Outgoing Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler gave an interview to a local news outlet in which he was asked about his two terms in office. He was specifically asked about the violent protests which began in 2016 after Donald Trump was elected the first time and how he views the challenges those movements presented to the city. His answers were interesting though not, in my opinion, completely honest.
Wheeler was asked about the street battles between Antifa and Patriot Prayer and said that his solution to put in place time, place and manner of protest restrictions was ahead of its time. He got pushback from newspapers across the country for that but he said that after the BLM riots of 2020 the public changed its tune and was much more willing to consider efforts to control street protests.
All of that may be true but it’s also a bit misleading. First of all, Antifa’s…
