Sometimes you just can’t catch a break.
Politicians are poised for hate from one group or other, and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s certainly garnered his share.
But rioters shouldn’t be among them — after all, the mayor’s appeared more intent upon appeasing the lawless taking the street than the law-abiding hiding at home.
Apropos, on August 28th, RedState’s Nick Arama penned the following:
Riots went on in Portland for 93 days and the response of Mayor Ted Wheeler was completely lacking in any real effort to stop it.
Wheeler embraced the protests and spent more time trying to blame the federal response rather than blaming the rioters and actually doing anything.
And yet, he’s not exactly received a box of Russell Stover from the chaotic crew.
Sweet! Russell Stover is relaunching its iconic #brand to remind #consumers that its #chocolates can be given more often than only on Valentine’s Day or special occasions. https://t.co/x0VlFOR6jq @SWEETSandSNACKS pic.twitter.com/GtTcvk1L5w
— Retail Best Practices (@Retail_BP) March 22, 2019
Although, Ted was recently treated to a fireworks extravaganza outside his apartment complex.
It was a downright panoply (Language Warning for all the videos below):
Antifa rioters set off fireworks at @tedwheeler’s NW Portland condo. They’ve also started a large fire on the street. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/A3KnDvCBCv
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 1, 2020
The party was hot:
Earlier tonight: Antifa set fires in the building where Mayor Ted Wheeler supposedly lives, prompting police to declare a riot and disburse the crowd to allow firefighters at the scene. pic.twitter.com/OfASXps04p
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 1, 2020
It was a real bash:
Earlier in the night in Portland, antifa rioters calmly smashed up a random business to protest police & @tedwheeler. They stole furniture from inside to use as tinder for their fire. They then set the office’s lobby on fire. #PortlandsRiots pic.twitter.com/b7rNvAEqNn
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 1, 2020
The event was lit:
8/31/20 Portland | The trash can fire that is Portland. Outside Mayor Ted Wheeler’s condo. Credit: Randall McCorkle https://t.co/h8J3c0Eysp pic.twitter.com/mWrp1NauVP
— Liz Jones (@LizJone26271417) September 1, 2020
Party on…
Protesters dancing in the street in front of the Portland mayor’s apartment. #blacklivesmatter #protest #pdx #Portland #Oregon #BLM #PortlandProtest #pdxprotest pic.twitter.com/i63dl4DvnD
— Garrison Davis (Teargas Proof) (@hungrybowtie) August 29, 2020
BLM protester tells comrades to go directly to @tedwheeler’s condo door. They’re staging a coup to force him out of office & to defund police. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/Yq496GWo3q
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 29, 2020
Protesters have entered into @tedwheeler’s condo building and say they won’t leave until he comes down to read their demands pic.twitter.com/pCOl9F5Md6
— Portland DSA (@PortlandDSA) August 29, 2020
Yet, he was evidently less than impressed.
As relayed by Townhall last week, “The Democratic mayor of Portland…is moving from his $840,000 condo to avoid rioters who have repeatedly targeted the building, according to a report.”
And despite his being repeatedly on their side, the mob continues to whack Wheeler.
Hence, after 100 nights of permitted mayhem, the artists of anarchy have now churned out some rhythmic rudeness by way of a rap release.
Ladies and Gentlemen, following an especially huge Language Warning, I give you a snippet of the new single with an unmentionable assertion.
For those who wish to avoid the vulgarity, suffice it to say, the message is, “Forget Ted Wheeler.”
Dance around that incinerating mattress, shirtless man:
Far-left protesters march to the @PortlandPolice north precinct, start a street fire & begin dancing. They’re playing their new “F— Ted Wheeler” rap song. Video by @TaylerUSA. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/yZjNvWflaJ
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 7, 2020
It’s not the anarchists’ only use of recent rhyme to vent their woke woes.
Late Saturday night, an online clip captured a lamenting lyricist’s lip against law and order — performed directly in the face of a riot-geared cop like a 1978 Leif Garrett to a bell-bottomed 12-year-old:
“If you was a man, you would grab the microphone & you would f—ing rap.”
Some person at the BLM-antifa Portland protest is rapping his confrontation with police. pic.twitter.com/4Vz3kvtvPb
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 7, 2020
Perhaps it’s a new genre — Riot Rap.
Meanwhile, the mayor can’t seem to get a governed grip on his town.
And so the city rolls on ’til the wheels fall off…or the Wheeler does.
P.S. That last performance came to an unfortunate end:
Police retreat, then rush forward to arrest rapper @Noshu4me and others after their promised disengagement #PortlandProtests #Portland pic.twitter.com/Cjb6EiG2tN
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 7, 2020
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