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A mob of leftist protesters decided to harass FBI Director Kash Patel while he was reportedly in Portland, Oregon, attending a friend’s funeral this weekend because apparently nothing screams “saving democracy” like stalking federal officials outside a hotel.
According to Fox News, agitators swarmed the downtown area Saturday night after convincing themselves Patel was staying at the Sentinel Hotel. Social media footage showed protesters gathering outside the building, shouting rude slogans and waving professional signs in yet another example of the unhinged activism that has become routine during President Donald Trump’s second term.
The demonstrators claimed they were protesting the alleged “weaponization” of the FBI under Trump and Patel’s handling of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to FOX 12 Oregon. Evidently, the Left now thinks the proper response to political disagreement is tracking government aircraft and mobbing hotels.
It is still unclear where Patel actually stayed.
Police maintained a presence at the scene while unemployed and possibly paid protesters crowded outside the hotel entrance. Thankfully, unlike other recent left-wing demonstrations, the situation did not appear to devolve into leftist violence.
Fox News reported that activists used public flight-tracking data to monitor the Justice Department aircraft Patel reportedly uses. From there, they watched security activity downtown to determine which hotel he was “likely” staying at. Totally normal behavior that isn't well-appreciated by patrons of the hotel.
One protester admitted to Fox 12, “It wasn’t 100% confirmed but very likely he was at the Sentinel.” The same individual claimed the group gathered there “to protest the weaponization of Trump’s and Patel’s FBI to suppress our freedom of speech and freedom of press.”
Sure, surrounding a hotel and intimidating people attending a funeral definitely advances free speech.
Another protester who never personally met the FBI Director, or actually knew anything about him, simply called him “a creep,” because that is what he was told to think.
Others held professionally produced signs reading, “Kash Patel protects pedophiles” and “We don’t want you in our city, oink oink piggy piggy.”
Classy stuff from the self-proclaimed defenders of civility.
And this is becoming a trend. In January, leftist demonstrators in Minneapolis targeted both the Depot Renaissance Hotel and the Hilton Canopy Hotel because they believed ICE agents were staying there, according to Reuters. That protest escalated further, with rioters damaging property while attempting to force their way inside before police shut things down.
Remember when Democrats and the media spent years lecturing everyone about “political violence,” “threats to democracy,” and “dangerous rhetoric”? Funny how those concerns disappear when the mob is aimed at Trump officials.
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