carley: the merrell o mayor ofd promises a new ordinance allowing protesters to exercise their constitutional rights. it comes after ted wheeler defended his hand off approach of not letting police interfere with violent antifa protesters. emma michelle joined us earlier who experienced violence firsthand. i went to one of the first antifa riots in portland in 2016 to film. i actually had one of the organizers look me in the eye and say if you re here to film for the, quote, wrong reasons then we re going to, quote, take care of you. that violent threat has turned to violent action in my own city. carley: the president of the national i.c.e. council says mayor wheeler left the people of portland to fend for themselves. rob: a democrat in pennsylvania and a veteran of the gulf war forced to resign over a year-old facebook post that reads, quote, i stand for
until the top of the hour. portland s mayor sparking outrage standing by his decision not to allow police to stop antifa s a s anarchy. i support the decision to support the police, not to intervene. heather: our next guest lives in portland and has seen the violence firsthand. why she says college campuses are to blame for the temper tantrums that have turned into mobs. today is the day you re going to get motivated.
antifa riots that have been going on. they very much do have a safe space culture. we reported on many stories coming from that specific school. it s very important to watch where these things are coming from and then we can kind of know what s going to be happening as these things bleed out into the mainstream. heather: let s here about what the portland mayor had to say about cracking down on street brawls in the city. the mayor has taken we don t tolerate violence on our streets. violence is not and has never been a legitimate means to a political end. heather: he s saying there that violence is not a means to an end but some folks saying too little, too late. the president of the national i.c.e. council says the mayor did not protect citizens. we have that as well i think for people at home, he said the mayor chose to leave fellow citizens to fend themselves over this violent mob. they asked that ted wheeler give
i was appalled by what i saw in the video but i support the decision of the portland police not to intervene. this whole incident will be investigated. heather: so are scenes like this the result of an out-of-control safe space mentality? here to weigh in is director of campus reform.org, emma michelle. thank you for joining us. thanks for having me. heather: you re from portland. you ve seen the protests on and off campus. tell us what you personally experienced or family members or friends. as someone who is from portland, the riots do terrify me, not only for the sake of my hometown, but the sake of the country. the left has taken on the mentality that they think they hold the moral high grounds and they re not only justified but obligated to do any means necessary to shut down their opposition over politics. and this is something that i think stems from the college
campus at the leadership institute campus reform, i used to be a correspondent. i went to one of the first antifa riots in portland in 2016 to film. i actually had one of the organizers look me in the eye and say, if you re here to film for the, quote, wrong reasons, that we re going to, quote, take care of you. that violence threat has turned to violent action in my own city. heather: you think the students originally they called for these safe spaces, you think they weaponized the safe spaces and gone on to graduate and go out into the community? certainly. and something that i ve seen is that original protest that i went to, one of the groups there was the young democratic socialists of america. and since that one protest, they ve added 200 new chapters and they ve had over 40,000 new members join. it s very important that we watch where these movements begin and it seems to really begin at the college campus. portland state university is kind of central to all of these