by Mia Cathell
The Antifa challenger running for Portland mayor regurgitated the Biden-coined phrase: “Antifa is not anything more than an idea.”
Leading contender in Portland mayor race asked, “Are you Antifa?” Look how she answers. (Spoiler: YES) pic.twitter.com/YMDxbiAFLA
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) October 9, 2020
Sarah Iannarone leads incumbent Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler by double digits in a recent poll that surveyed likely voters. The two mayoral candidates faced off Thursday night at the first televised mayoral debate hosted by The Oregonian.
KGW News anchor and moderator Laural Porter asked Iannarone: “You’ve been called the ‘Antifa Mayor.’ Are you Antifa and how would that guide how you would handle protests as mayor?”
“I love that Joe Biden answered this question before me, because being opposed to fascism in 2020 is not something to be embarrassed about,” Iannarone answered defensively. “I have a bumper sticker from the beginning of my campaign that says #EverydayAntifascist. And what I have tried to do is normalize peaceful responses to the rise of white nationalism by organizing in my community.”
The contender went on to recount how she orchestrated a menstrual product drive for her neighbors when the Proud Boys arrived, “because the answer to toxic masculinity is an inclusive pluralist society where all backgrounds feel welcome.”
“Is being anti-fascist the same thing as being Antifa? Are you Antifa?” Porter asked Iannarone point blank.
“Antifa is not anything more than an idea,” Iannarone echoed Biden’s evasive response that downplayed a connected network of far-left militants mobilized on social media with arms insidiously planted in major Democratic-led cities.
During last Tuesday night’s first presidential debate, Democratic nominee Joe Biden claimed that “Antifa is an idea not an organization.”
“That’s what Vice President Biden explained to us. It’s people who oppose anti-fascism,” Iannarone continued, mirroring leftist talking points that often hijack the textbook definition of an expression. “I strongly oppose anti-fascism and I adopt and implement peaceful responses to that. And that is how I describe my position on this issue.”
Iannarone continued this drawn-out euphemism for the left-wing terrorist organization: “Donald Trump has decided to make the enemy of groups of people who oppose his bullies and his militia forces. But I’m not going to be caught up in that rhetoric because it’s false. It creates division in our society. It creates division in our city. What we need is every single Portlander faced in the right direction, saying ‘Hate is not welcome here.'”
In late 2019, Iannarone was accused of inciting violence for a tweet directed at far-right and fascist groups that were supposedly present in Portland. “There should be no safe haven for people affiliated with domestic terrorists and white nationalist extremists in our #SanctuaryCity, period,” she wrote at the time.
Another Brain-Dead liberal Democrat with no hope to cure their liberal stupidity
Is that a typo or misquote? Opposes anti-fascism? Or, was that more of a Freudian slip?
I guess the people of Portland officially need our pity. Their choice is either a weak Democrat failure that sits around and does nothing while the people he aids and abets tries to burn his apartment building down with him in it, or a person that is actually a member of those doing the violence. This is what decades of voting stupidly will get you.
This lunatic is a total nut case
This has taught us that who you vote for as Mayor or Governor is as or more important than President.
Pay attention to your local seats these freaks are everywhere.
Vote Republican down ballot.