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George Washington Statue Toppled by Portland Protesters on the Eve of Juneteenth
TIME ^ | June 19, 2020 | Melissa Godin

Posted on 06/19/2020 12:11:13 PM PDT by Stravinsky

Protesters tore down a statue of George Washington in Portland on Thursday night, where demonstrations against racism and police brutality have taken place for 22 consecutive days.

The statue was torn down on the eve of Juneteenth, a historic holiday celebrating the official end of slavery in the United States. A group of approximately twenty people gathered around the statue in the late evening, where some protesters wrapped the statue’s head in an American flag and lit on fire, according to multiple sources.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; antiamerican; blm; culturalrevolution; flag; juneteenth; terrorists; washington
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1 posted on 06/19/2020 12:11:13 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

And Lenin still stands!


2 posted on 06/19/2020 12:12:39 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Stravinsky

Thank you Nimrata Randhawa.


3 posted on 06/19/2020 12:13:14 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: FatherofFive

Yep. And people just let it happen.


4 posted on 06/19/2020 12:21:27 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

Thus the bad people on the Left have proven Donald Trump right in his remarks after the Charlottesville riot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmaZR8E12bs
Aug 15, 2017

He said that they’d eventually come for George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.


5 posted on 06/19/2020 12:21:46 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: FatherofFive

about to say the same over Lenin.


6 posted on 06/19/2020 12:22:56 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Stravinsky

Landslide!!!!!


7 posted on 06/19/2020 12:23:09 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: FatherofFive
In Seattle, not Portland.

But your point is well-taken anyway. They'd certainly show more respect for a commie than Washington.

8 posted on 06/19/2020 12:23:14 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Stravinsky

“Idiots make the best protestors”, a statement that is remarkably profound!

They do what they are told, because they don’t know their history, and they don’t know their asses from a hole in the ground!

They’re Marxist, Marxist, dumb as rocks, and twice as proud!


9 posted on 06/19/2020 12:24:06 PM PDT by Richard Axtell (So, everything has gone to hell, what did I tell ya?)
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To: Stravinsky

Which people let it happen? The authorities who are charged with the responsibility of protecting this type of property, or the citizens who would have been jailed for taking action to prevent it themselves?


10 posted on 06/19/2020 12:35:17 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: The Toll

The authorities are triple damned: They failed their duty to protect it, failed to administer justice to those who did it, and threatened arrest and overcharging to any private citizens that might have tried to protect it.


11 posted on 06/19/2020 12:48:41 PM PDT by LambSlave
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To: Stravinsky

This is not protesting. It’s treason, plain and simple. Line the bastards up against the wall!


12 posted on 06/19/2020 12:57:48 PM PDT by Jack023
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To: Stravinsky; goodnesswins; PROCON; Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; ...

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me.

Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.

13 posted on 06/19/2020 1:20:48 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Stravinsky

And the stupidity continues...


14 posted on 06/19/2020 1:25:25 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Stravinsky
HELP...I saw a statue !!!!

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15 posted on 06/19/2020 1:35:58 PM PDT by timestax
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To: Stravinsky

A historic holiday? Where?


16 posted on 06/19/2020 1:37:48 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Stravinsky

A historic holiday? Where?


17 posted on 06/19/2020 1:37:49 PM PDT by Mears
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To: The Toll

I’ll be voting in that landslide, but Justice Roberts is
doing his best to nullify our votes, with his outside the
rule of law opinions.


18 posted on 06/19/2020 1:57:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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To: Stravinsky

That IS the saddest part about it!! If you don’t defend it, then you’re against it!! Seems those there in that community were 100% for the tumbling of GW statue...DAMN SICKENING!!


19 posted on 06/19/2020 2:31:44 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: RoseofTexas

Would have been ironic if the statue had fallen on the topplers and crushed them.


20 posted on 06/19/2020 5:30:32 PM PDT by funfan
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