Antifa/BLM subversives topple Lincoln, Roosevelt statues in Portland.
On Sunday night, rioters in Portland, Ore., toppled statues of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt and caused thousands of dollars’ worth of damage at the Oregon Historical Society. Declaring a day of action, the “indigenous wing” of antifa threatened violence to anyone caught live-streaming or recording video of their actions leading into Columbus Day.
Statue being pulled down a bit ago, posted by this account, which seems to be Tracy Molina. https://t.co/h6xrGqOOtk #Portland pic.twitter.com/Z4vPsGdnht
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) October 12, 2020
Well I guess they're just fucking shit up in Portland. pic.twitter.com/I2P6uMPzdj
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) October 12, 2020
One block north of Teddy Roosevelt statue, Abraham Lincoln is taken down. #PDXprotests #PortlandProtests #portland #protest pic.twitter.com/5tJmO2mnIO
— Independent Media PDX (@NDpendentPDX) October 12, 2020
Archive, crowd cheering after statue toppled -Portland pic.twitter.com/OPO14E7u4J
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) October 12, 2020
The statues, once toppled, were covered in what appears to be orange paint.
Archive Tracy Molina Portland pic.twitter.com/RCmPDY2K11
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) October 12, 2020
After toppling the statues, rioters smashed windows at the Oregon Historical Society, an expansive museum on the South Park Blocks near Portland State University.
Portland Protesters have vandalized a museum in Portland. pic.twitter.com/vOae8yICeX
— PT News Network (@PTNewsnetwork) October 12, 2020
One person attempted to set the building on fire by throwing a lit flare into the lobby.
BREAKING: Oregon Historical Society Museum broken into. I don’t see anyone inside. @fox12oregon pic.twitter.com/GnSZoxI1BK
— Brenna Kelly (@BrennaKellyNews) October 12, 2020
Update: Damage to Portland Art Museum, flare thrown into building. Protesters now marching through streets. Riot declared. #PDXprotests #pdxriot #PortlandProtests #portlandriot #portland #protest #riot pic.twitter.com/DPHBt1ncrK
— Independent Media PDX (@NDpendentPDX) October 12, 2020
The east side of the Oregon Historical Society building faces SW Broadway Street, a heavily traveled thoroughfare through downtown Portland. That side of the building has a large, multistory mural depicting events from Oregon’s history. Rioters defaced the mural by pelting it with paintball guns.
Looks like paint balls have hit some of the murals here. #koin6news #PDX #PNW #Oregon #PortlandProtests #Protests pic.twitter.com/lkYaRSFXM6
— Jennifer Dowling (@JenDowlingKoin6) October 12, 2020
The rioters claimed moral righteousness in destroying as much American history as they could get their hands on.
Cellys pic.twitter.com/5NO0pdCrln
— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) October 12, 2020
Rioters then moved on to cause serious damage to several businesses in downtown Portland.
Archive: Portland building damage – Wells Fargo pic.twitter.com/pXFjyzGdhN
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) October 12, 2020
John Jackson believes someone shot through a couple windows at his restaurant & perhaps damaged another window with a bat. #koin6news #PDX #PNW #Oregon #Portland #protests #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/zZ4LTvzPnW
— Jennifer Dowling (@JenDowlingKoin6) October 12, 2020
Archive: Business Damage Portland pic.twitter.com/Rc6YwUwe9b
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) October 12, 2020
The Young Republicans of Oregon posted on Facebook:
President Lincoln has been toppled, as has Teddy Roosevelt.
The Oregon Historical Society was vandalized as well. They have been showcasing the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote.
The riots and graffiti have featured radical indigenous messages for many months, claiming that Portland sits on land stolen long ago from native tribes. The rioters have used these claims as justification to destroy as much property as possible, with the ultimate goal of driving European settlers out of the Pacific Northwest. Of course, that sets Portland up for virtually endless riots, especially if laws continue to go unenforced and the district attorney continues to insist upon not prosecuting riot crimes.
Author: Jeff Reynolds is the author of the book, “Behind the Curtain: Inside the Network of Progressive Billionaires and Their Campaign to Undermine Democracy,” available at Amazon. Jeff hosts a podcast at anchor.fm/BehindTheCurtain. You can follow him on Twitter @ChargerJeff, and on Parler at @RealJeffReynolds.
