Posted on 09/28/2025 7:57:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Let’s be clear. There is zero cause or justification for President Donald Trump to send federal troops to Portland and authorize “full force.”
Despite Trump’s bluster over the very limited protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland, the city is not “war ravaged,” nor is the ICE building “under siege” by “domestic terrorists.”
Portlanders, of course, know this already, because we live, work and raise our families here. We know from our daily routines – school drop-offs, commutes through the city and evening get-togethers – that Trump’s characterizations are divorced from reality. While the modest protests outside the ICE building have occasionally resulted in arrests and have frustrated neighbors, the reality does not remotely match what Trump has described. And some scuffles, according to Portland Police, appear to have been provoked by federal officers themselves.
Certainly, Portland, like other cities across the country, has its problems. Some of those problems stem from Portland’s mishandled protests in 2020, which caused damage that continues to plague our economy and reputation.
But those setbacks only reveal how profoundly dedicated Portlanders are to our city. Challenges and mistakes aren’t reason to abandon the city – rather, they lead people to work even harder.
That commitment and grit have carried the city through crises and change. They can carry it through this moment as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
Uhhh...Portland is the poster child for problems.
Actually, the ICE building is under siege, and any Portlander paying attentiion already knows this, especially residents within earshot of the nightly noise.
has anyone asked the mayor of portland or the governor of washington why they allow antifa to operate with impunity?
But you won't.
Portland is Antifa’s prop.
“The Oregonian”...The NY Times of Oregon.
“The Oregonian”...The NY Times of Oregon.
lolzzzzz... Idiots to the end. Oregon was the first state to legalize many drugs. Not just marijuana.
“Actually, the ICE building is under siege, and any Portlander paying attentiion already knows this, especially residents within earshot of the nightly noise.”
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Not to mention the plummeting real estate values
Yeah because, you know, wouldn’t want to clean up the OUT OF CONTROL CRIME in oregon, now would we Oregonian?
Every official who resists this should be booted from office for endangering the citizens of oregon by doing NOTHING about crime!
Fire bombing Ice Cube’s tour bus was the last straw. Nuke em.
Fire bombing Ice Cube’s tour bus was the last straw. Nuke em.
We used to love to head down to the Portland Zoo, the Portland Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant, the train station, the malls, convention centers, and many other attractions. We would spend the night there and then drive back. It was a good place to visit. We haven’t even considered going there in the last 10 years.
Full force would be piles of dead anti American pro crime agitators.
I wish Trump would do instead of talk.
But, that’s just me, I guess.
Why not? Portland spent 2 or 3 years being Antifa’s and BLM’s political prop.
If the Governor and Portland Mayor are both intellectually incompetent to protect the people of Oregon it is the President’s sworn duty to protect the American Citizen.
IOW, let the Portland taxpayers keep being whipped by sneering pseudo-marxists who have no idea what living in a communist country means.
Portland is the liberal’s prop.
My daughter in law is from Oregon. She and my son went up to a family reunion last month and brought me back a T-Shirt that says, “My Kids Went to Oregon and all I got was a Ghillie suit and a DIY Molotov Cocktail Kit.”
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