Anne Applebaum, a staff writer for the Atlantic, says the use of federal force in Portland is "performative authoritarianism."
“That's designed to appeal to a certain kind of voter who wants to see this control put onto contemporary events." https://t.co/tr8S5rgxto
📺 @realDonaldTrump is no longer hiding that he’s a brazen authoritarian, so desiring of control and power that he’s willing to turn our once peaceful cities into war zones.
#AmericaOrTrump
After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump