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Vile tweets from a Portland councilman have resurfaced, including when the Democratic Socialist vouched for rioting, abolishing the police, and called for a far-right commentator to be 'whipped in the head with a framing hammer.
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Mitch Green, who represents District 4, is hoping to be reelected on a platform of being an anti-war Army veteran, an economist, and a Democratic Socialist.
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But now, Green's old tweets are resurfacing after political commentator Max Steele unearthed them on his Substack.
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In the 10,000 tweets, Green revealed his true thoughts on policing in America and exactly who he believes deserved to get hit with a hammer.
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'When I say "defund the police," what I really mean is abolish policing,' Green wrote on December 3, 2020, an archived version showed.
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'For me it’s shorthand for a step in that larger demand.
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I certainly do not mean reform police, because I actually want to do away with the institution altogether.'
Just months earlier, Green tweeted: 'All cops are bastards.'
The lawmaker, who was elected to city council in 2024, also said police officers are 'shit and absolute monsters' and the 'f**king worst type of people,' in 2020.
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Old tweets from Councilor Mitch Green, who represents District 4, have resurfaced, where the politician calls for abolishing the police and for the left to riot more
A little over a year later, he would tweet that he was watching a movie to take 'my mind off of my pure hatred for the Portland police,' archived versions showed.
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In July 2021, Green also responded to a post, calling for alt-right commentator Nick Fuentes to be harmed.
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'This guy needs to get whipped in the head with a framing hammer,' he wrote.
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Green also had strong feelings on rioting and allowing Democrats to cause chaos.
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'I think the left should riot more,' he wrote in December 2020.
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'Legislators are not really concerned that people will notice when they actively impoverish people.
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That needs to change.
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'You have a moral obligation to beat the piss out of anyone wearing Nazi masks anytime you see it happen,' he wrote in July 2020.
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Green deleted his Twitter, now called X, before launching his campaign in 2024.
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The politician told The Oregonian he deleted his account after Elon Musk purchased the platform for $44 billion.
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Green also confirmed the authenticity of the posts to the outlet.
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The Daily Mail has reached out to Green for comment.
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Tweets Green posted about supporting rioting and abolishing the police
The politician also told the outlet that his Twitter commentary largely came after the death of George Floyd, which sparked widespread movements to defund the police.
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'I think it was a way for me to express frustration, outrage, and feelings of helplessness,' the councilor told The Oregonian.
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'I want to acknowledge that those tweets are not a good look, especially for a sitting elected official.
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And that’s not how I engage in discourse today.
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However, Green doubled down on his ultimate goal to abolish the police.
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'That's what I'm actively trying to build,' he told the outlet.
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He also gave more context to his call for the left to riot more, saying: 'Property destruction is a crime, but it’s not violence.
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Violence is when you hurt a person or an animal or you kill a person or an animal.
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And so I do draw that distinction.'
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He also said he 'wouldn't call for riots today,' but didn't rule it out in the future, especially in regard to the federal government, The Oregonian reported.
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Overall, he said of his tweets: 'I basically blurted every little idea that entered my head up, even if it was a bad thing to say.
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It might be cathartic, but it’s not the same as engaging in productive politics.'
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Green said he deleted his Twitter account when Musk bought the platform.
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He also said many of his tweets at the time came after George Floyd's death
Green is hoping to win his bid for reelection on an anti-war, Democratic Socialist campaign
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In a press release from his office, Green said his critics are trying to 'label my tweets from 2020 as "violence" when we've witnessed hundreds of actual incidents of physical violence resulting in bodily injuries to Portlanders.
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It is about a basic respect for human dignity, and a revulsion at the violence and callousness we have all witnessed too many times to count,' he wrote.
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However, Police Chief Bob Day said in a statement that he 'no longer has confidence' in Green and his evaluation of the police.
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'What concerns me is that this Councilor sits on an elected body that sets the Police Bureau’s budget, shapes its policy, and votes on the tools and staffing our personnel rely on to do the jobs safely,' he said.
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That profound responsibility requires a baseline of good faith: that the Bureau’s work will be judged on its merits rather than beginning with the predetermined conclusion that law enforcement should be dismantled.
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In Green's statement, he agreed with Day, saying he does have an 'agenda,' which includes demanding police accountability.
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'I'm concerned that Chief Day seems to expect me and other elected officials to have sterile or supportive views of police as members of the budgeting body,' he wrote.
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