Patriot Prayer leader and U.S. Senate candidate Joey Gibson was booted from a Vancouver watering hole Thursday night after his unruly behavior unnerved a longtime female bartender, the owner told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Brickhouse Bar and Grill owner Angela Deans said her bartender and a floor manager asked the right-wing activist to leave the West 15th Street establishment shortly after he arrived around 11 p.m.

"His body language was aggressive and he was raising his voice," said Deans, who reviewed security footage and spoke with staff after the dustup. "He was basically yelling at her, and it made my bartender feel very uncomfortable."

When Gibson refused to calm down, the bartender got her co-worker.

"He then began accusing us of being racist," said floor manager Ryan Reed, adding Gibson, who is half Japanese, appeared intoxicated. "I told him it was time to call it a night."

Deans said she stands by the decision of her bartender, a four-year veteran of the Brickhouse. "I really trust her judgment. If she felt like he needed to leave, he needed to leave."

But Gibson, who is running for elected office as a Republican, offered a different account of events.

Immediately after being 86'd, he took to Facebook Live outside to claim the bartender had called him a white supremacist and accused him of being responsible for riots because of the controversial marches and rallies he's led in the Portland and other cities, some of which have turned violent and led to dozens of arrests.

Gibson also said she mocked his Christian faith because he wore a baseball hat with a fish-like image that symbolizes Jesus.

He then published the Brickhouse's address and phone number and urged his 13,000 Facebook followers to contact the bar.

Deans and Reed said the bar has been inundated with calls accusing employees of being "communists," "anti-Patriot" and "anti-American." One caller warned workers to "watch themselves" when the bar closed that evening, Deans said.

"I don't know why people would call you and threaten you on behalf of someone who was asked to leave," the owner said. "There's 15 other bars in town. It's totally baffling."

Though Deans was not there that night, she disputes Gibson's claims.

"We don't talk politics and religion at the bar. It's kind of a bar rule of thumb. It's bad for business" she said. "We don't kick people out because of their thoughts or beliefs. We refuse service if someone is being a jerk."

There's another reason why she doubts Gibson's accusations against her bartender. "She's a Christian herself," Deans said. "She attends church religiously."

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

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