'He's Lying': Eyewitness Calls Out Portland Mayor over Fabricated Tear Gas Incident

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jul 24, 2020
Faithwire.com

"These were not peaceful protesters; these were protesters that were actively attacking the federal courthouse in downtown Portland with rocks, bottles, water bottles, fireworks, paint-filled water balloons, dangerous green lasers ... And Ted Wheeler stayed right there, in the middle, in the center, in the front, where the tear gas would certainly be shot first—knowing he was about to be tear-gassed..." -Chuck Holton, CBN News contributor

(Portland, OR) — [Faithwire.com] News reports from The Associated Press, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and others all claim the Democratic mayor of Portland, Oregon, was tear-gassed by federal agents during Black Lives Matter demonstrations Wednesday night with no provocation or reasonable cause... (Screengrab Image: via CBN video)

However, according to CBN News contributor Chuck Holton, who was on the ground during the protesting in Portland, the entire encounter was intentionally staged.

"I just want to tell you it's all a lie," he said. "I was 15 yards away from Ted Wheeler. These were not peaceful protesters; these were protesters that were actively attacking the federal courthouse in downtown Portland with rocks, bottles, water bottles, fireworks, paint-filled water balloons, dangerous green lasers, very powerful lasers, and, by the way, were starting fires, pretty large fires, on the portico of the federal courthouse." (Screengrab Image: via CBN video)

Holton argued Wheeler intentionally positioned himself "right in the middle" of the escalating clash. At that point, the CBN contributor recalled, federal agents began issuing loud warnings, notifying anyone in the middle of the mayhem—to include the mayor—that the protest had been declared a riot and they would soon begin exercising crowd-control measures...

"And Ted Wheeler stayed right there, in the middle, in the center, in the front, where the tear gas would certainly be shot first—knowing he was about to be tear-gassed. So the news you're seeing that Ted Wheeler was viciously attacked and tear-gassed by federal agents without provocation is a lie. It's wrong. I was there, and I actually have footage to prove it." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here (Screengrab Image: Chuck Holton /via CBN video)

Click here and scroll down to watch Holton's video report on what really happened.