near the White House.<ref name="reuters.com">{{cite news|last1=Lam|first1=Stephen|last2=Branfalt|first2=Tim|title=In day of pro-Trump rallies, California march turns violent|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-supporters-idUSKBN16B0O8|access-date=March 5, 2017|work=Reuters|date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304232546/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-supporters-idUSKBN16B0O8|url-status=live}}</ref>

Events were also held outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver and the Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/arrests-made-after-some-march-4-trump-rallies-turn-violent |title=Trump supporters declare pride in president, slam opponents |publisher=Fox News |date= March 4, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-date=March 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304194710/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/04/supporters-gather-for-march-4-trump-rallies-around-us.html |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as in Columbus, Ohio, Florida (including Miami, Orlando, and Palm Beach), Indiana, Maine, Middletown, New Jersey, Missouri, Nashville, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tens-of-people-rally-across-the-country-in-march-4-trump_us_58bafc38e4b0b9989417fdcd |title=Tens of People Rally Across the Country in 'March 4 Trump' |work=The Huffington Post |date= March 4, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-date=March 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304223915/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tens-of-people-rally-across-the-country-in-march-4-trump_us_58bafc38e4b0b9989417fdcd |url-status=live }}</ref> Approximately 200 Trump supporters gathered in New York City.<ref name="reuters.com"/>

The March 4 Trump event at Berkeley became violent as pro-Trump and anti-Trump groups clashed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Violence at Berkeley 'March 4 Trump'|url=https://www.reuters.com/video/2017/03/05/violence-at-berkeley-march-4-trump?videoId=371240378&videoChannel=13421|access-date=March 9, 2017|work=Reuters|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711031913/https://www.reuters.com/video/2017/03/05/violence-at-berkeley-march-4-trump?videoId=371240378&videoChannel=13421|url-status=live}}</ref> The rally took place at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park at 2 pm, but fighting broke out before the rally started.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Scattered-fist-fights-break-out-at-pro-Trump-10977508.php|title=Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley|work=SFGate|access-date=March 9, 2017|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201231242/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Scattered-fist-fights-break-out-at-pro-Trump-10977508.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Anarchists dressed in black dominated the crowd by 3 pm.<ref name=":0" /> Both sides alleged that violence was started by the other faction.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-trump-rally-berkeley-20170304-story.html|title=Violence breaks out at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley|date=March 5, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 9, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=March 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309092211/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-trump-rally-berkeley-20170304-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Smoke bombs were set off, with 7 people injured and 10 arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-03-04/the-latest-2-arrested-at-pro-trump-rally-in-tennessee|title=The latest: 10 arrested in pro-Trump rally in Berkeley|publisher=Associated Press|date=March 4, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525045450/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-03-04/the-latest-2-arrested-at-pro-trump-rally-in-tennessee|url-status=live}}</ref> The rally in support of Trump did not have the proper permits for a demonstration.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Berkeley-police-ID-8-of-10-arrested-at-weekend-10987818.php|title=Trump fan jailed in Berkeley melee thanks 'all my supporters'|work=SFGate|access-date=March 9, 2017|archive-date=March 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309024345/http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Berkeley-police-ID-8-of-10-arrested-at-weekend-10987818.php|url-status=live}}</ref> One man, Kyle Chapman, was arrested for allegedly hitting a protester in the head with a stick. Images of Chapman in his makeshift armor went viral as "Based StickMan" or "Alt-Knight." A campaign started by the Proud Boys to raise money for his bail and other expenses took in more than $85,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/American-Hero-Who-Hit-Anti-Trump-Protester-With-Stick-at-Berkeley-Rally-to-Be-Arraigned-415597623.html|title=Berkeley 'March 4 Trump' Protesters Arrested, Await Charges|work=NBC Bay Area|access-date=March 9, 2017|language=en|archive-date=March 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309092041/http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/American-Hero-Who-Hit-Anti-Trump-Protester-With-Stick-at-Berkeley-Rally-to-Be-Arraigned-415597623.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Feuer|first1=Alan|last2=Peters|first2=Jeremy W.|title=Fringe Groups Revel as Protests Turn Violent|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/us/politics/white-nationalists-alt-knights-protests-colleges.html?_r=0|access-date=August 22, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=June 2, 2017|archive-date=August 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822055639/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/us/politics/white-nationalists-alt-knights-protests-colleges.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Montgomery-BuzzFeedNews">{{Cite web|last=Montgomery|first=Blake|date=April 27, 2017|title=Here's What Happens When Your Life Becomes An Alt-Right Meme|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/blakemontgomery/meet-kyle-chapman-the-living-alt-right-meme-who-carries-a|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117014220/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/blakemontgomery/meet-kyle-chapman-the-living-alt-right-meme-who-carries-a|archive-date=November 17, 2020|access-date=November 11, 2020|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:President Trump's First 100 Days- 26 (33998674950).jpg|thumb|Trump waves to supporters at a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida|left]]

The march in Lake Oswego, Oregon, which took place at George Rogers Park,<ref name="Campuzano" /> was also meant to protest against Governor Kate Brown's decision to continue offering sanctuary throughout Oregon, according to the event's primary organizer.<ref name="Macuk" /> By February 23, 51 people were confirmed to attend the Lake Oswego march.<ref name="Humphrey">{{cite news|last1=Humphrey|first1=Wm. Steven|title="March 4 Trump" Rally in Lake Oswego Sounds Like They Might Need Some Help|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/02/23/18861430/march-4-trump-rally-in-lake-oswego-sounds-like-they-might-need-some-help|access-date=February 25, 2017|work=The Portland Mercury|date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301091138/http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/02/23/18861430/march-4-trump-rally-in-lake-oswego-sounds-like-they-might-need-some-help|url-status=live}}</ref> A counter-protest was reportedly being organized by Oregon Students Empowered.<ref name="Williams" /> On the day, approximately 200 Trump supporters assembled, and were met on the march by up to 700 anti-Trump demonstrators; ensuing disturbances led to three arrests.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Campuzano|first1=Eder|title=March 4 Trump meets resistance during Lake Oswego rally|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/03/march_4_trump_lake_oswego.html|access-date=March 5, 2017|work=The Oregonian|date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319105542/http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/03/march_4_trump_lake_oswego.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Four people were arrested for assaulting police in Olympia, Washington. 300 Trump supporters attended an event in Saint Paul, Minnesota. According to a Minnesota State Patrol officer, 50 counterprotesters started fighting, resulting in six arrests and charges of rioting and disorderly conduct.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bailey |first=Chelsea |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/march-4-trump-supporters-gather-cities-across-nation-n729121 |title='March 4 Trump' Supporters Gather in Cities Across the Nation |publisher=NBC News |date= March 5, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108051151/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/march-4-trump-supporters-gather-cities-across-nation-n729121 |url-status=live }}</ref> A march was planned in Springfield, Illinois, by two women who discovered that no marches had been organized yet in the state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/louisville-women-organize-trump-rally/article_e5c7c779-9175-5243-851d-e6a835db8e70.html|title=Louisville women organize Trump rally|work=Effingham Daily News|access-date=February 27, 2017|language=en|archive-date=March 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329210527/http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/louisville-women-organize-trump-rally/article_e5c7c779-9175-5243-851d-e6a835db8e70.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Springfield rally attracted around 200 pro-Trump demonstrators.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Witkos|first1=Matthew|title=March 4 Trump Held in Springfield|url=http://newschannel20.com/news/local/march-4-trump-held-in-springfield|access-date=March 5, 2017|agency=WICS|date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=March 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305055911/http://newschannel20.com/news/local/march-4-trump-held-in-springfield|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Politics|United States}} * Gays for Trump

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|March 4 Trump}} * {{Official website|https://www.march4trump.com}}

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