Video is shown in front with a boat sinking on a river in Portland, Oregon, as ships participating in a “Trump Boat Parade” pass nearby. The clip, which has been viewed more than 250,000 times on Twitter, shows the boat sinking when it took water on the Willamette River on Sunday.
Other ships are arriving to help those stranded in the river. Sgt. Bryan White, spokesman for the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, told Oregon Live that the people on board the boat had already been rescued by the time River Patrol deputies arrived on the scene.
No one was injured during the incident. White said the boat that sank was not part of the Trump parade.
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According to the organizer of the event, more than 100 boats took part in the parade with the support of the president for the November elections.
“Oregon, today you came out and showed your love and support for our wonderful President, Donald J. Trump, thank you! With so much that President Trump has done for our country, it’s the least we can do in return. The Silent Majority is tired of being silent, it’s time for change in Oregon, and May, that we help God, “Kristina Malimon wrote on Facebook.
Elsewhere, Trump supporters in Florida on Saturday set a world record for the largest boat parade. More than 1,180 boats are rumored to be taking part in the event in Clearwater where organizers called it the “Mother of All Boat Parades”.
According to Guinness World Records, the current largest boat parade saw 1,080 ships, which was in set Terengganu, Malaysia, on September 13, 2014.
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Another “Trump Boat Parade” over the weekend of July 4th in South Carolina has already claimed that the world record has been broken after it is said that more than 3,400 boats participated in the 20-mile parade on Lake Murray.
“According to the company of the 3rd party whose expertise is people and counting things from the air, we had a record breaking 3,417 boats and more than 30,000 people on the Trumptilla,” broke Pressley Stutts, one of the organizers of the parade, wrote on Facebook.
Talk to you soon and keep up the good content Newsweek, fellow organizer Jason Cline said: “With all the negative news from COVID-19 and burning, looting and violence that came with the protests, people wanted something positive that we could all rally. We had no idea we would get such an overwhelmingly positive response. “
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