{"id":81266,"date":"2018-08-21T13:13:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T17:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=81266"},"modified":"2018-08-21T13:13:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T17:13:44","slug":"bernie-sanders-supporter-protesting-right-wing-rally-beaten-up-by-antifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81266","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders supporter protesting right-wing rally beaten up by Antifa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFox News<\/a> reports a registered Democrat and Bernie Sanders fan, while protesting a right-wing rally, was attacked and beaten by militant members of his own movement- because he possessed a “fascist symbol” — an American flag. <\/p>\n

The counter-portester, Paul Welch, told The Oregonian\/Oregon Live he brought the flag with him when he went to Portland Aug. 4 to oppose a right-wing rally held at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park. <\/p>\n

While the American flag is more commonly associated with the conservative movement, Welch, from Oregon and who voted for Sanders during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, said he wanted to “take it back.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe right, and certainly a lot of smaller groups like Patriot Prayer, might rush to things like the flag and try to take it up as, \u2018This is our symbol exclusively,\u2019\u201d Welch told The Oregonian\/Oregon Live. \u201cPart of my thinking was to take it back.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other than some odd looks, Welch said he didn’t encounter any problems when he joined the hundreds of counter-protesters who gathered at City Hall that day. The trouble started when the group began marching toward the park.<\/p>\n

He said two people dressed in black and covering their faces approached him and demanded he give them the \u201cfascist symbol\u201d he was carrying. When he refused, the Antifa duo tried to rip the flag from his hands.<\/p>\n

Another masked counter-protester then approached Welch and began striking him from behind with an unidentified weapon concealed in black fabric.<\/p>\n

Welch, 38, was struck on the back of the head and collapsed to the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy bones turned to Jell-O and I just went down,\u201d Welch recalled. \u201cI remember thinking there was a very good chance that I could be beaten to death.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Video of the incident, which has been viewed thousands of times, shows the person with the weapon walking away. But another counter-protester, holding a shield, moves in, stands above Welch and then jabs him with a makeshift weapon.<\/p>\n

A group of volunteer street medics rushed to Welch’s aid and took him to an urgent care clinic in the city. Doctors needed four staples to close a 3-inch gash on the back of Welch\u2019s head and he spent at least two days recovering from a concussion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is getting out of control. I have no issue with the Welchs of the world peacefully gathering and protesting whatever is bothering them. Eventually those who don a mask and black clothing are going to assault the wrong person. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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