10/09/2025
The White House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10/08/25
PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help
For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property — yet the Fake News remains in shameful denial about the Radical Left’s reign of terror.
That’s why, as President Donald J. Trump mobilizes federal resources to safeguard lives and property, the White House is hosting today the fearless independent journalists who have long risked their own safety to shine a light on Portland’s descent into chaos.
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.”
“We struggle every day, every week, with the crime and the drugs and just the unsafeness that comes with being here in our city right now. It’s like our leaders have abandoned public safety for us,” says a Portland coffeeshop owner.
“It may be the only way if our city and state governments are not willing to do their jobs… If city governments and police departments are not able to protect people, folks are going to look for protection from anywhere they can get it,” says a Portland man who represents retailers ravaged by crime in the city. “For those people who do not want federal troops in our streets, I would say start clamoring for your local government to protect our property, our businesses, and our lives.”
“I kind of support it 110% just because I would like to see them clean up the city of Portland,” says a resident of north Portland. “At least they can do something to help our city.”
“Look at our streets — there’s homelessness, they’re full of garbage, businesses are leaving. We are not a thriving city. Our city is falling. It’s horrible,” says a Portland woman.
It’s obvious that what’s happening in Portland isn’t mere protest; it’s premeditated anarchy — the latest chapter of violence in Portland at the hands of Antifa and the Radical Left:
Since early June, Antifa militants have laid siege to the ICE field office in south Portland. The terrorists have violently breached the facility by using a stop sign as a battering ram, hurled explosives and projectiles, burned American flags, viciously assaulted, attacked, and injured officers, doxed officers, berated neighbors, and even rolled out a guillotine.
As part of the ongoing siege, dozens have been arrested and charged with serious crimes such as arson, assaulting federal officers, and resisting arrest.
In May 2024, an “Antifa anarchist movement” took credit for burning more than a dozen Portland Police Bureau training vehicles.
In May 2022, Antifa members deployed smoke grenades, paint-filled balloons, and fireworks to break up a campaign event for a Republican political candidate.
In August 2021, Antifa terrorists violently attacked right-wing demonstrators with explosives and chemical spray.
In January 2021, more than 100 Antifa demonstrators attacked Portland police and vandalized property, with some armed with knives and long poles.
In October 2020, Antifa terrorists sparked a riot at an “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage” event, toppling statues of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt and vandalizing multiple buildings.
In August 2020, a self-described Antifa militant shot and killed a Patriot Prayer supporter during a riot in Portland, then was later killed after he brandished a weapon while law enforcement attempted to apprehend him on murder charges.
In 2020, Portland Antifa terrorists led 100 days of carnage and violence in Portland — in which they rioted, looted, burned buildings, bludgeoned officers, deployed power tools and commercial-grade fireworks as weapons, and attempted to destroy a local courthouse.
In May 2020, Antifa terrorists released a “chilling video” in which they threatened the city’s mayor and publicized his home address.
In November 2019, an Antifa terrorist was sentenced to six years in prison after “using a weapon against a conservative demonstrator who suffered blows to the head that the victim claims left him with a concussion and cuts that required 25 staples to close.”
In June 2019, Portland Antifa terrorists were arrested after assaulting rightwing demonstrators and police with quick drying cement and bear spray.
In August 2018, a Bernie Sanders voter was beaten by Antifa militants “for carrying an American flag.”
In 2017, Antifa terrorists caused an innocent Wisconsin family to be inundated with threats after they published their address online in a botched doxing attempt.
In 2017, Antifa terrorists attacked and injured law enforcement and attendees at a pro-free speech rally.
In 2017, Antifa threatened organizers of the annual Avenue of Roses Parade for including a Republican-themed float — prompting the group to cancel the event altogether.
In 2016, Antifa-led rioting caused more than $1 million in damage in Portland after President Trump’s election.
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