6 weeks straight: riots consume down town Portland, destroying businesses, burning homes, innocent people assaulted, robbed... near total lawlessness.
4 weeks ago: local police attempt to reclaim streets from roving Antifa/BLM mobs. Mayor Ted Wheeler orders the local police to stand down, disallows use of tear gas, shields, or pepper spray, making the police virtually defenseless against the gangs.
1 week ago: Mayor Ted Wheeler joins w/ rioters outside of federal court house as they set fires and assaulted officers.
yesterday: Mayor Ted Wheeler discovers President Trump surging in polls as the news circulates about the ongoing violence (despite the national msm covering w/ false descriptions like "mostly peaceful" protests). He pivots his position in an attempt to cover for his culpability, and is attempting to blame President Trump for the two months of violence claiming that it was the federal officers sent to defend the court house that were responsible for all the violence.
This is always what they're about. They're amoral hacks interested only in holding on to corrupt Power. They'll pander to anything anti-American or racist against whites or any acts of vandalism or assaults on and even murder of law-abiding citizens UNTIL it poses a threat to their re-election.
Time line:
6 weeks straight: riots consume down town Portland, destroying businesses, burning homes, innocent people assaulted, robbed... near total lawlessness.
4 weeks ago: local police attempt to reclaim streets from roving Antifa/BLM mobs. Mayor Ted Wheeler orders the local police to stand down, disallows use of tear gas, shields, or pepper spray, making the police virtually defenseless against the gangs.
1 week ago: Mayor Ted Wheeler joins w/ rioters outside of federal court house as they set fires and assaulted officers.
yesterday: Mayor Ted Wheeler discovers President Trump surging in polls as the news circulates about the ongoing violence (despite the national msm covering w/ false descriptions like "mostly peaceful" protests). He pivots his position in an attempt to cover for his culpability, and is attempting to blame President Trump for the two months of violence claiming that it was the federal officers sent to defend the court house that were responsible for all the violence.
<cue calliope circus music>
Played by Heath Ledger as the Joker.
This is always what they're about. They're amoral hacks interested only in holding on to corrupt Power. They'll pander to anything anti-American or racist against whites or any acts of vandalism or assaults on and even murder of law-abiding citizens UNTIL it poses a threat to their re-election.
To be fair...they know it’s the only way to make them stop (without sending in the national guard)