White House press secretary Jen Psaki denounced the post-election riots in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. She said President Biden condemned the violence.
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The Washington Post’s coverage of the insurrectionist violence in Portland, Ore., is classic.
Reporters Marissa J. Lang and Kimberly Kindy acknowledge that those behind the violence, which has continued for months, are of the “far-left and anarchist” persuasion. But, though those individuals are engaged in “destructive tactics” and “vandalism,” and “burned an American flag” while confronting police (and some “threw large rocks” at federal officers, according to prosecutors), these insurrectionists cannot, of course, be described as “insurrectionists.” The media-Democratic complex reserves that designation for the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 and for Republican politicians who are said to have abetted them by supporting the former president’s effort to overturn the election.
Dan Springer reports on the mixed messages coming out of Seattle on prosecuting violent protesters.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said all violence will be reviewed as part of the Biden administration’s effort to combat domestic violent extremism when asked about recent riots in the Pacific Northwest.
Psaki, during Tuesday’s press briefing, was pressed on a report that Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines was reviewing individuals engaged in violence during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as domestic violent extremists, and whether ODNI would also review those engaged in unrest in Seattle, Wash. and Portland, Ore.
January 25, 2021
The corporate media and the Democrats have a history of ignoring and downplaying destructive and deadly riots in exchange for coverage that fits their political agenda.
For example, while the lawless riots that followed George Floyd’s death caused more than $2 billion in damages to businesses, churches, federal buildings, and other downtown structures in cities such as Minneapolis, Portland, Atlanta, D.C., and Kenosha, Wisconsin, journalists and politicians simply wrote off the arson, looting, vandalism, and other crimes as justified actions after years of racial oppression and police brutality.
“The common theme that ties all of this together is an expression of anger and frustration over what people feel like has become an all-too-familiar story,” said CNN’s Omar Jimenez, as a chyron reading “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests After Police Shooting” rolled across footage of burning buildings in Kenosha.