During the debate on Tuesday night, Donald Trump mentioned the fact that leftists took over a big part of the city of Seattle in 2020. This is well documented, they called it the CHOP Zone, short for ‘Capitol Hill Organized Protest.’
The Seattle Times felt the need to fact check Trump on this, appearing to take issue with the use of the word “big.” It wasn’t that big argues the paper. It was only six city blocks. Oh, well OK then.
From the Seattle Times:
Trump falsely claims CHOP protesters took over a big part of SeattleFormer President Donald Trump referenced Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest during the presidential debate Tuesday night, falsely claiming protesters took over a big portion of the city.During the debate, Trump was asked if he has any regrets about what he did on Jan. 6, 2021, when he asked his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol, ultimately leading to an insurrection.In response, Trump, who was president in 2020 when protesters started CHOP to protest police brutality after the death of George Floyd, said: “When are the people that burned down Minneapolis going to be prosecuted or in Seattle? They went into Seattle, they took over a big percentage of the city of Seattle. When are those people going to be prosecuted?”The zone’s size fluctuated, but it essentially occupied about six city blocks surrounding the Seattle Police Department East Precinct building and Cal Anderson Park, extending east to 12th Avenue, west to Broadway, south to East Pine Street and north to East Denny Way.The city did not press charges against protesters solely for being involved in CHOP or occupying the area. Some charges were filed for specific acts of violence or property damage.
People were shot and killed in this miniature city within a city. People stood guard at its border with guns.
Is anyone else sick to death of being gaslit by the progressive activist media?
People on Twitter/X hammered the paper.
Watch this video from the Seattle Police Department detailing violence in the ‘CHOP’ zone. It’s non-stop gunfire for almost three minutes.
The media’s kneejerk reaction to everything Trump says is that it must be false. Even if people saw it with their own eyes, even if it’s on video, if Trump said it, it can’t be true.
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