PRO-TRUMP INTERNET PERSONALITY Matt Tardio has made a career out of slamming the left. He was front and center last October at the protests outside Portland’s ICE facility, criticizing the demonstrations as violent and lawless. But records show that while in the Pacific Northwest, Tardio ran seriously afoul of some laws as well.
August 26, Tardio pleaded no contest in Portland to felony coercion and misdemeanor harassment charges. According to police and Tardio’s alleged victim, Tardio tried to take one of his fans at the protest back to his hotel room to have sex. When she refused, he allegedly became forceful, grabbing the woman and even carrying her down an alley before she managed to escape—a crime caught in full detail, ironically, by surveillance cameras at the ICE facility.
When interviewed by a Portland detective, Tardio had an explanation: Left-wing “antifa” activists had plotted to get him stoned