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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This woman is insane to the point of psychopathic nth degree. She looks like the local baglady. Wonder what she has in that bag?
She gets her news straight from the Bee:
The political leaders of Minneapolis were saying it on Saturday May 30th. They were claiming the fires were set by right-wing infiltrators within the ranks of the "protestors."
Here's a list — in reverse chronological order — starting the morning after the first night of the riots, May 30th, 2020:
Minnesota Governor Blames White Supremacist Groups And Drug Cartels For Riots
Trump blames 'ANTIFA and radical left' for violent George Floyd protests after Minnesota Gov. suggested white supremacists and cartels could be manipulating riots to destabilize nation as US descends into chaos
Minnesota Democrats: 'White Supremacists' Instigating Race Riots
Democrats Blaming White Supremacists
Trump vows to stop 'mob violence' amid riots over George Floyd death (mentioned in story)
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activates all National Guard troops as George Floyd protests continue
Twitter Fails to ‘Fact Check’ Reza Aslan for Claiming ‘Trump Supporters’ Are Looting
Black Protester Faces Antifa Rioter And Tells Him To Stop Destroying The City (Video) (mentioned in story)
Blaming White Supremacists For The Riots Is Nonsensical Gaslighting
A neutron bomb, just a little one.
Yes, these people are capable of rounding us up and sending us to concentration camps to be murdered.
They would say it ‘was peaceful’ and we wanted to ride the trains... and the stupid vile members of the corrupt press would buy the lie.
HOW, in the name of everything that is good and holy and SANE, did this freak get elected to ANYTHING??!? She looks like she was pulled out of a blazing fire in the nick of time. Lucky her...
My liberal friends say that ANTIFA is a right-wing group.
City Council members are often bottom-of the-barrel creeps. But this one is particularly creepy.
Like Hitler saying that Poland attacked Germany. Only tactic to disguise an assault-surprised it hasn’t been used sooner.Remember Nancy P. saying the Tea Party used the Forbidden “N” Word in the capital demonstration? All the media cameras never caught the forbidden word? Sad day for America. Once we lived in a Free Country. Free Speech is the first right to go.
Where are the rest of the people in and around Portland who are not participating in this? They may be libs, but they can’t all condone this! This is their city, or the major city near them. Why aren’t they asking for their elected officials to reign this in?
After Hitler became the German Chancellor, the Nazis decided it was time to get rid of the communists. To do so, they set fire to the Reichstag building and after arresting a young communist with mental problems blamed him for setting the fire. I believe the “suspect” later was executed, and Hitler was able to rid himself of the communists. It seems Hardesty has taken a page right out of the Nazi playbook. Great work!
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