Portland mayor whose city was ransacked by rioters last summer says he's 'GRATEFUL' to Biden for rescinding Trump order that enabled feds to quell violence

By Rory Tingle For Dailymail.com 16 May 2021

 The Democratic mayor of Portland, Oregon, said he is 'grateful' to President Joe Biden for rescinding Donald Trump's order allowing an influx of federal agents to help quell riots that gripped the city last summer.  The executive order, issued in July, directed agents to protect monuments, statues and federal property as violent mobs ransacked Oregon's largest city following demonstrations sparked by George Floyd's murder.  The order is one of several issued by Trump that Biden has now rescinded, prompting Mayor Ted Wheeler to tweet: 'Thankful for the support of the current administration.'...........Despite the upsurge in violence, Mayor Wheeler and City Council caved in to activists' calls to cut several police programs from the budget, including a specialized unit focused on curbing gun violence............To Read More....

My Take - This moron just got re-elected in November, and you wonder who the real morons are in Portland.  He's been punched and had his life threatened by these misfits and he still goes along, and as for the 'crackdown' he promised.  Almost all those cases have been either dismissed on not prosecuted and the remaining ones are expected to be dismissed.  Portland will not recover from this for decades and I'm glad, because they're getting what they're getting the old fashioned way.  They've earned it!

Portland’s Mayor Ted Wheeler exhibits severe Trump Derangement Syndrome

August 31, 2020 By Andrea Widburg

Portland has been wracked with Antifa and Black Lives Matter violence for three months, aided by a supine Mayor Ted Wheeler. A month ago, Mayor Ted Wheeler forced out federal agents who were pushing back against the militants. However, when a leftist militant killed a Trump supporter last night, Wheeler left reality behind and launched a full-throated anti-Trump attack, based upon every hoax the left has thrown at the President. Wheeler’s attack has to be heard (or read) to appreciate how devoid of reality it is:...........To Read More....

Progressive community leaders call for Portland mayor, police chief to resign

Oregonian | Aug 31, 2020 | News | 2 

A group of leaders representing various progressive organizations from across the Portland area have called for the resignations of Mayor Ted Wheeler and Police Chief Chuck Lovell in the wake of Saturday’s fatal shooting.  Bobbin Singh, executive director of the Oregon Justice Resource Center, said the conditions leading up to the incident were predictable citing various instances of clashes between right-wing protesters and counter demonstrators over the years.

“These conditions have been created because there’s been a lack of leadership, a lack of vision,” Singh said. “We can no longer move forward with the current leadership that’s in place in Portland.”
The victim of Saturday’s shooting has not been identified but was wearing a hat bearing the logo of Vancouver, Washington-based Patriot Prayer. Leader Joey Gibson told The Oregonian/OregonLive that although he couldn’t provide a name, the deceased man was “a good friend and a supporter” of the organization.

The group regularly staged demonstrations in Portland that were met with fierce opposition by left-leaning and other community groups for at least the last three years. Many of the scenes that typically played out during those rallies repeated Saturday as right-wing demonstrators pelted counter protesters with paint balls and scuffles broke out throughout downtown..........“What took place last night was inevitable given Mayor Wheeler’s repeated failure,” the letter said. “He has not protected or supported Portlanders. We do not have confidence in his ability to course-correct. He must resign.”.............To Read More.....

My Take - Try and get this right. These are still progressives, left wing lunatics.  The Mayor and the Chief of Police are their picks, and I'm sure if they'd been all law and order types, the Chief of Police nor the Mayor would have those jobs.  Even while condemning one of their own, as if they would have done so much better, they're still trying to spin this to blame conservatives. Portland is getting the government they asked for and the suffering they're undergoing is well deserved.  Portland is doomed, and who cares?  The states these lunatics will eventually move to.

Democrat Violence Takes a Life in Portland

Democrats endorsed and funded the riots, now they pretend to condemn them.

Mon Aug 31, 2020 Daniel Greenfield 47

 Mayor Ted Wheeler recently told Oregon Public Radio that his only strategy for dealing with the violence in Portland is to let it "burn itself out."  The admission came after he falsely claimed that Federal law enforcement’s presence was “leading to more violence” only to see the leftist violence continue to grow after the pullout deal.  On August 28, Mayor Wheeler tweeted a letter that he wrote to President Trump turning down his offer of federal law enforcement aid while insisting that, "There is no place for looting, arson, or vandalism in our city."

That was and is an obvious lie.

Several days earlier, Wheeler had let slip his now infamous “burn itself out” line while suggesting that the so-called ‘non-violent’ protests “won’t end for quite some time.”  After a pro-Trump activist was shot by one of the leftist rioters whom Mayor Wheeler had enabled, the Democrat boss began his comments on the shooting by denouncing President Trump and his supporters who had traveled in a caravan flying Trump 2020 flags...........To Read More....

Portland and the Evolution of Mob Rule

July 19, 2019 By John Glynn

Imagine that you are an alien. You have just touched down on Planet Earth, and you are eager to familiarize yourself with Portland, Oregon. Why Portland? It doesn't matter.

You check out Portlandia, the sketch comedy television series, starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. The show portrays the city as a bastion of liberal culture, a utopian metropolis where the woke sip soy lattes and smoke copious amounts of weed. Portland, according to the show, is a mecca for peace-loving hippies, a place where inhabitants have a Panglossian view of the world.

You, the alien, arrive there only to find chaos. Portland is not a mecca for peace loving hippies; it is a mecca for intolerance and violence. It's a city where mob rule reigns supreme. The City of Roses doesn't smell so sweet. You try to escape, but your spaceship has been vandalized by mask-wearing thugs. ........To Read More...

Also:  

Portland, Oregon Police Chief Calls for Ban on Protesters Wearing Masks after Antifa Incident - Portland, Oregon Police Chief Danielle Outlaw has called for city officials to ban the wearing of masks while protesting following the assault of journalist Andy Ngo by masked protesters last month. Outlaw has publicly called for the ban, saying that protesters wearing masks can be “emboldened” by their anonymity, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday:.............

Chicago Mayor: Police ‘Are Losing the Streets’ to Major Eruptions of Violence  - More homicides than New York or Los Angeles...........

Liberals Cheer as Antifa Violence Escalates  - "Elite cheering of terrorism hasn’t been this chic since Leonard Bernstein fundraised for the Black Panthers."