CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
THE CONTINUING RIOTS IN CITIES LIKE PORTLAND CAN BE BLAMED ON MANY FACTORS. THESE INCLUDE THE SELF-PROCLAIMED MARXIST GROUP BLACK LIVES MATTER, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OUST PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE, THE MAJOR MEDIA, WHICH CONSTANTLY BROADCASTS PICTURES OF THE RIOTING BECAUSE IT MAKES FOR GOOD RATINGS, AND EVEN PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF.
THE PRESIDENT HAS TWEETED PRAISE FOR CARAVANS OF HIS SUPPORTERS WHO IN PORTLAND DROVE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE VIOLENCE. HE CALLED PORTLAND’S MAYOR A FOOL, WHICH PROMPTED A NEWS CONFERENCE FROM THE MAYOR AT WHICH HE CALLED THE PRESIDENT NAMES AND URGED HIM TO TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC.
THE GOVERNOR OF OREGON, A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, REFUSES TO CALL IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, WHICH HAS ONLY SIGNALED THE RIOTERS AND LOOTERS THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR RIOTING AND LOOTING.
THIS HAS GONE FAR BEYOND WHATEVER LEGITIMATE PROTESTS MAY HAVE BEEN WARRANTED FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF BLACK MEN AT THE HANDS OF WHITE COPS. BY THE WAY, BLACK AND HISPANIC COPS HAVE ALSO BEEN KILLED OR WOUNDED BY THUGS, BUT YOU RARELY HEAR ABOUT THEM. STOPPING THE NAME CALLING MIGHT HELP TONE THINGS DOWN. I’M CAL THOMAS.
