There are a huge number of country bumpkins that saw Portland on the TV during 2020 and assumed/were mislead into believing the whole city burned down and it’s just a smoldering wasteland now. The actual problems were in a relatively small area downtown; most of Portland was unaffected.
He’s feeding on this storyline so he can get some “radical leftist antifa” to shoot a national guardsman, then he has the greenlight to start opening fire. It’s a great storyline, top ratings, the biggest, everyone is talking about it. Grown men, tears in their eyes.
Portland just recently broke the top 50 safest cities in the US. Just so you know what that assclown is targeting.
There are a huge number of country bumpkins that saw Portland on the TV during 2020 and assumed/were mislead into believing the whole city burned down and it’s just a smoldering wasteland now. The actual problems were in a relatively small area downtown; most of Portland was unaffected.
I work with people in the software engineering field that have mentioned wanting to visit Portland but ask me if it’s safe.
I can’t even.
I won’t lie, the city has had problems but people’s online rants about it are always overblown and always from people who don’t live or visit there.
Plus, that was a long time ago. I drive by the Seattle “snowflakes beware” area a lot. It’s just Seattleites doing their thing.
He’s feeding on this storyline so he can get some “radical leftist antifa” to shoot a national guardsman, then he has the greenlight to start opening fire. It’s a great storyline, top ratings, the biggest, everyone is talking about it. Grown men, tears in their eyes.
adding a source for this claim for the curious : https://wallethub.com/edu/safest-cities-in-america/41926