‘RESIGN’: Portland Mayor Blasted For Oblivious Photo Of Him And His Wife
Hours after traffic-blocking violent rioting and a dozen arrests in Portland, Oregon, the city's mayor posted a photo of himself and his wife strolling peacefully into a market hand-in-hand, using the caption: "Sundays in Portland."
"Saturdays in Portland," however, are a lot different. The day before Mayor Ted Wheeler's post, Antifa activists targeted journalists and went after protesters, some of whom were members of the right-wing Proud Boys. Below is some of the ugly footage posted by journalist and Quilette editor Andy Ngo and others which has been conveniently ignored by Mr. Wheeler:
Antifa attacks people on a bus. They try to pull them out and hit them with a hammer. #PortlandProtests
A large antifa mob chase & attack a man & a young girl who got separated from the others. No police. #PortlandProtests
Middle-age man was maced and beaten by an antifa mob. He was knocked unconscious to the ground. His partner or spouse was trying to protect him as mob still surrounded them. No police. #PortlandProtests
No police in sight as antifa mob descends on men. A fight involving weapons breaks out. Video courtesy of @TPostMillennial. #PortlandProtests
DISGUSTING 
This man was just taken down and arrested. According to @TPostMillennial, he may have had a gun. #PortlandProtest
Independent journalist @Muffinpan503 was attacked & pepper sprayed. A woman tries to calm the angry shirtless man following him but is told to mind her own business as a white person.
The tweet from Mayor Wheeler, unsurprisingly, was ripped online for its oblivious nature. Twitter users, some claiming to live in Portland, pointed to the violent protesting in the city and Portland's severe homelessness crisis. According to Portland Monthly, 2018 figures estimated 14,476 homeless people reside in the city.
Sundays in Portland, looks fucking awesome.
Glad you and the wife are having such a wonderful time while part of your city burns and another part is wondering where their next meal is coming from.
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After a violent Antifa protest last month, where Ngo was brutally assaulted by Antifa "protesters" and suffered a brain hemorrhage, Wheeler was criticized for allegedly giving a "stand down" order to police officers. Wheeler has denied giving such an order.
"Attacked by antifa. Bleeding. They stole my camera equipment. No police until after. waiting for ambulance. If you have evidence Of attack please help," Ngo wrote.
First skirmish I’ve seen. Didn’t see how this started, but @MrAndyNgo got roughed up.
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Last year, Ngo was assaulted by Antifa while covering a #HimToo rally in Portland. The journalist was verbally berated and physically accosted and had his camera equipment covered in silly string. At the time, Ngo noted that the police did nothing during that assault. Video footage of the 2019 attack on Ngo shows that police were nowhere to be found.
