Posted on 09/03/2020 5:01:44 AM PDT by karpov
As leftists still claim that the Portland protests are "mostly peaceful," rioters last night continued to loot, vandalize, and set residences ablaze—this time the apartment building where Mayor Ted Wheeler lives and on his birthday.
A Portland resident who has worked downtown for 15 years asserted that his place of employment on campus is "safe and sound."
"The buildings are not on fire. There is not lawlessness in the streets. Most folks are still social distancing and trying to stay home. Like every other city in the United States," tweeted Nick Walden Poublon, a self-described health advisor and advocate for Portland State University and a Biden-Harris supporter.
However, a few blocks away, a building was very much on fire as a tightly-packed crowd with very little social distancing ventured outside their homes to torch their elected official's home and that of numerous other Portland civilians.
Over the weekend, protestors had occupied the Portland mayor's apartment building to demand his resignation. When the lock-in demonstration in Wheeler's apartment lobby failed, agitators attempted to burn his residence down with children reportedly living in the complex.
Mike Baker, a correspondent for The New York Times, reported that an instigator must have lit off what appeared to be illegal commercial-grade fireworks on Monday night to "celebrate" Wheeler's birthday
While wearing party hats, protestors sung "Happy tear gas to you" to the tune of "Happy Birthday." Others danced the "Macarena." A beating of drums and a pounding of pots and pans chimed in to a whistling overlay.
Portland Police Bureau reported that a riot was declared shortly after as "[i]t was critical to secure the area to allow firefighters to respond to this dangerous situation."
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Well actually, because “celebrate” is surrounded in quotes he is being sarcastic in his statement.
Don Cornelius didn’t let any of that rap $hit on his show. He was a Republican, btw.
The Left Leadership is ALWAYS among the first victims of its offspring...all the way back to Robespierre
They eat their own. Literally
Only the special brand of Made in the USA Ivy League liberal idiots could fail to comprehend that fact
I’ve found this behavior to be pretty typical of the younger progressive politicians. They want the job, but don’t really have a clue how to do the job since most have not done much of anything up to that point. They want the job and all the perks, but the responsibility of being in charge of something is evidently a concept they can’t grasp.
Some good news today. Since he spawned them he can put up with them. Have a good day Mayor.
This is why so many sucessful dictators ultimately end up killing or enslaving the mobs that helped bring them to power.
“A l’exemple de Saturne, la révolution dévore ses enfants”.
And I would be willing to articulate President Trump’ s response: you broke it, you buy it.
No!!
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