As we reported earlier today, shockingly, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler finally acknowledged that it was ‘time to get tough on Antifa,’ finally mentioning them by name.

Portland Mayor @tedwheeler: My good faith efforts at de-escalation have been met with ongoing violence and even scorn from radical antifa and anarchists.

It's time to push back harder against those who are set on destroying our community."pic.twitter.com/aj5rjyPTXE

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 2, 2021

“My good faith efforts at de-escalation have been met with ongoing violence and even scorn from radical Antifa and anarchists,” Wheeler declared. “It’s time to push back harder against those who are set on destroying our community.”

Oh, my gosh, “scorn,” the horror! They’ve been in virtually constant riot since last May and mocking him constantly. But even before that they’ve been violent and rioting for the past four years. They’ve killed and attacked people. They even went to Wheeler’s condo and lit, smashed the windows and lit a business in the bottom floor on fire. Finally he noticed?

Remember how before the election Antifa was “just an idea” to the Democrats and how it was all President Donald Trump’s fault that masked people in black (no, not Antifa!) were attacking the federal courthouse? Remember how liberal folks even tried to suggest that the masked folks in black were even secretly right wing people? But once the federal agents and the federal courthouse were no longer the focus of Antifa, the media began to ignore the story since they couldn’t attack the president over it. But the riots continued, showing how wrong media and the left were.

But the reason why Wheeler finally lost it after all this time was Antifa’s rioting on New Year’s Eve.

Antifa rampaged through the city destroying and ransacking all kinds of small businesses and setting things on fire.

Antifa smashed up small businesses one by one again in downtown Portland for their New Years riot. pic.twitter.com/eNKwLsyMI9

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

Antifa smashed their way into small businesses in their New Years riot in downtown Portland. pic.twitter.com/tYSAM7m6tF

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

Antifa started multiple fires at their riot in downtown Portland after smashing up businesses. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/TH7lryN9f2

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

Chaos in Portland as antifa started fires and smashed up businesses one by one in downtown. Watch with audio. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/gMavCqakax

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

Antifa destroyed another Starbucks & other downtown businesses in their Portland riot. pic.twitter.com/w1aAvOVZ4Z

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

“F— colonizers”

Antifa ransacked and destroyed another @Starbucks during their Portland riot. pic.twitter.com/2PKISZuC6N

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

Dancing and singing, “We got the guillotine!”

Antifa black bloc dance in downtown Portland as their comrades throw explosives and start fires outside the courthouse. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/uJ9jRRqVlw

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

They’re not kidding when they say that.

Antifa in Portland started multiple fires and tried to break into the federal courthouse again to burn it down. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/KV5Wp1JbK7

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

Police officers were vastly outnumbered, attacked, literally pushed, even chased down the street by Antifa because they have been effectively neutered by Wheeler and the liberal courts from any effective response.

In downtown Portland outside the Hatfield federal courthouse, antifa rioted for New Years by launching mortar fireworks and projectiles at police. #PortlandRiots #antifa pic.twitter.com/c66b4WJdjL

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

Outnumbered law enforcement retreated as antifa launched attacks on them in downtown Portland at the riot. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/3uysqRMlnS

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

A mob of antifa pursued a group of retreating officers at the new year’s eve riot in downtown Portland last night. Law enforcement used pepper spray to try and stop them. pic.twitter.com/XDWn5HFs8n

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

Police in a vehicle retreat from mob of antifa rioters in downtown Portland. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/q8da64HsDg

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 1, 2021

They apparently even tried to break into the Justice Center where the police were, shooting rockets and throwing Molotovs at the building.

Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese spoke about the new year’s eve riot in downtown Portland where antifa ransacked and looted businesses, started fires, assaulted responding law enforcement, and tried to break into the Justice Center. pic.twitter.com/1iutoyagup

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 2, 2021

Wheeler’s finally acknowledging their violence. But it’s not like any of this is new. But he’s still not doing anything to respond to them, other than talk. That’s how we’ve gotten to this crazy point after four years, with them getting more and more violent, now even killing people. They don’t feel there’s any reason to stop because no one is really trying to stop them. Leftist Democrats like Wheeler are completely responsible for this mess. But unless and until the citizens vote these characters out, you’re never going to get a real response to control this.