Rioters vandalize buildings in Seattle, Portland and Denver on
inauguration day
Sen. Tom Cotton said Wednesday that renewed Antifa riots in
Portland and Seattle - following the inauguration of President
Joe Biden - prove the point he made over the summer that force
is needed to maintain law and order.
Cotton, R-Ark., said he remembers the media and Democrats
blaming former President Donald Trump for Antifa violence in
Democrat-run cities just a few months ago.
Speaking on "Fox & Friends," he said that no matter what side a
violent mob is on, they must be put down with force, whether
it's Antifa or the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S.
Capitol on January 6.
SEATTLE PROTESTERS OPPOSE BIDEN AND POLICE, VANDALIZE BUILDINGS,
CAUSE OTHER DAMAGE: REPORTS
SEN. TOM COTTON: I remember the media and Democrats blaming all
this Antifa violence on Donald Trump. Yet here we have Joe Biden
in the White House and Antifa is still rampaging in the streets
of Seattle and Portland and Denver. It proves a point I made two
months ago, two weeks ago. When you have a mob using violence
for a political end, it doesn't matter what slogan they're
chanting or flag they are waving. They have to be met with
force. And force has to be used to deter that violence and if it
breaks out, to stop that violence. That has to be the standard
that we apply no matter what slogan a mob is chanting.
[...]
These mobs that we see on the streets of Seattle and Portland
and Denver that represent Antifa - which I guess maybe is not
just an idea as some Democrats have said - ultimately what they
want is to overthrow America. They hate America, they are not
rampaging the streets because Joe Biden is president. They
weren't doing it last summer because Donald Trump was president.
They are doing it because they hate America.
Antifa protesters in Portland clashed with authorities Wednesday
as they gathered to voice dissatisfaction with President Biden,
forcing officers to retreat and taking at least one police
bicycle, authorities said.
A crowd of up to 150 people gathered at Revolution Hall around 2
p.m. local time and marched to the headquarters of the
Democratic Party of Oregon, Portland police Sgt. Kevin Allen
said. The so-called J20 protest was a demonstration against
Biden and law enforcement.
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In total, eight adults were arrested for crimes ranging from
rioting and possession of a destructive device to reckless
burning.
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