The peaceful demonstrations have to stop..............

[MRDAWG]

They are Trump's only hope. I have two friends who are Repubs. They have been disgusted with Trump. They were going to stay home this election. They are fired up for Trump because of the demonstrations.. Really, 100 days in Portland are way too much. I support BLM but cool it until Nov, 4th.

Michael Steele on MSNBC has talked the same.

[bearsfootball516]

1. Your concern is noted.

[The Magistrate]

19. And Is Legitimate, Sir

These actions have lost their mass quality, and become counter-productive.

[SheltieLover]

33. IMO, better that they register voters

And get them to the polls, or ensure mail-in ballots are completed correctly & dropped off or mailed back early and tracked for receipt.

[The Magistrate]

36. Unfortunately, Ma'am

Most of the people still turning out have convinced themselves long since that no good can come of elections and voting.

[Maraya1969]

38. We have to make sure that Democrats stay in power long enough to enact real change.

The problem is somehow Democrats lost it while they are in charge, I mean lose power when they shouldn't.

We had Clinton and then idiot Bush. Then we had Obama and super idiot Trump.

As Democrats we have got to find a way to hold onto power.

[The Magistrate]

39. I Agree, Ma'am

But it should be noted that in each case, the defeat owed a good deal to the 'lefter than thou' setting up the 'not a dime's worth of difference between Democrats and Republicans' cry, and working to damage the Democratic candidate under that banner. Nader gave the country Bush, and though some prefer to deny it, Sanders did enough damage to Mrs. Clinton, with ludicrous charges of corruption and worse, to make a difference, and to turn the nation over to the cheap thug with his hairspray crown.

[bottomofthehill]

2. I have lost the point of the goal of the protests at this point.

At some point, we must claim victory and go home.

[uponit7771]

3. Change in local legislation since we can't get it on a federal level

[nitpicker]

4. I'm wondering if this is a false flag operation

Kill off those on your own side to drive election turnout??

[Thekaspervote]

5. Agree. At this juncture they need to meet with officials and begin to lay out what they want

Endless protests with no end point..is it right wing driven? One has to wonder as they turn more violent

[Roland99]

6. Protests aren't supposed to turn into riots...

But arrests aren’t supposed to turn into murders

[mucifer]

7. I'm hearing this from my family sort of NO WAY IN HELL would they vote trump but

they are pissed about the looting and think Portland has got out of hand and believe this could win trump the election.

I am so very lucky I know of no one in my family who doesn't hate trump.

[ck4829]

8. No... If *everything* stops, Trump will be credited

[LovingA2andMI]

9. Uh Huh....

And so on and so on....

[still_one]

10. What they need to do is have a curfew. No protests after dark

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. lol wut

[Hoyt]

12. +1. Portland has long passed any benefit.

[bottomofthehill]

13. Friends from home ask me if I feel safe in Washington DC

Aside from going to the White House to protest, you would not know there were any protests. Occasionally there is something at the Capitol or the Court but safe.....my God, there is nothing going on. There were a couple nights of craziness instigated by assholes and the Administration but since, basically peaceful protest, yet from what people see in the news, I am asked if I feel safe.

[stillcool]

14. if you could just get the

cops to stop killing black people, or at least bring charges against the cops on video murdering people. Just the ones on video. That shouldn't be too hard.

[calguy]

15. Agree 100%

I've been leary of them since about the second week. I remember all too well how the demonstrations overplayed the hand in 1968 and we very narrowly lost the election to Nixon. The rest is history. Bad history.
Yes, I know Nixon was the challenger. It makes no difference. I gives trump an issue where he had none before.
At this point there is nothing good that can come out of it for our side.

[DonaldsRump]

16. That makes no sense

Trump is the President. Joe Biden has denounced violence, regardless from where it comes, but the Fat Slob hasn't.

Why exactly do you think this will help Trump, the incumbent???

[Mariana]

29. Anyone who decides to vote for Trump over this isn't rational.

Of course, that describes almost every Trump voter ...

[FloridaBlues]

17. Agree stop the protest that turn violent go home and get engaged some other way

You play right into dumps message

[PTWB]

18. This is right wing nonsense.

If anything we need to turn the temperature of the protests up a few degrees. And we need to keep turning the temperature up until the state sanctioned murder of black Americans ceases.

[SidDithers]

20. Your Repub friends who are "fired up for Trump" are racist shitbirds...

who are merely looking for an excuse to do what they were already going to do - vote for Trump anyway.

Get better friends.

Sid

[Fiendish Thingy]

21. Hope you are prepared to be disappointed

The protests are motivating more young people to get out and vote for Biden/Harris than they are triggering toothless rednecks who were already going to vote for Trump.

Anybody who says the Peaceful protests pushed them to vote for Trump was going to vote Trump anyway.

[Willto]

22. Any Republican....

....that says they are going to vote for Trump because of Portland was going to vote for him anyway. Don't let them bullshit you.

Ask them this, if these protests are going on under Trump now then what is going to be different in his second term?

Also ask, if they don't blame the current unrest on the guy who has been in the White House for the last 3 and a half years then how in the hell can they blame it on a guy that isn't even in office yet?

They are lucky they aren't trying to spray that bullshit on me. I have a much lower tolerance for it than you do.

[Mopar151]

23. Plenty of bad people in Portland!

Proud Boys, "anarchists", former home of WAR (White Aryan Resistance). BLM could do itself some good by calling for a "stand down" - if for no other reason, than to show that they are not the ones promoting violence.

[Thekaspervote]

24. Exactly!! Portland has a very sketchy history when it comes to racism

Can’t help but wonder, if the architect of the Portland mess is someone like nazi steve miller.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/

[SheltieLover]

34. This!👆

Better, imho to get people registered to vote & follow up to ensure ballots are correctly completed & returned, with tracking.

[doc03]

25. I think they are the best thing Trump has going for him. In 2016 it was Mexico this

year it is him against cities controlled by Democrats. I think if Biden loses that will be the cause.
Republicans want to run on fear, it's working try to find ammunition for handguns or military rifles.
Protests are not going to get any change from Trump and if he gets reelected that sure as hell won't either.

[gulliver]

26. Yep, just vote now. Your sign in a street march means zero or less. Your vote is what counts.

One feels good, the other is good.

[KentuckyWoman]

27. Whatever

I don't know if whatever is going on in Portland has anything to do with BLM at this point.

But your desire to shut down dissent in order to please your GOP friends is duly noted.

[RhodeIslandOne]

28. Your friends are bigots

They recognize Trump is awful, but black people scare them more. It's that simple.

[Funtatlaguy]

30. Protest all day but not at night. The trouble only happens at night.

[SpaceNeedle]

31. Better still

Biden orSen. Harris should politely ask the protesters to quit by saying "The nation has heard you, WE have heard you. Your job is done and we will make sure that justice will prevail for the minorities."

That will make it look like the Democrats can address the issue more effectively than the republicans.

[roman88]

35. Not if the MSM have anything to say about it

They LOVE this narrative of chaos in the streets. Not to mention invoking BLM to describe white boys throwing shit and burning shit down while showing clips of Black people protesting nonviolently and framing them as rioters. LBR they want this chaos so the race can be tight and election night to be exciting.

[Klaralven]

37. Are they peaceful? They keep chanting "no justice, no peace"?