Bracing for brawling right-wing groups to flood Portland, Wheeler pleas for protesters to “choose...

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler had a message on Friday for the brawling right-wing groups predicted to pour into downtown on Sunday and clash violently with the antifascist counterprotesters they meet: “choose love.”

The plea, delivered over a Zoom call, was ostensibly targeted at the far-right groups that are planning a rally downtown on Sunday. That rally, on the anniversary of a similar event last year that turned into hours of violence, is expected to once again turn the city’s downtown into a battleground.