book, “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.”

I was chased, attacked and beaten by a masked mob, baying for my blood. Had I not been able to shelter wounded and bleeding inside a hotel while they beat the doors and windows like animals, there is...
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

Antifa wants me dead because I document what they want to stay hidden. The attacks against me and threats on my life are retribution for my work as a journalist, recording the tactics and true ideology of an extremist clandestine movement that relies on deception and regards...
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

and preserved by the founding fathers, to report freely without fear. I was forced to flee my home in Portland last year as the death threats escalated but returned recently to take care of my elderly family. When I engaged in field reporting for my book, I did what every...
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

to do my job and stay alive. As the Asian son of Vietnamese immigrants, I also have to be mindful of Antifa’s attacks on multiple people of East Asian origin. pic.twitter.com/flkBXiPmpX
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

immediately yelled, “That’s Andy. Get him! Get him!”

As I sprinted through downtown Portland trying to flag down help, there was no visible police presence. At SW 4th Ave and SW Morrison, one of the black-clad Antifa members tackled me to the ground in front of...
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

In the chaos, I managed to seize a moment when my attackers were distracted and crawled away. As soon as I could get to my feet, I sprinted inside the only business I could see that was open —The Nines Hotel. I begged hotel staff to call 911, but they refused and ordered me... pic.twitter.com/CWxwFS1nMH
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

It seemed obvious they intended to make good on hundreds of threats over the past two years to kill me. pic.twitter.com/93ZifwJTHA
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

Dozens of riot police took up positions in front of the building where at least one online video shows extremists swearing and screaming at officers for “protecting Andy Ngo.” At least one Antifa member was arrested according to the... https://t.co/jcOofV9qeu
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

Later, I was escorted to an ambulance by a medic from Portland Fire and Rescue through a back entrance of the hotel. pic.twitter.com/zW3Iov5Uwt
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

When Antifa last beat me for doing my job in 2019, doctors told me I could have died from the brain hemorrhage caused by the blows to my head. I have made more than two dozen reports of subsequent threats and attacks to the Portland Police,...
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

These lies will be used again to try to discredit me and other journalists reporting on Antifa, and to distort the facts.

But there is only one truth.
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

join me in standing against the tyranny of those who use violence to terrorize, silence and suppress the truth.
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

Quotes from @jasonrantz, @choeshow and @AbigailShrier: pic.twitter.com/HYP114vUFn
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 3, 2021

Cops showed up and made an arrest (Strong Language)

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