We'll have to wait for the video.
Posted on 07/22/2019 8:47:55 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
PORTLAND, Ore. — Joe Fontenot walked away from his comedy show Saturday night with a black eye.
The Portland comedian said he was performing at a venue in Hood River when he was attacked. He said he usually stays away from religion and politics during his act, but he took a chance that night.
Fontenot said he was making fun of President Donald Trump's infamous statement about creating a Space Force when a man in the audience stood up and shouted, "Make America great again!" then walked on stage.
"I just said, 'Someone should build a wall around you,' and the next thing you know, boom," described Fontenot.
He said he blacked out after the man punched him because the next thing he remembers, he could barely able open his eye.
Fortenot said he thought his joke was harmless.
"I don't understand, like, it's not even a joke about Trump or anything like that, for people to assault someone else for talking is insane," said Fortenot. "Did that make America great again?"
He said in the 22 years in the business, this has never happened before. However, he said the incident isn't going to stop him from doing what he loves most: telling jokes.
"It's never going to stop me, absolutely not. I plan on telling the joke again next week," said Fortenot.
KATU reached out to Hood River Police for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Fontenot's next show is this weekend in the Tri-Cities.
Surveillance video of the attack is expected to be be released Monday.
We'll have to wait for the video.
No sale, Hussein Head!!!!
Was his name Jussie Smollett?
Did the audience take down the Puncher?? Were the cops called??/ Is the puncher in JAIL?? Where the HELL is the REST OF THE STORY???
“Comedian says he was punched in the face for making Trump-related joke”
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Things be lookin’ upwards!!!!!!
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GunnyG@PlanetWTF?
SenperTRUMP.45!
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Gee, that’s too bad. Sure hope it doesn’t happen again.
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There we go, the one incident of violence from a Trumpet
A Trump supporter in Portland, OR? Not buying it.
Chicago PD is all over this one. :-)
As an ex boxer amd having seen many bar fights and been in a few, I have NEVER seen a result like that.
The pot is starting to boil.
Imagine if the guy had used a bike lock.
To me it looks like he put on black make-up on the bags under his eye.
Well... The shiner looks real enough, but where in Portland are you going to find a Trump supporter, much less one willing to go to a comedy club full of liberals ...by himself?
I smell a rat wanting to boost his celebrity. Or maybe just a guy who got clocked by a girl and doesn’t want to admit it.
Looks like someone ‘punched a Nazi’.
A New York Giants fan? Making Trump jokes? Moron.
A: What do you tell a leftie comedian with two black eyes?
Q: You can’t tell him anything, because someone has already told him twice.
Wasn’t in Portland.
Hahahahaha!
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