CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 24, 2020
A RIOT WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED EARLY YESTERDAY IN PORTLAND, OREGON. WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG?
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SENDING ADDITIONAL FEDERAL PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND OTHER AGENCIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL POLICE AND SECURE FEDERAL PROPERTY. COPS ARE BEING OVERWHELMED IN PORTLAND AND SEVERAL OTHER CITIES BECAUSE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MAYORS WON’T DO MUCH TO STOP THE LAWLESSNESS.
PORTLAND MAYOR TED WHEELER THOUGHT HE WOULD GO INTO TOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE RIOTERS. HE WAS CURSED AND WATER BOTTLES WERE THROWN AT HIM. HE WAS ALSO CAUGHT IN THE TEAR GAS FIRED BY OFFICERS. WHEELER CALLED THE TEAR GASSING AN “EGREGIOUS OVER-REACTION” AND SLAMMED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR TRYING TO DO WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOING.
THESE ARE NOT PROTESTORS. THEY ARE ORGANIZED BY HARD LEFT ORGANIZATIONS WHO WISH TO BRING DOWN THE COUNTRY. DEMOCRATIC MAYORS IN SEVERAL CITIES AND STATES SPEND THEIR TIME CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT WHEN THEY OUGHT TO BE PROTECTING THEIR PEOPLE AND PROPERTY. IT IS A DISGRACE AND THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE THE RIGHT DECISION IN TRYING TO PUT AN END TO IT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
