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6 Jan, 12 tweets, 3 min read

“Occupy the Capitol” protest in Salem, Oregon

Trump supporters and Proud boys are watching videos of the D.C. on a projector

Oregon legislator Dallas Herd speaking to the crowd

Oregon Legislator Dallas Heard goes into the crowd without a mask and rouses them against “the enemy” in the Capitol

Jeff Kropf, “this about more than trump”

“When we hear those words ‘my fellow americans’....The insurrection is coming”

Protestors are listening to President Trump on the projector

Protestors listening to President Trump message to “go home”

Protestors to President Trump
“We’re not going home”

Protestors gathered around to hear the message of their leader

“Your all fake news, your going to Gitmo”

Proud boys fight left wing counter protestors

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Here’s a guide on what’s going on with the Red House eviction blockade

W/ @_jlevinson @ryanjhaas
opb.org/article/2020/1…

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Protestors are barricading a gentrified neighborhood in north Portland, hoping to repel police and prevent an eviction

-The “Red House” has been foreclosed on.

-In September sheriffs tried to evict the residents, a black family whose owned the house since the 1950’s

-The family refinanced the mortgage, but ran into issues paying it off

-Protesters have been trying to prevent an eviction since