Portland, Oregon, is not only Antifa Central, but it seems to be the primary focus for left-wing agitators of every stripe. For weeks now, Antifa and their fellow useful idiots have been laying nightly siege to the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility there, and it's looking like the Trump administration has had more than enough. On Tuesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited Portland, and she appears to have told more than a few people, "Enough is enough."
But that doesn't stop the usual suspects from emulating that famous internet meme wherein a character is sitting in a chair, a wide-eyed expression on his face, intoning "This is fine, everything is fine" as the room is in flames all around.
Case in point: Oregon's Democratic (of course) Senator Jeff Merkley, who appeared in a Fox News clip and produced a huge outpouring of the stuff I used to shovel out of my uncle's livestock auction barn when I was a kid.
🚨UNHINGED: Dem Senator Jeff Merkley is now claiming the recent riots in Portland were "staged" to justify federal involvement.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 8, 2025
"Totally fake!" pic.twitter.com/imsgaXFxFW
The Senator said:
And what happened in Portland a few nights ago, and it's recorded by Oregon Public Broadcasting, was that they staged a fake riot. They marched peaceful protestors three blocks, and then had a line across the road. They had professional videographers behind them. And then they threw down pepper balls, and flash bangs, which sound like gunfire going off, and tear gas. And of course, when you put tear gas, everybody moves, and it looks like you have some kind of a riot going on. Totally fake. This is the first time I know of, at least in my lifetime, that the federal government has faked a riot, in order to try to justify, if you will, the Insurrection Act being invoked.
Senator. Stop lying. A White House press release has already put the lie to your statement.
Of course, Portland’s own citizens — betrayed by their leaders — are sounding the alarm loud and clear, demanding action while the Fake News turns a blind eye:
- “It’s like a war zone. There are times I’ve had to have a gas mask on inside my own home,” says a resident near the ICE facility under siege in south Portland. “[Deploying the National Guard] is one thing I support, as far as Trump is concerned, because the city is failing us and I don’t want to feel like I’m collateral damage — and my rights matter, too.”
- “115 days of hell. I only come out during the day. You see all the black-covered Antifa people aren’t here. They come with the night,” says another Portland resident. “In the daytime, it’s all these little old senior people that think they’re changing the world before they pass from this earth.”
- “Yesterday morning, I was broken into again for the tenth time,” says a business owner in downtown Portland. “We need help here and something needs to be done, so if [the National Guard] is what we need to do to get our leaders paying attention to what’s happening in Portland, then I think it’s a good thing. We’ve been struggling for a long time — since 2020.”
See for yourself. Like this one:
PORTLAND: "I only come out during the day. You see all the black-covered Antifa people aren't here. They come with the night. In the daytime it's all these little old senior people that think they're changing the world before they pass from this earth."https://t.co/Q0vkcWNpJz
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 8, 2025
And this:
"Yesterday morning, I was broken into again for the TENTH TIME," says a business owner in downtown Portland.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 8, 2025
"We need help... If [the National Guard] is what we need to do to get our leaders paying attention to what's happening in Portland, then I think it's a good thing." pic.twitter.com/szUCqqONyv
There's more:
PORTLAND BUSINESS OWNER: "We struggle every day, every week, with the crime and the drugs and just the unsafeness that comes with being here... It's like our leaders have abandoned public safety." pic.twitter.com/6VmpjpGv0Y
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 8, 2025
These are the people affected by the legacy media and Democrats' (but I repeat myself) lying about the situation in Portland.
Senator Merkley is lying about the faked riot. There are real riots, nightly, happening in Portland. Regular citizens and business owners are being hit hard by these lawless mobs. This is an insurrection, nothing but, and it's about time it was dealt with - not only in Portland, but anywhere a mob assembles in defiance of civil authorities.
It's time for Senator Merkley in particular, and Democrats in general, to stop lying and admit what the rest of the country is already aware of: Portland is out of control.
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