Why has it taken so long to identify and arrest Antifa thugs?

 Red States:

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Now, of course, this is the way to get them and he shouldn’t have to be calling on the citizenry to do it; the police should already have been marking down plate numbers at the parks where they gather and where they go back to when they’re done. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out. That way, you figure out who all the folks are behind this. Of course, then you also have to prosecute them and hold them accountable. That’s another big piece that’s been missing here.

But this announcement also has the effect of throwing them completely off-kilter and wondering who may be turning them in.

Folks on the left are furious that Wheeler would dare do this. Everyone else is mad that it’s taken this long for him to do anything.

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Oregon has been inept in dealing with the domestic terrorists.  I suspect it is because they are all liberals.  Democrats have been making excuses for these thugs for some time.