DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Palus Politicus Misled by video of 2020 protests shown on Fox, Trump threatens to invade Portland and 'wipe out' protesters

Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that he might send national guard troops to Portland, Oregon, apparently because he was misled about the scale of small protests outside an immigration detention facility there by a TV report which incorrectly presented video recorded during a protest in 2020 as having taken place in the city this summer.

“I will say this, I watched today, I didn’t know that was continuing to go on, but Portland is unbelievable, what’s going on,” Trump said. He then claimed, incorrectly, that he had seen video evidence of “the destruction of the city”.

In fact, a handful of protesters have demonstrated outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in a remote area of Portland along the south waterfront this year, but the scale of the protests, which attract dozens at most, is nothing like the 2020 protests that regularly drew thousands or tens of thousands of demonstrators to a central part of the city.

“Are you going into Portland?” a reporter asked Trump.

“Well, I’m going to look at it now because I didn’t know that was still going on; this has been going on for years,” the president replied. He then explained how he had been misled into the entirely false belief that the large-scale protests from 2020 had continued.

“We’ll be able to stop that very easily, but that was not on my list, Portland, but when I watched television last night, this has been going on,” Trump said.

The president did not cite the specific news report that he was basing his impression on, but his favorite channel, Fox News, broadcast a report on Thursday that mixed images of a recent protest in Portland, attended by dozens of protesters, with a viral video clip from 2020 of one protester, Christopher David, being pepper-sprayed in the face by a federal agent that was wrongly described as having been shot in June of this year.

The report focused mainly on one protest outside the facility on Tuesday, attended by dozens of protesters who brought a guillotine as a prop before being doused with chemical agents by federal officers.

“These are paid terrorists,” the president said, once again spreading a baseless conspiracy theory his administration amplified about anti-fascist protesters in 2020.

“These are paid agitators, these are professional. I watched that last night, I’m very good at this stuff. These are paid agitators, they get paid money by radical left groups,” the president claimed. He then went on to suggest that well-printed signs displayed by some protesters proved his theory.

“These are paid agitators and they’re very dangerous for our country and when we go there, if we go to Portland, we’re going to wipe ‘em out. They’re going to be gone. They won’t even stand to fight. They will not stay there. They’ve ruined that city.”

“It’s like living in hell,” the president said, describing an imaginary version of Portland that bears no resemblance to the actual city, in which fences around the federal courthouse that was the scene of mass protests in 2020 have now been removed and the central police headquarters no longer has boarded up windows.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...on-tariffs-us-politics-live-news-updates

And the National Guard would help with this how? Is that the "war" trump said was going on in Portland?

It’s only a matter of time before going nuclear becomes an option… Nothing wrong with nuking your own territory.

We are living in a surreal world.

If the speech to the military does not scare the citizens of this country into action.

Then we have accepted authoritarian rule.

It is time to go after Antifa like Wyatt Earp went after the Red Sash gang. They need to be eliminated from our society. No place in our Country for that kind of lawlessness.

So not the Proud Boys, White Supremacists groups and the KKK? It's time for you to stop believing half of America is your enemy.

I don't see them attacking ICE agents for 100 days straight, do you? If they did, I would expect the full force of the law to come down on them also. There is no doubt that Antifa is the most active terrorist group right now in the US and it must be put down and not allowed to exist or at least continue in its destructive ways.

So repercussions are reserved only for attacking ICE agents (vs any other law enforcement or govt agent)? Or you're allowed to attack a federal agent, but as long as it's not too long (ex. 1 day) then it's ok?


If you're trying to walk a thin line with that argument, you're doing a terrible job.

Did you see ANTIFA attacking ICE agents? No, you didn't. ANTIFA is only a terrorist group in trumplandia.

Trump has you convinced that your fellow Americans are your enemy. That's one of the early signs of a dictator.

Silencing the press. Check

Using the power of the government to go after your political enemies. Check

Labeling the opposing party "the enemy within". Check

And you are an active part of that. Well done Comrade.

Anyone rioting in the streets and opposing our law enforcement is an enemy. Antifa is an enemy of the USA.

When is the last time you saw ANTIFA rioting in the streets? The fact of the matter is the rioting you witnessed during the time of the George Floyd protests was after dark and well after the actual ANTIFA protests had ended. And that was over 5 years ago.

You aren't seeing ANTIFA rioting in the streets. Stop making up BS.

What's your stance on Samuel Adams (the person, not the beer), Paul Revere, and the like?

They went to war for their beliefs right. Are you saying that Antifa has declared war on the country? If so, just like England the country should act accordingly.

When is the last time you saw ANTIFA rioting in the streets? The fact of the matter is the rioting you witnessed during the time of the George Floyd protests was after dark and well after the actual ANTIFA protests had ended. And that was over 5 years ago.

You aren't seeing ANTIFA rioting in the streets. Stop making up BS.

Antifa has attacked the Portland ICE office for over 100 days straight. Get your head out of the sand.

What? Do you have anything other than hot air and a keypad to back that up? There have only been a few dozen protestors at ICE locations in and around Portland and zero evidence they are connected to ICE. In the past 4 months only 12 people have been arrested in Portland in connection with the protests. All but five of them were arrested during the fist month. So a total of 5 people have been arrested over the past three months. According to you and trump that equals a "war-ravaged Portland".

Most of the arrests have led to misdemeanor charges. Three of the people with a misdemeanor federal charge of 'Failure to Obey a Lawful Order' pleaded guilty and received 6 months of probation and fines.

That's not attacking or assaulting ICE agents.


Why are you so out of touch?

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/lo...283-8920bd3b-687b-43c1-b8b8-475ebcbd3bec

Ok so just like most liberals you take a blind eye to bad behavior on your side. There are many videos put out on the new showing the activity. The police actually showed up over the weekend on bikes and was pushed back by these extremists. Many local officers have been effectively blocked by local government from doing their jobs. Reality is when your kind killed Charlie Kirk, they set in motion actions taken by our government to protect all of its citizens and officers.