On Newsmax, Benny Johnson claims Portland “has been conquered by antifa”
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From the October 7, 2025, edition of Newsmax's Finnerty
ROB FINNERTY (HOST): OK. So I know that Kristi Noem met with that — the police chief, I think his name is Bob Day today. Were you there? Did you ask him about that?
BENNY JOHNSON: Yes. We witnessed Bob Day walk out in total and complete humiliation, profusely sweating, hanging his head low because Bob Day is fully aware of what's happened here in Portland. And it's not just this time around, it happens consistently in this city. I was here in the year 2020, when the Portland courthouse was under constant terrorist attack by the left.
This is a fallen city. And a question to Bob Day — if you're so concerned about the rule of law, why are you arresting Nick Sortor, who is a conservative influencer who is here just doing his job? Why are you violating his First Amendment rights and putting him in prison as left-wing terrorists roam the streets free? If you're so about law and order, where are all the antifa arrests, Bob Day? I think that's a very important question. I hope he answers it one of these days.
But unfortunately, this city has been conquered by antifa. And Bob Day knows it.
FINNERTY: We do too, by the way. And I just think it's always important to remind everybody, I know the audience knows this, but this is all in the name of criminal illegal aliens. That's how far from just reality and norms the Democratic Party has strayed.