From what i heard the guy was maced then shot the guy that did it, sounds like self defence to me.

That's new to me. Got any sources?

Do my fellow lefties remember back in the 2010s when we all covered our cars in Obama flags and drove through Tea Party protests, ran them over and shot them with paintballs and bear mace?

Yeah, we didn’t do this. Because we aren’t unhinged like right wingers.

Did the Tea Party protests ever burn down buildings, loot stores, rape and kill people - all while the local law enforcement stands by and does nothing, at the order of their chiefs and mayors?

lol he had to double post his bucket full of bait

Yes they did. Dozens of churches. Dozens of murders. Dylann Roof would be a celebrated hero of Republicans if he were out today.

Also a disingenuous question. You know as well as I do that the people being shot with paintballs and bear mace are just holding signs and chanting and not committing arson or rioting. Just like it’s a small number of Republicans like James Fields murdering people, it’s a small number of people mostly not even aligned with Democrats in any way who have been “rioting” and looting.

If we were promoting attacking any and everyone who supports Trump with the justification that “all Republicans are running people over and burning down black churches so it’s ok to assault them” I don’t think you’d appreciate the logic.

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I was on my honeymoon in Vegas when Tea Partiers targeted and killed police officers about a mile from us.

Not on the same scale as the riots we're seeing now, but then again the tea partiers never had legitimate grievances the way abused communities do.

"The 'heat' in American politics and on American streets is all the fault of Donald Trump"

https://mobile.twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1300290897922453504

Are you referring to this incident from June 2014?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nevada-shooting/las-vegas-cop-killers-may-have-white-supremacy-links-report-idUSKBN0EJ0UQ20140609
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/06/09/report-swastikas-found-in-apartment-of-las-vegas-cop-killers/

If yes, than the killers in that case appear to be white supremacists, but there doesnt seem to be any striking connection between them and the Tea Party movement.
Contrast this to the suspect in the Portland murder, Michael Reinoehl, who specifically wrote "I am 100% ANTIFA" on his instagram page.