“Death to America” has been routinely chanted in the Islamic Republic of Iran for years. The American Left is increasingly clear, in its alliance with jihadis, that it shares their goals: the downfall of America and the destruction of Judeo-Christian civilization.
This wasn’t widely reported. On Wednesday night, around 700 black bloc militants and their supporters rampaged through Oakland, Cal. They chanted “death to America” while starting fires and smashing cars and buildings. pic.twitter.com/A5512gCBzU
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 30, 2020
“‘Death To America!’: BLM Protesters Echo Iran During March Through Oakland, Calif.,” by Tim Pearce, Daily Wire, August 31, 2020:
Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters marched through the streets of Oakland, Calif., last Wednesday chanting “death to America.”
Rioters among the crowd also set fires and broke into several businesses while vandalizing others, according to police. Video of the protest along with the anti-American chant went viral across Twitter on Sunday.
“This wasn’t widely reported. On Wednesday night, around 700 black bloc militants and their supporters rampaged through Oakland, Cal. They chanted ‘death to America’ while starting fires and smashing cars and buildings,” The Post Millennial Editor-at-Large Andy Ngo said.
Rioters also lobbed objects at police officers. No officers were injured, and a handful of the rioters were arrested, the Oakland Police Department (OPD ) said on Wednesday.
“600-700 people took part in violent & destructive protests Wed. night. numerous fires set, dozens of windows broken, multiple businesses vandalized. Protesters threw objects at officers, thankfully no officers were injured. Several people arrested,” OPD said.
A similar event took place at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wis., the day before. Protesters gathered outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse and screamed phrases such as “death to America” and “kill the police” while one protester set an American flag on fire.
“Death to America” has long been used by the Iranian regime to inculcate anti-American sentiment into its citizens. As The Daily Wire noted:
Chants of “Death to America” have been, until recently, more associated with America-haters abroad than in the United States. The first leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, who took power in 1979, championed the term being used. In 2015, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the chant. In March 2015, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei smiled and said, “Of course yes, death to America.”
Opinion columnist Rita Panahi, who lived and went to school in Tehran while growing up, said that her childhood teachers in Iran made her recite the phrase.
The antics represent a growing anti-American sentiment building among left-wing groups that have used protests over the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day and the shooting of Jacob Blake last week as cover to destroy property and loot businesses….