On Saturday, we wrote about how Democrat so-called "leaders" in Oregon were preparing to go full Useful Idiots in response to President Trump authorizing troop deployment to Portland after months of violence and rioting at the city's ICE detention center.
As we've also noted, Portland has been the scene of much anti-ICE activity over the years, with it picking up during the first Trump administration and ramping up more after the second one got underway. In June, for instance, the feds crushed an Antifa-led attack on the ICE facility, which reportedly involved the violent agitators "breaking out the glass front doors, breaching the building, and trashing the outside."
More recently, however, the Portland "protesters" have taken it to a troubling new level, including bringing in a guillotine while playing a song with the lyrics "We got the guillotine, you better run" in the background.
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But while Democrats in Oregon have indeed been gaslighting over the near-nightly occurrences of unrest and chaos in Portland, it was a Democrat senator from another state who accidentally revealed his cowardice and lack of regard for the safety and well-being of an American city experiencing a leftist extremist invasion in an astonishing back-and-forth on X.
It all started when Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) weighed in on Trump's announcement by proclaiming that Portland was not a war zone.
"There is no war zone in Portland, Oregon, and the American military should not deploy to American cities unless another country were attacking us," Schatz suggested. "Calling an American city a war zone should alarm everyone."
Understandably, this did not sit well with journalist Andy Ngo, an expert on the Antifa movement who has been viciously targeted by the group over his on-the-ground reporting on their activities in blue cities like Portland and Seattle.
"Do you want to go with my colleagues to the ICE facility in Portland that has been under siege since June?" Ngo, who is a senior editor at The Post Millennial, replied. "Can you livestream it so that the video tells the story, not your lies?"
Instead of directly answering the question, Schatz reemphasized his original point:
If there’s a narrow and well explained and justified law enforcement mission then I don’t necessarily oppose that. But saying there is a war in the United States has specific legal and civic implications that should concern us all.
At this point, another X user stepped in to point out to the senator that he had not said whether he'd be willing to go to Portland to see for himself. Then, this happened:
No thank you.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 27, 2025
Screengrabs were snagged of it, just in case he tries to delete it later:
A short story where a Dem Senator denies that there’s a war being waged by Antifa in Portland, then gets invited to the area that’s under siege by @MrAndyNgo, only to waffle and eventually admit that he’s too cowardly to go to the area in question. Incredible stuff @brianschatz! pic.twitter.com/b0jRcBNifk
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) September 28, 2025
Schatz later tried to make himself look better, but instead only made himself look even worse:
I mean, I’m happy to go to an ICE facility, I’ve done it before. But not accepting a twitter invite doesn’t really prove anything. I just think it’s dangerous to call it a war zone, and using the military in American cities is to be avoided. 🤙🏼 🇺🇸
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 28, 2025
Translation: I'm willing to try and score political points with my base from the safety of my smartphone or laptop as I make claims that I refuse to try and personally substantiate by visiting the city myself.
This is Democrat fecklessness and weakness on steroids. And unfortunately, Schatz isn't the only one:
Hey Brian, your esteemed colleague @RonWyden from Oregon just posted this video showing how peaceful it is there. Certainly you and he should jump at the chance to go there with Andy and prove him wrong! You won't, though. How come?https://t.co/ZGapWFi36s
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) September 28, 2025
I'd say shame on these guys, but they apparently don't have any.
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