“I have a different point of view. I did not agree with many of the things he said, but that still does not give me the right to go and affect someone’s livelihood.”
This is the new Left, that thinks violence against those it hates is justified, which would turn the nation’s streets into war zones.
“Limo torched in DC protests belongs to Muslim immigrant, may cost $70,000 in damages,” by Sean Langille, Washington Examiner, January 23, 2017:
The limousine that was set on fire during the anti-Trump anarchist protest in downtown Washington on Inauguration Day is owned by a Muslim immigrant who says the damage could cost his company $70,000.
Muhammad Ashraf, the owner of Nationwide Chauffeur Services, spoke with the Washington Examiner’s sister publication, Red Alert Politics, about what happened:
In an exclusive interview with Red Alert Politics, Ashraf said he wasn’t a supporter of Donald Trump during his campaign, but Friday’s protests were completely counter-productive.
“I have a different point of view,” Ashraf told Red Alert. “I did not agree with many of the things he said, but that still does not give me the right to go and affect someone’s livelihood.”
Ashraf noted that the Women’s March on Washington and in other cities around the country was a model for how to peacefully protest.
“I really don’t think we need to take this [violent] route.”
Ashraf’s employee, Luis Villarroel, 58, was dropping a client off at their destination when things turned ugly. Protesters smashed doors and windows in the vicinity, but then turned their attention to Villarroel and the limo. People began pounding on the car and started throwing stones and bricks in his direction. The driver ended up going to the hospital for cuts on his hands and arms from glass being shattered by thrown projectiles. […]
“[We’ve] been in business for over 25 years and this is the first time this has happened,” Ashraf said….

concerned canadian says
“may cost 70 000 in damages” ???
ITS A WRITE OFF LOL !!!
Facts Trump Your Fake News says
Check the insurance policy, act of insurrection or riots are not covered. Fact remains, the liberal side of the equation loses again.
concerned canadian says
ahhhhh I see the REAL STORY !!
Dude set up a GO FUND ME PAGE
Hoping to get 70G for damages that “may not be covered” and
for his employees cut finger which will need a band aid.
gravenimage says
Actually, I’m not going to make light of this. No one deserves to be violently assaulted and have their car smashed up and set on fire. This is thuggery, plain and simple. They saw a limo and considered it an acceptable target.
Vyx says
From what I understand, the insurance agency would probably write it off as an act of terrorism, which is not covered, unless he has a special rider for it.
So he might be SOL.
SaipanSam says
Let me make sure I understand: Liberals committing an act of terrorism??? Not in the Liberal LaLa land of Washington DC…. Even putting the words Liberal and Terrorism in the same sentence is an oxymoron.
I am hoping in short order saying the word Liberal will be equated to traitor. God knows they are.
gravenimage says
These aren’t Liberals–they are Leftist thugs.
blitz2b says
It’s Islamophobia, xenaphobia….. Wait was it a leftard responsible for this action?… Then NO! It’s merely a genuine protest against the inauguration of the Islamophobic, xenaphobic President Trump….. There, that makes a lot more sense now…. Doesn’t it?
Angemon says
Leftist harming the people they claim to stand for – imagine my surprise…
Angemon says
P.S.:
Luis Villarroel is not a typical American name, so it’s likely that he’s one of the “brown people” anti-Trumpers claim to want to defend from Trump – unless, of course, they are perceived to held a different opinion, in which case, the “uncle Toms” are the first to go. Also:
Really?
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/24/that-liberal-male-who-got-violent-with-female-reporter-at-womens-march-he-got-charged-with-assault/
Oh, and what was the motivation behind the “Women’s March”? Are women supposed to be anti-Trump just because they’re women?
Allan says
Angemon, the motive was pink Fascism, and, like other varieties of Fascism, it’s a creature of the bullying, thieving, bloodthirsty left.
Recall how Italian Fascism was rabidly hostile to traditional morality, private property, and independence from government. Recall how Italian Fascism was sexist; pink Fascism alters Fascistic sexism in favor of “nasty” females. Recall how Italian Fascism was spawned by atheists who learned to use the Christian religion to their advantage; pink Fascism alters this by replacing Christianity with Islam. Now recall how Italian Fascism surreptitiously commingled government with the management of nominally private businesses to obtain the substance and control of Marxist economic despotism.
I could go on. For example, Italian Fascism favored white males; pink Fascism reviles them unless they are leftist, effete, and easily manipulated for totalitarian ends.
gravenimage says
Good posts, Angemon–and good point that this was *not* the only place these riots got violent.
And think of the irony in *that* incident, as well–a man punches out a woman at a women’s march because he didn’t like her ‘big mouth’–and the other “feminists”–a number of them, anyway–applaud him.
Madness and violence…
Walter Sieruk says
Those violent ,vandals with all the lawless mayhem who all hate President Trump with a spiteful passion, be they Islamic or no Islamic, they are by their arson and other kinds of carnage are only by their own willful actions exposing themselves the be people of a very low intelligence level who don’t understand the right and civilized way to handle a subject that they have a strong objections to ,,as this case having Donald Trump as the President of the United States. Those rioters showing themselves no only to be extremely unintelligent but they ,by their behavior are exposing themselves also to be nothing more than hooligans. Furthermore , there is one other idea that may explain the awful lawless action of those rioting hooligans who say they , withe violence are “protesting against Donald Trump” The other explanation for wicked behavior is the old saying .Which is that “Evil is always looking for an excuse.”
Walter Sieruk says
First those violent rioting thugs who detest President Trump have ,by their own behavior,that they are not mentally developed enough to understand the value in reason and logic and the power of a good lobby as the way to handle something or someone , that they feel is a problem . People of reason, logic and intelligent don’t engage in rioting as a form of “protest” but keep within the law.
Second,since Donald Trump is the President of the United States this actually means there is still hope for America.. One why to explain this is that since the leftists ,the Marxists, the anarchists and the jihadists all hate Mr. Trump with a passion is powerful evidence that Donald Trump is the right man to be President of this nation. . In other words, those all those characters just mention terrible detest Mr. Trump not only serves as a good compliment to him but this also reveals that Donald Trump must be an all American patriot..
Allan says
It is certainly true that people of reason, logic, and intelligence don’t riot or foment riots. It doesn’t follow, however that they “keep within the law” always and everywhere. The law of statues, constitutions, and judicial decrees is fundamentally arbitrary, and the demand to obey it slavishly is a distinctive feature of tyrants and hidebound jurisprudes alike.
gravenimage says
Oh, I don’t know–laws against assaulting innocent bystanders and smashing and torching their vehicles seems pretty just to me.
It’s not as though we are talking about some arguably unjust law that deserves to be protested and overturned.
Miriam A says
Indeed he is an All American Patriot and an anointed vessel of honor. Chosen by GOD to save America!!! Praise the Lord!!! I LOVE our GOD…and I LOVE our PRESIDENT TRUMP! !!!
tom parry says
that is funny
Carlos Danger says
Mr. Ashraf’s vehicle is collateral damage in the jihad against President Trump.
Perhaps insurance will cover the damage.
anarchists and jihadis are why we can not have nice things.
Allan says
Perhaps his insurance underwriter was smart enough to exclude damage caused by mob action. I sure hope that this is so. That Muslim, Muhammad Ashraf, has it coming.
I should like to add that it would be politically foolish to tolerate any insurance underwriter who would reduce aversion to leftist “direct action”, as any coverage of damage by mob action would tend to do.
Walter Sieruk says
To rephrase what I had keyboarded before but in an much different way.
All those violent vandals who hate President Trump with a passion by expressing how they feel about Donald Trump being the President of the United States by engaging is awful carnage and mayhem are actually exposing their own low intelligence level and lack of ability to practice sound reasoning and logic.. For intelligent people don’t have “adult temper tantrums” and engage in name calling , smash and break things when something or somebody is around or in power that they happen to dislike. People of good intelligence and sound mind understand the use of reason and logic and set up peaceful lobby groups. They keep peacefully within the law. In contrast those rioters are not only showing the world that they don’t understand the value of reason and logic but by their very behavior they showing they are senseless, mindless hooligans by the awful violent way they handle things. Shame on them.
gravenimage says
All true,. Walter.
Joe says
It wasn’t a temper tantrum. They were dressed in uniform with their faces covered. They arrived at the scene with bats and hammers. They had tear gas masks. They were organized. They were probably paid. These “leftists” are funded by the same people who fund jihad. This is not to say that jihad would go away without funding, but jihad is made worse by organizing it and funding it. Many “Muslims” are trapped in countries where they can’t even send Christmas cards. These “Muslims” don’t like terrorists and are often the victims of terrorists. The oppression of “Muslims” is much worse when the terrorists run their countries.
gravenimage says
There are a handful of virtual apostates in Muslim countries, it is true–but I don’t think the average Muslim in Dar-al-Islam wants to send Christmas cards–or to allow anyone else to, either.
David, Thailand says
Liberals in frenzy are like an act of god, vicious and indiscriminate.
Arthur says
Perhaps Mr. Ashraf could buy a little “insurance” from George Soros, as Soros likely hired the charter bus that brought in the anti-fascism fascists.
gravenimage says
Limo Leftists torched during anti-Trump protests belonged to Muslim immigrant
………………………….
And the chauffeur, whom they injured, is Hispanic. Where to start?
Of course, if the driver and owner had been white males, these thugs wouldn’t think there was a problem at all. *Ugh*. Brownshirts…
Carolyne says
And if the driver and owner had been white, it would not have made the news.
Richie says
The leftists who did this were scum..but wouldn’t insurance cover this? Im a bit dubious if he set up a Gofundme page
Karen says
Ah, sweet irony. The sanctimonious, phony Left ends up hurting one of their treasured, protected classes. As they’ve been doing for decades. But at least they had good intentions, snicker.
“I really don’t think we need to take this [violent] route.”
Kudos to Mr. Ashraf’s mature, reasoned viewpoint. But this isn’t s case of “we”. This is the Left’s MO from start to finish.
steve says
I noticed the many press and thugs standing around the burning car. Presume some of the press helped,paid for or profited from the wonderful news pictures of disturbances during Trump’s inauguration. I wish the car had exploded and scorched some of the attending riff-raff….just deserts.
underbed cat says
A limo gets trashed by leftist protesters who hate limo’s that belongs to a muslim…hate crime here guys? Limo hate on a rampage…oops.
Sort of like the global warming researchers and tourists traveling to the Arctic, to gather data, and create a media event that within a day gets stranded in the sudden frozen Ice. Then an icebreaker arrives to rescue the frozen ship and the ice cutter gets stuck,….A second ice cutter is called to the rescue and meets the same fate. frozen in ice…so helicopters (fueled by well you know) picks up the confused scientists and tourist. Some time later…….the weather warms up and the remaining survivors staff, are able to get the ship the h.. out of town…kinda of funny.
Carolyne says
Very funny. In fact, hilarious.
bet says
The part that gets me is calling the womens march a peaceful protest. They may not have torched a limo, but filth lay everywhere. There were children there subjected to hate speech. Where are those commercials about teaching your children love and respect. The commercials that said hate was taught to children by their parents and passed on. The womens march is a good example of teaching hate to children.