Portland Mayor Employs Shameless Tactic in Attempt to Suppress Free Speech Rallies

Nothing sums up modern liberalism better than the Mayor of Portland trying to shut down a free speech rally:

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, on Monday urged U.S. officials and organizers to cancel a “Trump Free Speech Rally” and other similar events, saying they are inappropriate and could be dangerous after two men were stabbed to death on a train as they tried to help a pair of young women targeted by an anti-Muslim tirade. …

Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, and Ricky John Best, 53, were killed Friday as they tried to stop Jeremy Joseph Christian from harassing the women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, authorities say. Another who stepped in was seriously injured.

Mayor Wheeler, who avers that the Constitution does not protect anything that he deems to be “hate speech,” is trying to hang the murders committed by this maniac around the neck of non-liberals, specifically Trump supporters and defenders of free speech in the face of the liberal fascism that has been so prevalent on the Left Coast lately.

This is a joke, considering that the unfortunately named (but conveniently named for liberal propagandists) Christian was a Bernie Sanders supporter during the election. When he tried to infiltrate an event like the ones that Wheeler is trying to suppress, he was kicked out:

Christian is a lowlife criminal who apparently learned his ideology in prison, where militant racial solidarity can be a survival technique:

Christian served prison time after holding up employees at a convenience store with a gun in 2002, court records show. He went back after pleading guilty in 2011 to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was behind bars again in 2013 for violating a condition of his release, according to court records.

Tomica Clark told The Oregonian/OregonLive that she has known Christian since elementary school. She said she was surprised to hear people call Christian racist. Clark is black and said Christian had many black friends.

“He never disrespected me,” Clark said, but added that he changed after he got out of prison.

Using some homicidal goon with obvious mental problems to represent free speech, and as a pretext to suppress free speech, is an indication of how shameless leftists have become in their strong-arm tactics.

On tips from KirklesWorth, Dragon’s Lair, Torcer, and Pork_Soda.