I got it together late last night, I took the bolt out of the other side and connected it from the bottom up instead of the top down.
Something wasn't lined up, fixed it with my pry bar and a little persuasion tool (hammer)!
Thanks for the help guys!
It's rolling now, I took a few minutes to look things over while I was brainstorming how to get that piece on and found a few hoses not connected and some misrouted wires...
I guess this is where the sense of humor comes in with chinese bikes
I haven't started it yet but so far it's looking like a great value for the money.
I'm making a video of the assembly, hoping it will help someone else out. I have a second bike to assemble hopefully tomorrow.