Then, and now.
Posted on 04/25/2021 9:04:57 AM PDT by simpson96
The Mayor of Portland says he is determined to reclaim the city from the 'anarchistic mob' that has inflicted 'criminal intimidation and violence' on its streets over the past year.
Mayor Ted Wheeler called on the pubic to help him identify the people responsible for the rioting and destruction Portland so he could 'unmask them, arrest them and prosecute them.'
In a news conference on Friday addressing continuing violence in the city, Wheeler praised BLM leaders for showing 'the courage to stand up to this mob' and said that all Portland residents should do the same.
'Together we can make a stand… and take our city back,' he added.
The city has announced that it will extend its state of emergency through Monday amid fears of continuing violence over the weekend.
The mayor said that the community needs to resume their lives but 'self-described anarchists who engage in regular criminal destruction don't want things to open up, to recover.'
'They want to burn, they want to bash... they want to intimidate, they want to assault,' he continued, referencing the nearly $20,000 worth of damage caused to a local Boys and Girls Club in the north east of the city.
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Then, and now.
Mayor Wheeler is getting precisely what he asked for. He lit the fire, and fanned the flames, and now is calling for everyone to help extinguish it?
Suspect Wheeler is in rehab, is currently sober and is realizing just what is happening. Sorry,too late.
Oh ted you ignorant slut................... Reap what you sow there dumbass.
One year later....
If he turned into a Mayor Daly I’d forgive him. Bernie Goetz? That’s too far.
I went to school for one year in Portland in the early 80s. Oregonians’ 70s lament that their politics were being ruined by people moving in from CA was just tapering off, because the imports were just starting to get a firm grip on the levers of power.
Portland is heartbreakingly beautiful. 40 years later, it and Seattle are the prettiest insane asylums in the country
LOL
This is the definition of a pencil necked geek metrosexual leftist Dem mayor. Uh, no offense, dude.
Now he says his constituents should reverse course and become honest, decent people after a lifetime of being worthless leftist Dems who defied Trump and denigrated all of us here?
too late buddy...
portland is now new detroit
Wonder what the poll numbers led to that decision,
Ted must be getting calls from the leading citizens of Portland who have had enough. He’s been served notice that its time to crack down, or else his political career is over.
The only time politicians do the right thing is when they are forced to.
Do your Dem associates and probably relatives think the photo on the right of the armored, gas mask wearing Antifa thug, is what they want America to turn into? They voted Dem. Don’t let them forget it.
TOO LATE, you gay dope.
Where’s the crying girl?…didn’t realize there were that many white supremists, right wingers, and Amish up in Portland...Portlanders...step back and enjoy what you have created...
Portland has always been liberal, but they were liberal in a non-threatening cool way.
What you reward you get more of...
There was never a time to give “your” streets away, bozo.
But you did. How much did that cost the citizens?
This is the problem with the radical left and one they have never been able to process or overcome. We are seeing it nationally, in blue states, and in blue cities.
It is easy to be a revolutionary and protest the system. It is impossible to be in charge because their policies do not work.
Portland is a beautiful city that is a rotten place to live. They have destroyed the downtown and the vibe of “keep Portland weird” has become “keep Portland in anarchy”.
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