As Twitchy reported earlier Monday, Andy Ngo had posted with disgust “a glowing photo essay on #antifa riot fashion” courtesy of the Washington Post. Portland protesters were brought into the pro photography studio to have glossy glamor shots done of themselves dressed in their very best bicycle helmets, goggles, kerchiefs, and respirators and posing with the leaf blowers they use to send tear gas back at the feds.
What we didn’t know from Ngo’s tweet is that the love letter to the Portland protesters extended beyond the photo essay into a full-blown piece about how awesome Portland is at protesting. Keep in mind that Politico Magazine, certainly no right-wing outlet, had done a piece in 2017 on “how liberal Portland became America’s most politically violent city.” This is the city where organizers canceled the 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade because of threats of rioting. At the Avenue of Roses Parade.
But the Washington Post has the score at Trump 0, Antifa 1:
just amazing pic.twitter.com/FOzT2pL9uU
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 10, 2020
Almost sounds like WaPo is celebrating what is going on there.
— James Meredith (@NDTwinsfan) August 10, 2020
Of course they are. They're practically gushing here.
— Wombat on the Edge (@thewetwombat) August 10, 2020
— John Wonderlin (@JohnWonderlin) August 10, 2020
Writer Marissa J. Lang even got a quote from City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty:
“Portland thinks it’s pretty progressive, but it’s pretty easy to think you’re progressive when you’re a mostly White community,” said City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty (D), who in 2018 became the first Black woman elected to the city council. “But if you’re Black in Portland, the experience is so radically different.”
If the name rings a bell, Hardesty is the city commissioner who claimed that it was the Portland Police Department that was “sending saboteurs and provocateurs into peaceful crowds.”
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For weeks, demonstrators directed their anger at the federal courthouse, where they broke windows and tagged the building with bright paint. The vandalism drew the attention of Trump, who sent in federal agents.
But he didn’t account for the stamina and creativity of Portland protesters.
They broke windows so they could better aim fireworks inside the building and hopefully set it on fire, but even that still gets them tagged as demonstrators by WaPo and not rioters.
What an interesting title.
— Daughter of Eve (@WorldofEves) August 10, 2020
I despise an unintentional rhyme.
— Barning in place (@VWalkerWells) August 10, 2020
Sounds like the first lines of a rap.
— Dennis De Young (@DennisRDY) August 10, 2020
This is a whole chant. Amazing
— Marco Bangz (@ThaWorldBeCray) August 10, 2020
When they say "Democracy Dies in Darkness", I didn't realize that was their mission statement.
— Melton Freely (@FreelyMelton) August 10, 2020
Coming soon: " How we should be like the great cities of Portland, Seattle, and Chicago."
— I'm To Blame (@im2blame4) August 10, 2020
“Protest”
— Josephus (@Josephu92722385) August 10, 2020
Protests? Launching fireworks at a federal courthouse is a protest
— AldenWessels (@AldenWessels) August 10, 2020
Big difference between protestors and rioters.
— Yosef ha-Antaki (@YosefhaAntaki) August 10, 2020
Actively destroying their city is indeed what Portland does best. Weird flex but ok.
— maplefritos (@maplefritos) August 10, 2020
Portland is not gonna sleep with you, WAPO…
— Wombat on the Edge (@thewetwombat) August 10, 2020
That’s one helluva marketable statement. Should do wonders for tourism. You guys run that by the Chamber of Commerce?
— Damnifino (@Damnifino1) August 10, 2020
Imagine that being your motto.. Portland, where we sure know how to riot! Nevermind bonfires, we burn buildings!
— Marcus (@The1Drafter) August 10, 2020
— whoopee boy (@whoopeeboy) August 10, 2020
So it wasn’t just a glamorous photoshoot of the latest in riot fashion — it was a whole love letter to Portland and its protesters. No mention of the protesters dragging burning dumpsters into the street to set up blockades and trying to break into the east precinct or at least set it on fire.
Related:
A disgusted Andy Ngo has a question after WaPo publishes sickening love letter to Portland Antifa [screenshots] https://t.co/NqpppLMhHs
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 10, 2020
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