Portland is not a warzone. I was just there for 2 weeks. Families are out for walks, people are biking and having coffee and drinking on patios, there are boats in the river and birds in the sky.

The protests and "vandalism" (spray paint) are happening in a small area downtown.
This isn't a city under siege by anyone except the Federal Government, looking to make a show so people in Columbus, Ohio or whatever feel like there's a war coming to their three car garage. That's bullshit.
Nobody lives in the area where the protests are happening and outside of the cops, nobody really works there either.

Portland wouldn't want these bastards help even if there was a problem, AND THERE ISN'T A PROBLEM. YOU CAN BUY A FLAT WHITE THREE BLOCKS FROM THE "BATTLEGROUND."
The protests have been peaceful and consistent - the only people rioting are these Feds and our OWN POLICE FORCE. The Portland Police continue to gas their own citizens, beat them in the streets, seriously injure them with rubber bullets.
ALSO: last thing, I'm just a comedian. Please follow and support the Portland journalists on the ground - @tuckwoodstock, @alex_zee, @suzettesmith, @MrOlmos, @bethnakamura. I'm a trillion percent sure I'm leaving good people out.
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