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oregonjen

(3,640 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:12 AM Oct 2025

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 Oct 2025 OP
They're covering up by riding bikes and being slightly weird. tinrobot Oct 2025 #1
Have you checked under the rug, Kristi? durablend Oct 2025 #2
IOW, she came here Mme. Defarge Oct 2025 #3
Creating a violent domestic terrorist organization out of whole cloth is hard, covering it up is easy. sop Oct 2025 #4
Such logic has not prevailed in court bucolic_frolic Oct 2025 #5
Hrmmm. Accusing someone of a serious crime without any evidence, sounds pretty defamatory to me... Volaris Oct 2025 #6
Did she bring her terrorist sniffer dog to find them? Oh...wait...he's unavailable. Ping Tung Oct 2025 #7
She had a great phot op staring down and intimidating an inflatable chicken. Torchlight Oct 2025 #8
The only terrorists are inside the White House and Executive Branch--- Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #9
So they discovered there is nothing going on in Portland. Crack team you've got travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #10
Those darn dancing dinosaurs! imanamerican63 Oct 2025 #11
These psychos bandy the word terrorism around whenever it suits them. They are totally full of shit. Blues Heron Oct 2025 #12
The Nazis of the round table. Swede Oct 2025 #13
Cosplay queen says what? Ritabert Oct 2025 #14
Noem and "builder" tRump should learn from Portland. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #15
No proof, no violence tonekat Oct 2025 #16
Hey Kristie the Clown..... Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #17
Check out these "dangerous Antifa terrorists." LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #18

sop

(17,531 posts)
4. Creating a violent domestic terrorist organization out of whole cloth is hard, covering it up is easy.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:19 AM
Oct 2025

Volaris

(11,406 posts)
6. Hrmmm. Accusing someone of a serious crime without any evidence, sounds pretty defamatory to me...
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:22 AM
Oct 2025

They should file a suit and drag that fucking hag in for discovery.

Torchlight

(6,344 posts)
8. She had a great phot op staring down and intimidating an inflatable chicken.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:25 AM
Oct 2025

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

Jack Valentino

(4,404 posts)
9. The only terrorists are inside the White House and Executive Branch---
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:26 AM
Oct 2025

That includes YOU, Kristi! Killed any puppies lately?

travelingthrulife

(4,472 posts)
10. So they discovered there is nothing going on in Portland. Crack team you've got
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:26 AM
Oct 2025

there Puppy Killer.

Maybe they are hiding the terrorists behind the dancing unicorn.

MAGA will shake their bobble-heads in agreement.

Blues Heron

(8,420 posts)
12. These psychos bandy the word terrorism around whenever it suits them. They are totally full of shit.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:32 AM
Oct 2025

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
15. Noem and "builder" tRump should learn from Portland.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 09:54 AM
Oct 2025

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

(39,820 posts)
17. Hey Kristie the Clown.....
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 12:58 PM
Oct 2025

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

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