Trump referenced a weekend conversation with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, and he alluded to being told by Kotek that the reality in Portland is different from what’s being portrayed to him.
“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said. “But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place…it looks like terrible.”
His people are liars and Fox news shows “B” roll of the 2020 George Floyd protests all the time whenever they talk about Portland. He is clueless.
There are no riots in Portland. There is one ICE building that has a few scattered protests outside. That’s it.
All weekend people were posting pictures of families having picnics and downtown coffee shops filled with customers with the hashtag #warravagedportland
Idiocracy is funny but it’s dangerous.
Update: Philip Bump has more on this. It’s insidious.