Posted on 07/23/2020 9:18:29 AM PDT by Steve1999
OregonLive reports Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty said Wednesday she didn’t believe protesters in Portland are setting fires but that police are sending in “saboteurs” to create the strife – an unsubstantiated claim that drew immediate pushback from police and then an apology from her hours later. She also made a not-so-oblique reference to Mayor Ted Wheeler, referencing “ignorance at the highest levels in our city government” as she participated in a national briefing sponsored by a left-leaning think tank based in Portland. Hardesty spoke amid growing frustration in the city for the aggressive tactics of federal officers who have been firing tear gas, impact munitions and striking demonstrators with batons as larger crowds have descended this month outside the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse demanding that the federal officers leave town. Federal officers in camouflage fatigues also whisked away at least two people from Portland streets last week in unmarked vans for questioning.
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Oh HELL no.
Get a job.
I am surprised she did not say that “right wing” extremist were setting the fires.
Straight from Lenin’s and Stalin’s Soviet Union.
OMG.. The Leftist LIES never end!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
Did the ***** use the term "wrecking" too?
The paranoia is strong in this one .
He’s blaming the police, he’ll blame Trump next......................
Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty should self-immolate to demonstrate her devotion to the cause. Step up to the plate and be the first on your block to make the ultimate protest demonstration!
Yep. That’s part of why Lenin’s statue remains untouched.
For one thing, the feds had gasoline fueled vehicles, which not only destroy the Earth, but enabled the peaceful protestors to siphon out gasoline to start arson fires. /s
It’s a SHE. Always seems to be Leftist Female dogs spewing this BS.
How about “capitalist roaders,” and “running dog revanchist lackeys of Elvis Presley”?
I have had enough of these traitors to my country.
Well.. if they decide to take on the suburbs, they will be in for a surprise is my guess.
Blow something up and then have some of your people claim credit while others blame someone else (like the Joos, for example).
That way, you can get full credit for the dirty deed and still deny responsibility.
Prove it!
Agreed. If punks tried to take our street, they’d have so many holes in them that all the Swiss cheese in Switzerland would be jealous. Lots of military, law enforcement and just pissed off/well armed patriots.
Saw some of this ‘reported’ frequently of late. White supremacist militia members infiltrating the blm/pantyfa groups to make them look bad. Uh, okee dokee then. Maybe even unidentified naughtZee SS troops deployed by PDJT.
Riots must not poll well. But if these were “saboteurs”, why would the “mostly peaceful protesters” be protecting them?
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