Posted on 07/23/2020 6:02:58 AM PDT by dennisw
The mayor of Portland was left struggling to breathe when federal agents hit him with tear gas after a crowd of angry protesters threw shrapnel at his feet as they demanded the city official resign during a Wednesday night demonstration.
Mayor Ted Wheeler scrambled to put goggles on after the noxious gas was used on crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters outside the city's federal courthouse.
Wheeler told The New York Times: 'I’m not going to lie — it stings; it’s hard to breathe. And I can tell you with 100 percent honesty, I saw nothing which provoked this response.'
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Wheeler made an appearance at a protest in downtown Portland Wednesday night, where he promised he was doing everything in his power to push the federal agents out of the city.
‘I am doing everything in my power to get them to leave,’ he told protesters in footage captured by OPB.
He was met with outrage from the crowds chanting ‘tear gas Ted must go’, swearing at him and calling for his resignation as he made his way into the crowd.
One man walked up and emptied a bag full of shrapnel in front of him causing Wheeler to stop in his tracks, while another came up behind him and put a police hat on his head which he swiftly removed.
Several people held banners aloft reading ‘Tear gas Ted’ and ‘Hey Ted, no more tear gas’.
Wheeler spoke into a microphone telling protesters he was there to hold a ‘listening session’ where he wanted to hear their views.
Crowds pushed forward as he urged them to ‘step back’ to prevent ‘crushing’.
Did the tear gas force Mayor Wheeler to drop his laser and Molotov coctail?
Why would the mayor security detail scuffle with peaceful protestors?
What you condone, you own Mayor Wheeler. You ARE one of the rioters and anarchists.
An actual quote from the mayor speaking to the rioters:
“The reason I am here tonight is to stand with you,” Mr. Wheeler told the crowd, who booed him at times during his speech. “So if they’re launching the tear gas against you, they’re launching the tear gas against me.”
This guy should be impeached. Imagine owning or working at one of the businesses they’ve destroyed and hearing your mayor say that.
I feel like I’m in an alternate reality.
Nelson Ha Ha.
What could go wrong?
"It's unknown at this time who is responsible for deploying the tear gas"
But let's blame the feds anyway.
“This guy should be impeached.”
No, he should be arrested - along with a bunch of other Democrat mayors and governors who are actively fomenting and encouraging insurrection. Didn’t we recently clear some space at Gitmo?
why would he have a security team at all, isn’t that hypocritical.
Of course, the mayors are comics.
He deserved it. He was WITH the rioters and so deserved whatever the agents did.
Obviously he went there because he wanted something like that to happen, so he could blame it on Trump.
My opinion: Get all personnel out of the federal buildings. Let the city burn to the ground. Never rebuild the federal buildings, and let the city suffer the consequences of its mayor’s actions.
They make it sound like he was targeted, and he was not. The tear gas was used on the crowds not the mayor.
Meanwhile, federal officials are also blasting the actions of protesters, with at least three federal agents in Portland being blinded in an altercation this week. Authorities said the three agents may never recover their vision after it was damaged when people shone lasers in their eyes and threw fireworks toward at the city's federal courthouse earlier in the week.
On Monday night, one person also allegedly threatened to cut off the water supply to federal officers inside the building.
Prayers up for those brave men.
Why would the mayor even have or need a security detail?
Imagine owning or working at one of the businesses they’ve destroyed and hearing your mayor say that.
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Wonder if the mayor can imagine a disappearing tax base?
Wall it off too.
Set up a perimeter and no one gets in or out.
Why would the mayor even have or need a security detail?
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Only a rational person would see your point.
Rationality is in very short supply in Portland.
A couple of crew members I fly with have pulled out of Portland, like everything and moved up here to WA but outside of the Seattle area.
I've heard many anecdotal reports of people fleeing Portland, permanently. I suspect businesses are doing the same.
This is what you voted for, folks. Now your tax base is going to disappear.
Hope Trump stands firm and refuses Federal relief funds when Wheeler comes begging for it.
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