I've noticed some misinformation taking root after last night's shooting in Portland. The mainstream media seems to be claiming that the shooting was the result of Trump sending in supporters into downtown Portland in order to create chaos, with them bringing weapons and starting fights.
I also heard some people saying that there basically wasn't any major Trump supporter presence in Portland.
I have seen little evidence of this, though I do see communist insurrectionists agitating. Some of the Trump supporting vehicles did burnouts. There are some minor scuffles, but nothing of any major significance. For the most part, it looks like regular communist agitation & mild violence being met with obstinance and defensive actions.
According to KOIN 6, there were hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people. One of the people on the ground claimed there was over 600 vehicles.
See below, and decide for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3SDEL8qKpE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FvCW_nesXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SITsnH8pVjA
Even if that were true, so what? In effect its just copying what Antifa already does with how they bus people in from across the country.
The media can run with a "Trump supporters are causing violence in Portland" narrative a lot easier than "radical leftists are rioting for 500th night". At the moment the momentum seems to swinging towards Trump being all about law and order, which I believe he is, but if the red hats start popping up, the winds could change against him.
They didn't start any fights.
Well, there was one that seems pretty illegitimate.