Paul Gallant, a talk show host for 710 ESPN in Seattle who previously mocked President Trump for suggesting rioters in the city were violent, is now looking to purchase a gun for his own protection.
Gallant’s transformation begins with a tweet by the President who referenced Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. Durkan had suggested anarchists taking over several blocks in the city were simply part of “a block party atmosphere” and that it could be a “summer of love.”
“The terrorists burn and pillage our cities, and they think it is just wonderful, even the death,” Trump responded. “Must end this Seattle takeover now!”
Gallant responded with all the condescension you’d expect from an ill-informed ESPN host.
“Walked through it last night out of curiosity and saw no burning, pillaging, or deaths,” he wrote. “Chill dawg.”
Walked through it last night out of curiosity and saw no burning, pillaging, or deaths. Chill dawg
— Paul Gallant (@GallantSays) June 12, 2020
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Chill Dawg
Of course, we know that the zone occupied by anarchists eventually resulted in multiple murders, and police there were unable to respond to reports of other violent crimes.
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But nothing quite changes your perspective like personal experience, and the rioters hit Gallant right at his home.
The radio personality came home to his apartment complex to find the Starbucks store connected to it had been torched.
“Moving through the Capitol Hill, hitting a Starbucks,” Mike Baker of the New York Times reported. “Smoke is coming out the window and people are now calling for the residents above to evacuate.”
Worse, Gallant was told to avoid his apartment for fears of an explosive device.
Came home to my apartment complex. The Starbucks underneath has been destroyed, and cops are telling us to stay away in case something explosive is inside. pic.twitter.com/OOJgzUmusk
— Paul Gallant (@GallantSays) July 25, 2020
Needs a Firearm
The ESPN reporter noted that there had been a separate fire set just blocks away from him and this had prompted him and his cat to flee the area.
“Unrelated, there’s a fire a few blocks from me which had me freaked out when I saw it from the highway,” he tweeted. “Zero clue what’s going on, but the cat and I are [getting the f***] out.”
“I feel like I need to buy a firearm, because clearly this is going to keep happening,” Gallant continued. “Enough is enough. It looks like a block party down the street from me. Really angry right now.”
Life comes at you fast. pic.twitter.com/tSXyYBSIfu
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 26, 2020
He went on to say he had a right “to adapt and evolve” his opinions on the matter based on new information.
“Seemed harmless,” tweeted Gallant. “Over the last few weeks there’s been a lot of changes on that front that have swayed my perception.”
That, and the fact that it affected him personally. If only he had shown such concern for others who were seeing their businesses and homes destroyed by the same criminals President Trump wanted to stop.
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So as your opinions evolve, is your political slant changing as well? Keep toeing the left bias and watch your world crumble too, dumba$$!
Everything always affects someone personally, just not always ‘us’. Yes you can evolve, please educate others with your (evolved) position.
This clown has a cat???? Oh, it’s to purrfectt. Typical soy boy! You can’t make this up! Lmao
It started with a protest of the coffee prices at Charbucks.
You get what you give moron!
He finally learned that according to BLM his life doesn’t matter.
OR someone smart enough not to have to get mugged in the first place…
Someone once said that the definition of a Conservative was a Liberal who had been mugged. Makes sense ….
Paul Gallant made his bed with the “terrorists!” Since he has been put out of his opulent abode, make him part of the ever-expanding homeless population! I wonder what he would look like, after he had been munched on by the “encampment rats?”
These sports guys are so naive. Look at Popovich & Kerr live in million $ homes gated security. Called great coaches when their teams in last place or near bottom of league. They won because they had the best players not because of coaching ability. Now they consider themselves smarter than the middle class. They protect China their meal ticket & they cow down to their other meal ticket black ball players. I can’t tell if they believe what they say or there wanting the black players to like them.
a vote for Biden is a vote for the continued destruction of our nation.
The liberal press keeps lying.
The Dem Mayors keep allowing their citizens to be terrorized by the rioters.
That’s not Trumps fault, that’s the idiot Dem mayors fault.
Vote them out! Take back America! TRUMP 2020!
That’s down-right selfish of you Mr. Gallant, not to care about the criminals ‘partying’ around you until they bring their party to your house.
“He who pees into wind, gets his own back.” Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy. Who did he think did it ? Glad the cat is safe. It has enough stress living with an idiot.
This guy and that Idiot Nadler should walk the streets of Seattle, Portland, or Chicago and see how “peaceful” is just a “myth”.
Oh joy !
Same response from an ESPN reporter in MPLS. He was tweeting, as they were tearing downtown apart “burn it down, defund the f police.
AND THEN. The rioters arrived at his doorstep, and his tweets changed to;
“get these animals out of here! where’s the f police?”
apparently he forgot there isn’t any….they no longer exist….YOU’RE. ON. YOUR. OWN there skid mark.
You can’t make this stuff up peeps. These retards are just that…..you can’t fix stupid. but it sometimes sure is hilarious to watch.
You can tell some people, Some can read about it, some learn by watching ……. some just have to pi$$ on the electric fence….
You don’t need a gun; you might hurt yourself. Chill, Dawg.
Hope he’s not thinking of calling the police if he’s attacked..
The only thing that could be a better outcome is if he has a car and that burned up too. This fool has learned a lesson the these crazies will always destroy things.
It’s called KARMA and it’s pronounced HAHAHAHAHA
This is just as funny as the 2 soyboys giving antifa the 2 thumbs up sign and 2 seconds later antifa hurled a brick or rock through their window
Typical Liberal dirtbag sports reporter. His hypocrisy knows no limits. I have quit sports entirely because of ESPN. Until they stop commenting on politics I won’t listen or watch
Gallant, “Zero clue” tells your whole story. Enough said.
Haha! Maybe now he’ll smarten up and believe what Trump was saying.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
If your Home wasn’t Burned you would still be Running Your Mouth ! You might Chill Dawg and listen to President Trump. You might Learn Something – Boy !
Try Jumping on The Trump Train and Enjoy the Ride ! Hi PussyCat [ You no Dawg ] . You do realise how Stupid you Look Now – Boy ? You need to be Fired !
Please Boycott the NBA – MLB and NFL !
This one statement reflects every liberal, progressive, socialist, democrat and wannabe communist in this country…..””” “Zero clue what’s going on, but the cat and I are [getting the f***] out.””””
I have no sympathy at all for this person, or his ilk. These smug, so-called “journalists”, and rioters/looters, who mock the freedoms of this nation, seem to be learning the hard way when the violence and destruction they support happens to them. Karma is a b…., well, you know the saying.
Good
Yet…
Lucky for him, the fire service has not been scrapped—as oppresive/too white, etc..
Just call the police, Oops there are none the Left stopped their funding, Doh.
Karma can be so cruel!
Guy owns a cat, nuff said.
Another example of “peaceful protest” here in Seattle.
Just another insane proglib who cannot see the forest fire for the trees.
Awwww, poor little snowflake just got a jolting dose of reality! He’s probably the LAST person who needs to buy a firearm; he’ll shoot off his toes first thing.
Glad you saved the cat. It did not deserve to become a casualty.
I feel sorry for the cat. However, Mr. Gallant has now been mugged by reality and perhaps it will be enough to turn him into a “red-pilled” conservative. If he gets a firearm, I hope he also gets lessons in how to treat it with respect and use it properly. As mentioned in other comments, he’s learning the hard way what Seattle will be like with no police.
One can only hope that Mr. Gallant has learned that experience is a great teacher. He is learning “to walk a mile in my shoes” and that is a hard lesson for some!
He should be refused a weapon at every gun store/FFL in the state. It’s time these leftists see what anti-gun laws cause the people that NEED them!
This is funny and you will not see this on MSM
There really is nothing to add to this story. I guess I am just pleased that this guy arrived at an intelligent answer to the chaos that Trump proposed putting an end to.