Conservative journalist attacked by Antifa protesters speaks out — Transcript

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1. 0:03Andy Ngo is an independent journalist in
2. 0:05the Pacific Northwest. He's been on the
3. 0:06show a number of times. He covers Antifa
4. 0:09quite a bit. He was at an Antifa rally
5. 0:11over the weekend minding his own
6. 0:12business covering the news. He's a
7. 0:14journalist. When he was beaten almost to
8. 0:16death by Antifa, he wound up in the
9. 0:18hospital. He just got out and joins us
10. 0:20now on this program. We're happy to see
11. 0:21him. Andy, I'm glad you're capable of
12. 0:24doing this interview. Tell us what
13. 0:25happened.
14. 0:29On Saturday documenting this protest
15. 0:32that was organized by Antifa and its
16. 0:34allies,
17. 0:35we were
18. 0:38a literal stone's throw away from
19. 0:41Portland's most important institutions
20. 0:42of the rule of law, the courthouses,
21. 0:45um the sheriff's office, the central
22. 0:47police precinct,
23. 0:49while hearing people chant
24. 0:52"No hate, no fear."
25. 0:54I'm suddenly bashed on the back of my
26. 0:56head
27. 0:58from behind.
28. 1:00And from there, I've I'm a very passive
29. 1:02person. I've never been in a fight. It
30. 1:04took me a few seconds to realize that I
31. 1:06was actually even hit in my head.
32. 1:09When I realized what was happening, it
33. 1:11was too late. Um
34. 1:14a mob of people
35. 1:16all dressed in black and wearing masks
36. 1:18started
37. 1:20beating me with their fists.
38. 1:22And some of them used objects to hit me.
39. 1:25I don't know how many people were
40. 1:27involved. It seemed like 5, 10, 15, or
41. 1:3020. It could have been that many.
42. 1:33Um they beat me so much and that I lost
43. 1:36control of my GoPro camera that I was
44. 1:39holding, which was then stolen from me.
45. 1:42And when I thought it was over, I was
46. 1:44wrong.
47. 1:45Um I put my arms up to try to shield my
48. 1:48face as well as to signal to them that I
49. 1:50was
50. 1:51surrendering and that I
51. 1:54uh wasn't there to fight. But that
52. 1:57really signaled to them to be more
53. 1:58aggressive. So then they started dumping
54. 2:02what I believe were milkshakes
55. 2:06and eggs, throwing it at my face, which
56. 2:08blinded me.
57. 2:10So I couldn't see and I was kicked some
58. 2:13more, punched some more and
59. 2:16all this time I kept thinking
60. 2:18where are the police? I could still see
61. 2:20the Multnomah County Justice Center
62. 2:23in front of me,
63. 2:24but no police ever arrived.
64. 2:27I eventually stumbled away
65. 2:29bleeding
66. 2:30across the park and I lost my balance,
67. 2:35so I sat down on the ground in front of
68. 2:36the courthouse.
69. 2:38And from there a medics SWAT team
70. 2:41informed me that in order to get an
71. 2:43ambulance to be taken to a hospital, I
72. 2:46would have to walk to the police
73. 2:48precinct. In other words, walk back in
74. 2:50the direction of the demonstrators who
75. 2:52just attacked me.
76. 2:54Later that night after
77. 2:56arriving in the emergency room, I had a
78. 2:58CT scan, which confirmed that there that
79. 3:02I
80. 3:03was diagnosed with
81. 3:05um
82. 3:07a brain hemorrhage.
83. 3:12From which you're suffering neurological
84. 3:13damage. Just to remind our viewers, this
85. 3:15is the group that CNN's primetime
86. 3:16anchors have defended and promoted.
87. 3:19I I saw that Andrew Yang, who's running
88. 3:21for president as a Democrat, bless him,
89. 3:23uh attacked Andy Ngo for for this. Have
90. 3:24you received any other support very
91. 3:26quickly from any other Democratic office
92. 3:28holders in Portland or nationally?
93. 3:32Not that I know of.
94. 3:35Not that I know of. What?
95. 3:37That tells you everything. And you know,
96. 3:38we're we're happy that you're at least
97. 3:40capable of joining us tonight. That's a
98. 3:42shocking story and an enraging story.
99. 3:45Um
100. 3:47we wish you the the best on your
101. 3:48recovery. We hope you come back. Thank
102. 3:50you.
103. 3:51Thank you.