Biden lies about protesters being 'peaceful'

PJ Media:

On Wednesday, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden finally addressed the federal response to the horrific antifa riots and lawlessness in Portland. Rather than acknowledging the violence and destruction in that city — which have carried on for 54 nights — Biden slammed federal officers, claiming they were “brutally attacking peaceful protesters” in service of President Donald Trump’s “political interests.” His statement did not even mention the firing of mortars at police officers and at the federal courthouse or the brief “autonomous zone” that emerged in Portland earlier this month.

“We have a president who is determined to sow chaos and division. To make matters worse instead of better,” Biden began. “We all remember the appalling scenes in front of the White House, when peaceful protestors were gassed to make way for a Trump photo op. Now Homeland Security agents — without a clearly defined mandate or authority — are ranging far from federal property, stripped of badges and insignia and identifying markings, to detain people.”

“They are brutally attacking peaceful protestors, including a U.S. Navy veteran,” the Democrat insisted.

Ironically, Biden went on to acknowledge that “of course the U.S. government has the right and duty to protect federal property.” He insisted that “the Obama-Biden administration protected federal property across the country without resorting to these egregious tactics — and without trying to stoke the fires of division in this country.” (Because telling black people that Mitt Romney would “put y’all back in chains” certainly doesn’t qualify as “stoking the fires of division,” right?)

“We need a president who will bring us together instead of tear us apart, calm instead of inflame, and enforce the law faithfully rather than put his political interests first,” Biden concluded.

While federal officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) have allegedly been using “snatch vans” to detain people on the violent streets of Portland, CBP has insisted that agents identified themselves as such and wore CBP insignia on their clothes during arrests. U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy J. Williams has directed an investigation into these worrisome claims.

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On Saturday evening, for example, two groups of antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters terrorized Portland, squaring off against police and federal troops. One group attacked the Portland Police Bureau’s North Precinct and the police union, setting it on fire. The other group targeted the federal courthouse and Justice Center, returning to set yet another bonfire at the ruins of the elk statue nearby. Before the violence began on this 51st day of unrest in Portland, Mayor Ted Wheeler (D-Portland) decided to hamstring federal troops, aiming to prevent local law enforcement from teaming up with them.
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There have been numerous acts of arson and assaults on police and police facilities.  It is outrageous that Biden would describe this mob as peaceful.  It is also false to claim that the mob in Washington was peaceful when their actions sine over a hundred law enforcement officers to the hospital with injuries.  The "mostly peaceful" lie is one of the biggest political frauds the Democrats have pushed of late.  The media has gone along with this lie to push its own false narrative.  Biden and the Democrats are backing criminals instead of those trying to protect the people.