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Sen. Merkley On West Coast Wildfires: It ‘Puts On Exclamation Point’ On Climate Catastrophe | MSNBC
This is the maniac in the white house, having covid rallies and tweeting while half the country is on fire… he’s a disgrace.. he alread has 200k dead on his hands.
Jock Young exactly!!! Once again, you have said it perfectly!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💞
This is not Trump’s fault.
@Jock Young Trump wanted a travel ban. Democrats opposed it.
Don’t forgot all the hours he spends watching tv.
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
Just like Puerto Rico leaving us and not helping and moment when hurricane Maria attacked
So u Are Puerto Rican , I see well Vote for Biden and Harris, together We can rebuild Our country together! 🙏🏻🇺🇸🔥✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
@Enrique Castillo build it in biden’s basement
Puerto Ricans were left to die by the very indifference to human suffering evident by babies in cages, underfunded healthcare, housing, schools, hunger and more hunger. The richest and greediest country in the world.
How anyone who claims to follow Christ & supports this so called man we know truly follows the father of All Lies. God help them.
Exactly
Yes, “Father of this world is a liar and the father of all lies”. Goes to foundations and suddenly, one man, a noted liar, has swooned so many to believe in his rhetoric and demeanor, as if he were a king or a god.
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
@Five Stars…ANTIFA starting the west coast wildfires is a conspiracy theory started by some fukwit Trump supporters trying to cause even more animosity and division. There have been NO ANTIFA members linked to any cases of arson…PERIOD.
(Ashland, Ore.)
“Authorities are investigating the Almeda fire as an arson after discovering human remains in Ashland, the city police chief said.
The Jackson County’s Major Assault/Death Investigation Unit is investigating the nature of the death of the person found, according to Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara.
The unit draws detectives from Ashland Police, Medford, Central Point, Oregon State Police, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office.
“One thing I can say is that the rumors it was set by Antifa is 100% false information,” the police chief said by email. “We have some leads, and none of it points in that direction.””
The man arrested in Phoenix OR. was some crazed crackhead pyromaniac., NOT ANTIFA.
The smoke bomb in So-Cal that started one fire was extremely stupid, but it was not intentional arson. They still should be held to account, prosecuted, etc….but it WASN’T ARSON. Whoever is perpetrating that false story about ANTIFA should also be prosecuted.
Google it….there are no stories about ANTIFA starting ANY fires….it’s the exact opposite: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/09/11/police-debunk-false-social-media-rumours-antifa-starting-west/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/facebook-posts/antifa-activists-did-not-start-west-coast-wildfire/
WH response to broken windows and a dumpster fire: Send in the troops!
WH response to hectares of forest fire killing and displacing citizens: tough luck, libs, we’re busy.
…Did I get that right?
All I know is the President is not concerned with us. Our Firefighters are getting tired they are not only trying to save people there property but federal lands PLEASE MR PRESIDENT SEND US HELP
Up next Australia
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
@Five Stars…ANTIFA starting the west coast wildfires is a conspiracy theory started by some fukwit Trump supporters trying to cause even more animosity and division. There have been NO ANTIFA members linked to any cases of arson…PERIOD.
(Ashland, Ore.)
“Authorities are investigating the Almeda fire as an arson after discovering human remains in Ashland, the city police chief said.
The Jackson County’s Major Assault/Death Investigation Unit is investigating the nature of the death of the person found, according to Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara.
The unit draws detectives from Ashland Police, Medford, Central Point, Oregon State Police, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office.
“One thing I can say is that the rumors it was set by Antifa is 100% false information,” the police chief said by email. “We have some leads, and none of it points in that direction.””
The man arrested in Phoenix OR. was some crazed crackhead pyromaniac., NOT ANTIFA.
The smoke bomb in So-Cal that started one fire was extremely stupid, but it was not intentional arson. They still should be held to account, prosecuted, etc….but it WASN’T ARSON. Whoever is perpetrating that false story about ANTIFA should also be prosecuted.
Google it….there are no stories about ANTIFA starting ANY fires….it’s the exact opposite: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/09/11/police-debunk-false-social-media-rumours-antifa-starting-west/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/facebook-posts/antifa-activists-did-not-start-west-coast-wildfire/
STOP WAITING FOR FAVORS FROM A MADMAN. PRAY TO GOD FOR YOUR NEEDS
Chump shows he is not an American!
Jai Norman Jai, sounds like you’re looking for facts that trump isn’t human; just scope out anywhere he’s talking, take count of his lies.
wish a hero would step up and take care of chump
Most of you hate America…you should move!!!
What are you like 10 years old
He’s not even human.
And as an Australian, I fear our turn will come again soon, when we move into OUR summer. Why do politicians on the right still value their corporate “donations” more than having to finally accept climate change is real? We have our own deluded rightwingers, but thankfully they have not as yet surrendered to the Antifa myth.
It’s crazy. We’re have people who won’t evacuate because they think Antifa is coming. I think the people knowingly pushing that crap that is getting people killed should be prosecuted.
Omg yes. I’m an American living in Australia Brisbane area. The fires were devastating. The government and people are better prepared this time around.
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
it’s NO Secret President Dump hates Democratic States..
@Five Stars Yes. Its not a ‘rumor’ its a fact. However, with so much burning, what difference does it make by now? A pink smoke bomb at a gender reveal party started one too.
It seems like democrats don’t like democratic states either. 🤣
I’m.pretty sure he won’t get relected
No he just realizes they don’t do anything for their people!
@Justin Higner…No, it’s not fact. It’s a conspiracy theory started by some fukwit Trump supporter trying to cause even more animosity. There have been NO ANTIFA members linked to any cases of arson…PERIOD.
(Ashland, Ore.)
“Authorities are investigating the Almeda fire as an arson after discovering human remains in Ashland, the city police chief said.
The Jackson County’s Major Assault/Death Investigation Unit is investigating the nature of the death of the person found, according to Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara.
The unit draws detectives from Ashland Police, Medford, Central Point, Oregon State Police, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office.
“One thing I can say is that the rumors it was set by Antifa is 100% false information,” the police chief said by email. “We have some leads, and none of it points in that direction.””
The man arrested in Phoenix OR. was some crazed crackhead pyromaniac., NOT ANTIFA.
The smoke bomb was extremely stupid, but it was not intentional arson. They still should be held to account, prosecuted, etc….but it WASN’T ARSON. Whoever is perpetrating that false story should also be prosecuted.
Google it….there are no stories about ANTIFA starting ANY fires….it’s the exact opposite: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/09/11/police-debunk-false-social-media-rumours-antifa-starting-west/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/facebook-posts/antifa-activists-did-not-start-west-coast-wildfire/
So, VOTE WISELY next time. I feel so sorry for the people who lost their loved ones and their loving home.
@Andrew Hopkins im gonna answer you with a question.
“Why do you think i said vote wisely next time”??
@Machii Sensei No clue. Again what does voting have to do with forest fires???
duh..Vote for plp that are into fighting climate change . I live in woods and will be removing all dry brush on my 5ac / clearing down to the dirt 150 all around my home … Next will construct a new concrete -half bury into side of small here . Metal shutter to cover all windows ..Hopefully after a fire & I will return to a home still there//If you are in a Smoke Control Area then you can only burn authorised fuels (generally just smokeless fuels, although the list is available from DEFRA) and NOT wood.//Effective 2:00 p.m. on September 8, 2020, Lewis county will modify the ban on open burning of all unincorporated Lewis County, WA . This Modification will restrict outdoor burning and will NOT allow for recreational fires// Are we unincorporated ? lewis county in a `smoke control area`?= calling the 24 Hour Automated Information Line at 360-740-1133.
It’s even more sad when we come to find out that it was an arsonist who started just one of the fires, and what are the chances of some of these other fires being started by other arsonists?
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
It’s amazing how swiftly the law and. Order president can gather the troops. But let the world burn
i have also been wondering where is the assistance the federal gov. should offer – trump sends fed. troops to Oregon to ’cause trouble’ and now ……..sorry from a long way from Oregon but remembering how lush and green I remember it…did you realize that seriously the world is horrified by the attitude of Americans to each other which has emerged with trumps help and the american people are blind to how they are being so easily manipulated by one man…as if they have lost the power to independently think and be responsible….so with the fires, and when neighbour distrusts neighbour, it is something that has not happened overnight…..I go back to nine eleven and how readily the public believed the incredible story book presented to them about a handful of semi educated, non-organized arabs from saudi arabia, became the iraqies with their weapons of mass destruction that never existed, americans bought that story going to war , alone, …sometimes it seems when reality strkes like with the fires and the corona virus the learned reaction of most americans is to blame ….the need to not accept any responsibility for the wellfare of their country and fellow americans…..I guess the ‘wall’ an already proven stupid solution by the chinese a few thousand years ago- unless remedy for unemployment, the Israelis with their encroching labyrinth of walls used tohelp them achieve a kind of aparthaid and west bank ghetto for the palistinians, and really copying the failed East Germans in their attempt to keep their citizens ‘in’ a permanent cultural ‘lock-down’ is absurd yet there were actual and still are Americans who think it is something to be proud of – a solution also used in the middle ages of having a most around .o really be a no-solution and is called isolationism which with all our technology just does not exist…..where is the ‘united we stand, divided we fall’ attitude. I have not lived in the united states for over fifty years, my forefathers went their in 1637, fought in every war we can say we won (civil war as well) basically I assume they thought it right and necessary, but what is going on now in the united states, especially since the end of the soviet union, is so disgraceful, so primitive that it is impossible to consider such a divided non-thinking selfish population really able to sustain any form of democracy. It actually happened so fast (great powers and civilizations usually lasted longer unless a natural catastrophe happened) but this in america reminds me of the the story of the man who tried to build a great house on a bed of sand. The sand has washed away, been blown away, even dug away and without being even being finished , it is toppeling ….it is especially bitter as here is an example of preaching one thing and really doing the exact opposite. I am afraid it is going to get worse before and if it can get better. What does the united states of america represent now days to the rest of the world……..an experiment that is failing….if not failed. Big always wants to be bigger, but it is small that is beautiful, we would grieve more if the big bully was not so dangerous with its new nuclear system (announced by trump) – so typical so dangerous and this is no reality show. Blow yourselves up if necessary –
Let the world burn? Where do you live. The world is NOT burning speak for you own place
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
@sharon scherzer He wanted to assist stopping ruined businesses downtown, curb the RIOTING..help bring about safety and was slapped in the face by the Governor and the crooked, self -agrandized mayor! They haven’t been smart enough to eat crow and ask gor help…not our Presidents fault!!!
I’m in Sacramento it’s been horrible air quality for weeks due to all the fires here. Ash all over everything. I pray for everyone experiencing the loss of their homes for those evacuating and may God bless the fire fighters.
@Will A What does Breonna’s death have to do with fires?
Will A *Please, there’s no room here for this. People are losing their homes, people are dying. Don’t not become heartless and disgusting like the President* 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for the people of California. Praying for this nation to heal or *or we will all perish*
@Will A Wtf does any of this have to do with the fires you must be on the kool aid or something or just a troll.
@Will A yeah a bot 4 total comments ignorant this one!
Will A I don’t think you have the authority to speak on gods behalf.
One bad decision after another, trump and his swampthings. 💀👾💀
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
@Five Stars…ANTIFA starting the west coast wildfires is a conspiracy theory started by some fukwit Trump supporters trying to cause even more animosity and division. There have been NO ANTIFA members linked to any cases of arson…PERIOD.
(Ashland, Ore.)
“Authorities are investigating the Almeda fire as an arson after discovering human remains in Ashland, the city police chief said.
The Jackson County’s Major Assault/Death Investigation Unit is investigating the nature of the death of the person found, according to Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara.
The unit draws detectives from Ashland Police, Medford, Central Point, Oregon State Police, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office.
“One thing I can say is that the rumors it was set by Antifa is 100% false information,” the police chief said by email. “We have some leads, and none of it points in that direction.””
The man arrested in Phoenix OR. was some crazed crackhead pyromaniac., NOT ANTIFA.
The smoke bomb in So-Cal that started one fire was extremely stupid, but it was not intentional arson. They still should be held to account, prosecuted, etc….but it WASN’T ARSON. Whoever is perpetrating that false story about ANTIFA should also be prosecuted.
Google it….there are no stories about ANTIFA starting ANY fires….it’s the exact opposite: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/09/11/police-debunk-false-social-media-rumours-antifa-starting-west/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/facebook-posts/antifa-activists-did-not-start-west-coast-wildfire/
It is sad what is going on, fires, corona, hurricanes, people need to come together and not listen to left or right extremists who push hatred.
“We can do better than this!” We are Americans first and failing to control these fires and corona sad. 😔 Look at the rest of the World. All trump cares about is the stock market. 😔 The rich and Elites. 😔
He probably doesn’t want to cause a panic. LOL
John Lawson He cares only about the panic in the Dow and S & P 500. It benefits Trump and his buddies.
@Sheryl Chapman also benefits your stock portfolio don’t forget that! 🤔✌
We should have been in a panic when he took office
I live on the Coast of Oregon 10 miles east of Lincoln City its Called Otis we are a small community we are so devastated so many homes gone
Prayers for you all.
After 30 years in Oregon I know Otis and Rose Lodge. I have been concerned about those beautiful areas. God bless you. We here in Tucson had a major fire earlier in the year and that seems ancient history in this crazy year. I’m also concerned for Opal Creek wilderness and Silver Falls SP.
@Allan Rose Me to some of the most beautiful parts of Oergon Detroit Lake, Mill city and everything in between Estacada Oregon City Camby area Molalla it scary at times I felt like we were going to get locked in because there’s so many fires and only a couple minutes out
@Catherine Sorensen 😥😪😢😭🤞💕
Sorry for yours and other’s loss of their homes.
The United States of America
is now
The Divided States of Emergencies
@Anneka Brimhall true and whether North or South it’s still the same country. The Northeastern states were slave states, too. There was never any permission for Europeans to found a country here in the first place. It’s a tough one.
Dustin Toney It is! But just to have mature adults discuss it is a step in the right direction. I don’t think I ever lived in a slave state Colorado Arizona Utah California. The LDS church has always been against slavery. Read the history of Missouri and Illinois.
@Anneka Brimhall
I live in Oregon, which was very antislavery, and is a white separatist state. Not every state is a slave state, but every state is toxic to Black and Indiginous people.
@Anneka Brimhall
This is at ted talk by Mark Charles.
He’s a Navajo tribal member and was a US presidential candidate earlier in the race. This is what I’m getting at.
https://youtu.be/HOktqY5wY4A
@Anneka Brimhall
This is some Oregon history which is a great case study for the rest of the country
https://youtu.be/7Lcm1LDZZXg
ALMOST apocalyptic? This is most definitely an approaching apocalypse.
For the grandma and 12 yeSr old, it was definitely the apocalypse as they burnt to death.
They_Call_Me_ Pebbles we can always find a reason for it and reasons it’s happened before. Get back with me after 10 more years of climate change. Haven’t you ever heard ‘there are no atheists’ in fox holes. I don’t try to change peoples minds. I just like meeting new people and having discussions with them.
The pictures I see across America are now very similar to pictures of destruction in the Middle East or South America or Asia or Africa I’ve been seeing my entire life. How is it just now the “apocalypse” just because it’s happening in USA? Arrogant.
J B maybe. Get back with me in 10 years.
Yeah we are walking over the threshold:/
Mitch & the GOP senate are worse than Trump. They look away and allow this.
Bonnie Spiker that didn’t clear anything up for me. Could you elaborate?
David Lafleche Why are you tasking us to do what you are totally able to do via simple web search. You have to be a Russian troll; no trump facts showing how trump is superior,,,, just BS to make people mad…. enjoy your hate.
Major Smith so the right is nothing but a hater of those who don’t think like them right?
Bonnie Spiker typical trump bot reply. Misrepresent what’s been said. Why not post something that proves/supports the accomplishments of your leader trump?
@Major Smith Here you go with your lies again!
Here are two truthful articles that state the exact opposite-
(Ashland, Oregon)
“Authorities are investigating the Almeda fire as an arson after discovering human remains in Ashland, the city police chief said.
The Jackson County’s Major Assault/Death Investigation Unit is investigating the nature of the death of the person found, according to Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara.
The unit draws detectives from Ashland Police, Medford, Central Point, Oregon State Police, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office.
“One thing I can say is that the rumor it was set by Antifa is 100% false information,” the police chief said by email. “We have some leads, and none of it points in that direction.””
(PORTLAND, Ore.) –A man was arrested on arson charges Friday for allegedly setting a fire earlier this week in southern Oregon, while the region was already beset with the Almeda Fire.
Michael Jarrod Bakkela, 41, was charged with two counts of arson, along with 15 counts of criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangering.
On Tuesday, residents called 911 after seeing a man light a fire behind their house in Phoenix around 5 p.m. local time, police said. The witnesses had fled their home “due to the impending fire,” the sheriff’s office said.
When Oregon State Police troopers and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived, Bakkela “was standing close to a very large fire threatening several homes,” the sheriff’s office alleged.
The fire eventually merged with the Almeda Fire, which had started about six hours prior in Phoenix, police said.
There is “significant damage” that police are attributing to the fire allegedly set by Bakkela, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Mike Moran told ABC News.
“There are numerous homes, many of which are burnt completely, some are just heavily damaged, that are part of the 15 counts of criminal mischief,” Moran said.
Bakkela initially was arrested on Tuesday for a probation violation on an original charge of unlawful possession of methamphetamine. He was charged Friday afternoon in connection with the Almeda Fire. He is currently booked at the Jackson County Jail and will likely be arraigned on Monday.
The case has been referred to the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office and charges may be modified, police said.
Authorities are also conducting a separate criminal investigation into the initial origin of the Almeda Fire. A man was found dead about a mile from that origin point, in north Ashland, police said Friday.
A second death has also been announced in connection with the Almeda Fire, which has burned more than 5,700 acres and destroyed 700 structures.
On Friday, the FBI released a statement addressing rumors spread over social media that “extremists” were starting the fires.
“FBI Portland and local law enforcement agencies have been receiving reports that extremists are responsible for setting wildfires in Oregon. With our state and local partners, the FBI has investigated several such reports and found them to be untrue,” the agency said in a statement. “Conspiracy theories and misinformation take valuable resources away local fire and police agencies working around the clock to bring these fires under control. Please help our entire community by only sharing validated information from official sources.”
ABC News’ Jenna Harrison and Matt German contributed to this report.
That kid just stabbed the other kid inside that cardboard box!!
Omg!
Just that bit when he said the governor called the WH and has not heard back!…I mean that is just incredible. How can anyone accept such an administration and such a leader? Even in a small neighborhood, when there is someone like that, someone that turns a blind eye when their neighbor calls for help, even at that level people reject that person and shun them. Is the US so polarized now that this is the way it is moving forward? Before I decide whether you are equally as human as I am, tell me if you are Republican or Democrat first?! It is unthinkable to me that there are people out there that support him and actually like him!
The moron trump supporters don’t care..the Republicans are a disgrace…they should be voted out office
@joyce Loesch Accepting and enacting the “Southern Strategy” is a major component of what happened to the Republican Party.
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
I wouldnt call back either. You guys burned your bridge. You dems have tried to overthrow a legitimate President. More lies, more deceit than ever. You’re on your own for all I care.
@Jo Jo wow, I refuse to let politics turn me to hate. It will be hellfire and open misery for all if we do. This is just a test.
Our president is pathetic. He’s so politically motivated he can’t even give words of concern and sympathy to Americans who’ve lost everything because they reside in states that didn’t vote for him. What kind of human being is that? Deplorable isn’t it?
4 antifa arrested from Ca. Wa. and Or for setting fires https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
@Five Stars That is an absolute lie!! Here are two seperate articles that speak the truth.
(Ashland, Ore.)
“Authorities are investigating the Almeda fire as an arson after discovering human remains in Ashland, the city police chief said.
The Jackson County’s Major Assault/Death Investigation Unit is investigating the nature of the death of the person found, according to Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara.
The unit draws detectives from Ashland Police, Medford, Central Point, Oregon State Police, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office.
“One thing I can say is that the rumor it was set by Antifa is 100% false information,” the police chief said by email. “We have some leads, and none of it points in that direction.””
(PORTLAND, Ore.) –A man was arrested on arson charges Friday for allegedly setting a fire earlier this week in southern Oregon, while the region was already beset with the Almeda Fire.
Michael Jarrod Bakkela, 41, was charged with two counts of arson, along with 15 counts of criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangering.
On Tuesday, residents called 911 after seeing a man light a fire behind their house in Phoenix around 5 p.m. local time, police said. The witnesses had fled their home “due to the impending fire,” the sheriff’s office said.
When Oregon State Police troopers and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived, Bakkela “was standing close to a very large fire threatening several homes,” the sheriff’s office alleged.
The fire eventually merged with the Almeda Fire, which had started about six hours prior in Phoenix, police said.
There is “significant damage” that police are attributing to the fire allegedly set by Bakkela, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Mike Moran told ABC News.
“There are numerous homes, many of which are burnt completely, some are just heavily damaged, that are part of the 15 counts of criminal mischief,” Moran said.
Bakkela initially was arrested on Tuesday for a probation violation on an original charge of unlawful possession of methamphetamine. He was charged Friday afternoon in connection with the Almeda Fire. He is currently booked at the Jackson County Jail and will likely be arraigned on Monday.
The case has been referred to the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office and charges may be modified, police said.
Authorities are also conducting a separate criminal investigation into the initial origin of the Almeda Fire. A man was found dead about a mile from that origin point, in north Ashland, police said Friday.
A second death has also been announced in connection with the Almeda Fire, which has burned more than 5,700 acres and destroyed 700 structures.
On Friday, the FBI released a statement addressing rumors spread over social media that “extremists” were starting the fires.
“FBI Portland and local law enforcement agencies have been receiving reports that extremists are responsible for setting wildfires in Oregon. With our state and local partners, the FBI has investigated several such reports and found them to be untrue,” the agency said in a statement. “Conspiracy theories and misinformation take valuable resources away local fire and police agencies working around the clock to bring these fires under control. Please help our entire community by only sharing validated information from official sources.”
ABC News’ Jenna Harrison and Matt German contributed to this report.
Do you think Californians will say: “Oh! Thank you Mr President for your kind words, sympathy and concern?? NO WAY! They’ll say a bunch of stuff I don’t want to MENTION here!! By the way I’m concerned about him coming to CALI!! 🤔✌
@Five Stars ..bullshite. A scruffy-looking white dude who’s homeless ain’t ‘antifa’….in NYC we called those a homeless bum & firebug….
Omygoodness when there’s a hurricane the eyes of the nation turn to our fellow Countrymen. Everyone is sympathetic. But fire, oh no, we have to turn over every stone looking for someone to blame and the victims are less deserving of our sympathy? And when has being against fascism ever been wrong? I guess the people who are always going on about antifa must be fascists.
Promise made, promise kept: American carnage is becoming reality under Trump.