Corporate media’s efforts to downplay the left-wing riots continue apace.

CNN’s Chris Cuomo launched a clumsy, mostly unintelligible effort this week to blame President Trump for the violence in Portland, where the federal government has deployed officers to protect federal property. Nearly as embarrassing as Cuomo’s attempt to run interference for the Portland rioters is that he also claimed he knew what he was talking about when he demanded in June for someone to “show me where it says that protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful.”