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oregonjen

(3,614 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:12 AM Thursday

Noem accuses Portland of covering up terrorism

She figured it out. Yep, it’s a coverup!

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/kristi-noem-slams-oregon-leaders-antifa-roundtable/283-ab19f7c2-bd43-4427-9624-494be1e7064c


Kristi Noem accuses Oregon leaders of 'covering up terrorism' after visit to Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. — A day after her surprise visit to Portland, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticized elected city and state leaders while blaming antifa for political violence on Wednesday. Noem accused the Portland mayor and the Oregon governor of "covering up the terrorism that is hitting their streets."

Noem made the remark during a roundtable meeting on antifa with President Donald Trump, held in the White House State Dining Room. They were joined by a number of administration officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI director Kash Patel, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

A handful of conservative social media influencers were also present at the roundtable. Among them was Nick Sortor, who has been at recent protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland.
"I was in Portland yesterday and had the chance to visit with the governor of Oregon and also the mayor. They're in town and they are absolutely covering up the terrorism that is hitting their streets," Noem said.

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Noem accuses Portland of covering up terrorism (Original Post) oregonjen Thursday OP
They're covering up by riding bikes and being slightly weird. tinrobot Thursday #1
Have you checked under the rug, Kristi? durablend Thursday #2
IOW, she came here Mme. Defarge Thursday #3
Creating a violent domestic terrorist organization out of whole cloth is hard, covering it up is easy. sop Thursday #4
Such logic has not prevailed in court bucolic_frolic Thursday #5
Hrmmm. Accusing someone of a serious crime without any evidence, sounds pretty defamatory to me... Volaris Thursday #6
Did she bring her terrorist sniffer dog to find them? Oh...wait...he's unavailable. Ping Tung Thursday #7
She had a great phot op staring down and intimidating an inflatable chicken. Torchlight Thursday #8
The only terrorists are inside the White House and Executive Branch--- Jack Valentino Thursday #9
So they discovered there is nothing going on in Portland. Crack team you've got travelingthrulife Thursday #10
Those darn dancing dinosaurs! imanamerican63 Thursday #11
These psychos bandy the word terrorism around whenever it suits them. They are totally full of shit. Blues Heron Thursday #12
The Nazis of the round table. Swede Thursday #13
Cosplay queen says what? Ritabert Thursday #14
Noem and "builder" tRump should learn from Portland. Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #15
No proof, no violence tonekat Thursday #16
Hey Kristie the Clown..... Diamond_Dog Thursday #17
Check out these "dangerous Antifa terrorists." LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #18

sop

(16,405 posts)
4. Creating a violent domestic terrorist organization out of whole cloth is hard, covering it up is easy.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:19 AM
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Volaris

(11,143 posts)
6. Hrmmm. Accusing someone of a serious crime without any evidence, sounds pretty defamatory to me...
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:22 AM
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They should file a suit and drag that fucking hag in for discovery.

Torchlight

(5,849 posts)
8. She had a great phot op staring down and intimidating an inflatable chicken.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:25 AM
Thursday

It takes a LOT of courage and conviction to go one-on-one with parade floats.

Jack Valentino

(3,558 posts)
9. The only terrorists are inside the White House and Executive Branch---
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:26 AM
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That includes YOU, Kristi! Killed any puppies lately?

travelingthrulife

(3,480 posts)
10. So they discovered there is nothing going on in Portland. Crack team you've got
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:26 AM
Thursday

there Puppy Killer.

Maybe they are hiding the terrorists behind the dancing unicorn.

MAGA will shake their bobble-heads in agreement.

Blues Heron

(7,772 posts)
12. These psychos bandy the word terrorism around whenever it suits them. They are totally full of shit.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:32 AM
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Bernardo de La Paz

(59,470 posts)
15. Noem and "builder" tRump should learn from Portland.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:54 AM
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Portland can burn down a block at 10 pm and by dawn the next morning it is recreated anew and fully furnished with cars in the parking lot.

"Builder" tRump can't build like that.

Diamond_Dog

(38,737 posts)
17. Hey Kristie the Clown.....
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 01:58 PM
Thursday

When they leave the room, what they’re doing is bursting out in laughter …. At YOU!

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