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Line 13: \| death_date = \| death_place = \| ~~alma_mater~~education = [[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[B. A.\|BA]])<br />[[Portland State University]] \| employer = ''[[The Post Millennial]]'' \| known_for = Coverage of [[Antifa (United States)\|antifa~~]], [[Transgender\|trans people~~]], [[Muslims]], and [[right-wing\|right-wing politics]] \| occupation = {{hlist\|[[Social media influencer]]\|[[journalist]]\|[[writer]]}} \| website = {{official URL}} }} {{Conservatism US\|commentators}} <!-- There is consensus against adding "journalist" to the first sentence and consensus for keeping "right-wing". Please see the archives of the talk page. --> '''Andy Cuong Ngo''' ({{IPAc-en\|n\|oʊ}} {{respell\|n\|oh}}; born {{birth based on age as of date\|30\|2017\|5\|23\|noage=1}})<ref name="Herron-2017"/> is an American [[right-wing]] ~~author and~~ social media [[influencer]],<ref name="Lim-2022" /> who is known for covering and video-recording demonstrators.<ref name="AP NEWS-2021"/> He is a journalist and [[editor-at-large]] for ''[[The Post Millennial]]'', a [[Canadian conservative]] news website,<ref name="Thompson-2020"/> and a regular guest on [[Fox News]].<ref name="Kavanaugh-2021"/> Ngo has published columns in the ''[[New York Post]]''<ref name="Nawotka-2021" /> and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref name="Lee-2020"/> and authored a best selling book on Antifa. Ngo's coverage of [[Antifa (United States)\|antifa~~]], [[Transgender\|trans people~~]] and [[Muslims]] has been controversial, and the accuracy and credibility of his reporting have been disputed by journalists. He has been accused of sharing misleading or selective material,<ref name="Juarez-2019"/><ref name="Gupta-2019"/><ref name="Gais-2019"/> and has been described as a [[Agent provocateur\|provocateur]].~~{{sfn\|Reese\|2023\|p=29}}{{sfn\|Macchiarulo\|2023\|p=39}}~~<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Stuchbery \|first1=Mike \|title=The right want to make the Andy Ngo Antifa violence a reason to stop confronting fascists. Don't ever let it happen \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/antifa-nazi-andy-ngo-quilette-portland-fascism-antifascism-far-right-gofundme-a8984256.html\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/antifa-nazi-andy-ngo-quilette-portland-fascism-antifascism-far-right-gofundme-a8984256.html\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|website=The Independent \|access-date=18 February 2021 \|date=2 July 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine\|last=\|date=2021-04-06\|title=Christian Conference Q Ideas Has Dropped Right Wing Antifa Critic Andy Ngo From Its Lineup\|url=https://www.relevantmagazine.com/current/nation/christian-conference-q-ideas-has-dropped-right-wing-troll-andy-ngo-from-its-lineup/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.relevantmagazine.com/current/nation/christian-conference-q-ideas-has-dropped-right-wing-troll-andy-ngo-from-its-lineup/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-05-15\|magazine=Relevant\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{TOC limit\|3}} == Early life and education == Ngo was born and raised in Portland, Oregon.<ref name="Herron-2017"/> His parents fled [[Vietnam]] in 1978 as [[Vietnamese boat people]],<ref name="Griffin-2018" /> after they had been forced into labor and [[Re-education camp (Vietnam)\|re-education camps]] by the Communist government.<ref name="Bernstein-2019" /> His mother came from an educated middle-class family that ran a jewelry business.<ref name="Griffin-2018"/> His father had been a police officer in a small coastal town in Vietnam.<ref name="Griffin-2018"/> His parents first met amid a six-month stay at a [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] camp near [[Tanjungpinang]], Indonesia, prior to their arrival in the United States in 1979.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Ngo\|first=Andy\|date=February 2021\|title=Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy\|location=New York, NY\|publisher=Center Street – [[Hachette Book Group]]\|pages=223–233\|isbn=978-1-5460-5958-5\|lccn=2020951079}}</ref> Raised in a [[Buddhist]] family, Ngo converted to [[Christianity]] in high school.<ref name="Bernstein-2019"/> After a period of time as an [[evangelical Christian]], he became disillusioned and took an interest in [[skepticism]]. He subsequently became an [[atheist]],<ref name="Bernstein-2019"/> and was strongly against organized religion, which was reflected in his social media activity in the form of what Ngo later described as "inflammatory language", with [[Reddit]] comments such as "[[Islam]] needs to be neutered like Christianity".<ref name="Gais-2019">{{cite news\|url=https://jewishcurrents.org/the-making-of-andy-ngo/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://jewishcurrents.org/the-making-of-andy-ngo/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|newspaper=Jewish Currents\|title=The Making of Andy Ngo\|date=September 11, 2019\|first=Hannah\|last=Gais}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2019, Ngo said that his earlier social media activity "represented my simplistic views at the time" and that his comments no longer represented his beliefs.<ref name="Gais-2019"/> Ngo speaks with a British accent, which he says he "developed from living in the UK for several years as a teen".<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bernstein \|first=Joseph \|date=2019-07-19 \|title=Andy Ngo Has The Newest New Media Career. It's Made Him A Victim And A Star. \|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/andy-ngo-portland-antifa \|access-date=2024-09-03 \|website=BuzzFeed News \|language=en}}</ref> While attending the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA), Ngo volunteered with [[AmeriCorps]].<ref name="Griffin-2018">{{cite web\|url=https://www.opb.org/news/series/racenw/immigrants-vietnam-oregon-conservative-worldview/\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208234648/https://www.opb.org/news/series/racenw/immigrants-vietnam-oregon-conservative-worldview/\| archive-date=February 8, 2018\|title=For Immigrants' Son, Vietnam Trip Led To More Conservative Worldview\|last=Griffin\|first=Anna\|website=opb.org\|publisher=[[Oregon Public Broadcasting]]\|date=February 8, 2018\|access-date=June 30, 2019\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He graduated from UCLA in 2009 with a graphic design degree.<ref name="Bernstein-2019"/> After graduation, he experienced a period of unemployment and worked as a photographer at a used car dealership.<ref name="Bernstein-2019">{{cite web \|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/andy-ngo-portland-antifa\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/andy-ngo-portland-antifa\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|title=Andy Ngo Has The Newest New Media Career. It's Made Him A Victim and a Star.\|last=Bernstein \|first=Joseph \|date=July 18, 2019 \|website=[[BuzzFeed News]] \|access-date=July 27, 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the mid-2010s, Ngo [[came out]] as [[gay]] while visiting relatives in rural Vietnam.<ref name="Griffin-2018"/> He began volunteering as a photographer at the [[Center for Inquiry]] in Portland in 2013.<ref name="Gais-2019"/> In 2015, Ngo enrolled in a master's program at [[Portland State University]] for political science, with a focus on international relations and comparative politics.<ref name="Herron-2017"/><ref name="Bernstein-2019"/> While attending the school, he joined the Freethinkers of Portland State University,<ref name="Bernstein-2019"/> a student organization that worked closely with professor [[Peter Boghossian]].<ref name="Gais-2019"/><ref name="Wilson-2018"/> Ngo has been described by critics as a disciple of [[James O'Keefe]], the founder of [[Project Veritas]], a right-wing activist group.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Smietana\|first=Bob\|date=April 5, 2021\|title=Andy Ngo, antifa critic, dropped as speaker by Christian conference Q Ideas\|url=https://religionnews.com/2021/04/05/andy-ngo-antifa-critic-dropped-as-speaker-by-christian-conference-q-ideas-gabe-lyons/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://religionnews.com/2021/04/05/andy-ngo-antifa-critic-dropped-as-speaker-by-christian-conference-q-ideas-gabe-lyons/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-14\|website=Religion News Service\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Nazaryan-2021"/> Ngo and O'Keefe both use the legal services of [[Harmeet Dhillon]].{{sfn\|Ramadas\|Brown\|2023\|p=55}} == Career == Line 58 ⟶ 57: === Livestreaming Patriot Prayer rallies (2017–2019) === In 2017, Ngo began filming rallies held by [[Patriot Prayer]], a Portland-area far-right group<ref name="Bernstein-2019" /> known for holding pro-gun, [[pro-Trump]] rallies<ref>{{Cite news\|last1=Hay\|first1=Gabriella\|last2=Borter\|first2=Andrew\|date=2020-09-02\|title=What to know about Patriot Prayer as Trump supporters take stand in Portland\|language=en\|work=Reuters\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-global-race-protests-patriot-prayer-idUKKBN25S5Z5\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-10-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914122512/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-global-race-protests-patriot-prayer-idUKKBN25S5Z5\|archive-date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> that have devolved into violence and street fighting.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Coaston\|first=Jane\|date=2020-09-08\|title=The pro-Trump, anti-left Patriot Prayer group, explained\|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/9/8/21417403/patriot-prayer-explained-portland\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.vox.com/2020/9/8/21417403/patriot-prayer-explained-portland\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|access-date=2021-03-21\|website=Vox\|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Shepherd\|first=Katie\|date=July 4, 2018\|title=MAGA Mayhem Fractures a Man's Skull, as Right-Wing Marchers Test the Limits of Free Speech in Portland\|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2018/07/04/maga-mayhem-fractures-a-mans-skull-as-right-wing-marchers-test-the-limits-of-free-speech-in-portland/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2018/07/04/maga-mayhem-fractures-a-mans-skull-as-right-wing-marchers-test-the-limits-of-free-speech-in-portland/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-11\|website=Willamette Week\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Neiwert\|first=David\|date=October 15, 2018\|title=Patriot Prayer again brings violence to Portland with 'flash march' downtown, rounding out a weekend of far-right violence\|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/15/patriot-prayer-again-brings-violence-portland-flash-march-downtown-rounding-out-weekend-far\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/15/patriot-prayer-again-brings-violence-portland-flash-march-downtown-rounding-out-weekend-far\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-11\|website=Southern Poverty Law Center\|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The Patriot Prayer gatherings (whose early rallies were used by [[White nationalism\|white nationalists]] as recruitment events) were met by Portland's anti-fascists and anarchists known to support [[direct action]], including violence.<ref name="Bernstein-2019" /> November 2018, Ngo [[live-streamed]] video coverage of the [[Him Too rally]] organized by a Patriot Prayer member in downtown Portland, and was sprayed with [[silly string]] and harassed<ref name="Henry-2019">{{Cite web\|last=Henry\|first=Warren\|date=2019-09-13\|title=The Curious Case of Andy Ngo\|url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/warren-henry/the-curious-case-of-andy-ngo/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/warren-henry/the-curious-case-of-andy-ngo/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-05-16\|website=Commentary Magazine\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> by antifa protesters.<ref name="Manchester-2018">{{cite web \|last1=Manchester \|first1=Julia \|title=Democratic politicians in 'difficult position' in handling Antifa, says journalist \|url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/417389-liberal-politicians-in-difficult-position-in-dealing-with-antifa-says\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/417389-liberal-politicians-in-difficult-position-in-dealing-with-antifa-says\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)\|The Hill]] \|access-date=July 1, 2019 \|date=November 19, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Sparling \|first1=Zane \|title=6 arrested, released during Saturday protest in Portland \|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/412493-313328-6-arrested-released-during-saturday-protest-in-portland\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/412493-313328-6-arrested-released-during-saturday-protest-in-portland\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|website=[[Portland Tribune]]\|access-date=June 30, 2019 \|date=November 18, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> By 2019, Ngo routinely attended and live-streamed events at Portland protests.<ref name="Williams-2019" /> ==== May Day 2019 ==== Line 81 ⟶ 80: In 2019, Ngo published a series in the ''[[New York Post]]'' alleging numerous hate crimes reported to police in Portland, Oregon had been faked.<ref name="Nawotka-2021"/> He contributed articles to the online magazine ''[[Quillette]]'' where he was described as a [[Copy editing\|sub-editor]] and photojournalist for the publication at the time of his departure in August 2019.<ref name="Williams-2019">{{cite news\|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/06/portland-mayor-police-come-under-fire-after-right-wing-writer-attacked-at-protest.html\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/06/portland-mayor-police-come-under-fire-after-right-wing-writer-attacked-at-protest.html\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|title=Portland mayor, police come under fire after right-wing writer attacked at protest\|last=Williams\|first=Kale\|date=June 30, 2019\|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]\|access-date=July 1, 2019\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Sommer-2019">{{cite news \|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/andy-ngo-who-became-a-right-wing-star-leaves-quillette-after-incriminating-video-appears\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.thedailybeast.com/andy-ngo-who-became-a-right-wing-star-leaves-quillette-after-incriminating-video-appears\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|title=Right-Wing Star Andy Ngo Exits Quillette After Damning Video Surfaces \|last=Sommer \|first=Will \|website=[[The Daily Beast]]\|date=August 27, 2019 \|access-date=August 30, 2019 \|language=en\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> By June 2020, Ngo was with ''[[The Post Millennial]]'',<ref name="Thompson-2020">{{cite web\|last=Thompson\|first=Don\|date=2020-06-04\|title=Lawsuit aims to hold nebulous 'antifa' to blame for injuries\|url=https://apnews.com/article/9c484adddf335e79be648e70406622ca\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114024556/https://apnews.com/article/9c484adddf335e79be648e70406622ca\|archive-date=January 14, 2021\|access-date=2021-02-14\|website=AP NEWS\|url-status=live}}</ref> a conservative Canadian news website,<ref name="Yates-2019">{{cite web\|first1=Jeff\|last1=Yates\|first2=Kaleigh\|last2=Rogers\|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/the-post-millennial-journalism-conservative-advocacy-1.5191593\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/the-post-millennial-journalism-conservative-advocacy-1.5191593\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|title=Canadian news site ''The Post Millennial'' blurs line between journalism and conservative 'pamphleteering'\|website=[[CBC News]]\|date=June 27, 2019\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which continued to retain him as an editor-at-large in ~~May~~June 2024.<ref name="AH">{{cite news\|last=Hansford\|first=Amelia\|title=Right-wing websites hacked with fake coming out statement from editor: ‘I'I am a trans ~~individual’~~individual'\|date=May 3, 2024\|publisher=[[Pink News]]\|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/03/andy-ngo-website-hacked-the-post-millennial}}</ref> As of 2020, he was a regular guest on [[Fox News]]<ref name="Gupta-2019"/><ref name="Peel-2020">{{cite web\|last=Peel\|first=Sophie\|date=September 16, 2020\|title=Portland Protesters Say Their Lives Were Upended by the Posting of Their Mug Shots on a Conservative Twitter Account\|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/09/16/portland-protesters-say-their-lives-were-upended-by-the-posting-of-their-mug-shots-on-a-conservative-twitter-account/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/09/16/portland-protesters-say-their-lives-were-upended-by-the-posting-of-their-mug-shots-on-a-conservative-twitter-account/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=Willamette Week\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> where he had expressed his concerns about the dangers posed by the left on at least two dozen occasions as of February 2021.<ref name="Kavanaugh-2021"/> By 2020, Ngo had written several opinion articles for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref name="Lee-2020">{{Cite news\|last=Lee\|first=Edmund\|date=2020-07-24\|title=At Wall Street Journal, News Staff and Opinion Side Clash\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/business/media/wall-street-journal-news-opinion-clash-letter.html\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/business/media/wall-street-journal-news-opinion-clash-letter.html\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|access-date=2021-04-17\|issn=0362-4331\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In July 2020, Ngo's reporting was among the concerns listed in a letter, penned by nearly 300 of ''The Journal's'' newsroom staff members to the paper's publisher, that condemned the opinion desk's "lack of fact-checking and transparency".<ref name="Lee-2020"/> Several media outlets,<ref name="Gupta-2019">{{cite web\|last=Gupta\|first=Arun\|date=August 2019\|title=Portland's Andy Ngo Is the Most Dangerous Grifter in America\|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/andy-ngo-right-wing-antifa-protest-portland-bigotry\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/andy-ngo-right-wing-antifa-protest-portland-bigotry\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|magazine=[[Jacobin (magazine)\|Jacobin]]\|accessdate=September 5, 2021\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> including ''[[The Oregonian]]''<ref name="Kavanaugh-2019">{{cite news\|last=Kavanaugh\|first=Shane Dixon\|date=August 19, 2019\|title=1 hammer, 1 'antifa mob chase': A closer look at Portland's viral protest moments\|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]\|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/08/1-hammer-1-antifa-mob-chase-a-closer-look-at-portlands-viral-protest-moments.html\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/08/1-hammer-1-antifa-mob-chase-a-closer-look-at-portlands-viral-protest-moments.html\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> have been critical of Ngo and described him as a "right-wing provocateur".<ref>{{cite web\|last=Goodman\|first=Amy\|author-link=Amy Goodman\|date=August 21, 2019\|title=Portland rejects proud boys & other ultra-right groups as Trump tries to criminalize Antifa\|url=https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/08/21/portland-rejects-proud-boys-other-ultra-right-groups-as-trump-tries-to-criminalize-antifa/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/08/21/portland-rejects-proud-boys-other-ultra-right-groups-as-trump-tries-to-criminalize-antifa/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|work=Nation of Change}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|author=Cockburn\|date=August 29, 2019\|title=What's Ngext for Ngo?\|url=https://spectator.us/whats-ngext-andy-ngo/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://spectator.us/whats-ngext-andy-ngo/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|website=Spectator.us}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Peters\|first=Justin\|date=2021-01-16\|title=Fox News Can Barely Admit the Capitol Riot Is a Story\|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/fox-news-impeachment-capitol-riot-twitter.html\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/fox-news-impeachment-capitol-riot-twitter.html\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=Slate Magazine\|language=en\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[BuzzFeed News]]'' said that "Ngo's work is probably best described as media activism" and that he engages in "participant reporting".<ref name="Bernstein-2019"/> ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine cites Ngo as an example of "busybody journalism".<ref name="Read-2018"/> In April 2019, [[Cathy Young]], writing for ''[[The Bulwark (website)\|The Bulwark]]'', criticized Ngo for "outrage mining" after he re-posted various tweets from random Twitter accounts, some of whom were teenagers, that mocked [[France]] following the [[Notre-Dame de Paris fire]].<ref name="Young-2019">{{cite web \|last1=Young \|first1=Cathy \|author-link1=Cathy Young \|title=Rise of the Notre Dame Truthers \|url=https://thebulwark.com/rise-of-the-notre-dame-truthers/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://thebulwark.com/rise-of-the-notre-dame-truthers/\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|website=[[The Bulwark (website)\|The Bulwark]] \|access-date=June 30, 2019 \|date=April 19, 2019\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In April 2021, he was dropped as a speaker from [[Fermi Project\|Gabe Lyons]]'s Evangelical conference Q Ideas in [[Nashville, Tennessee\|Nashville]] at the insistence of the [[Christian hip hop\|rapper]] [[Propaganda (musician)\|Jason "Propaganda" Petty]], who argued that Ngo was "trolling the right wing of our country then hitting them in their wallets".<ref>{{cite news\|last=Smietana\|first=Bob\|title=Andy Ngo, Antifa Critic, Dropped as Speaker by Christian Conference Q Ideas\|publisher=The Roys Report\|date=April 3, 2021\|url=https://julieroys.com/ngo-dropped-speaker-q-ideas/comment-page-1}}</ref> In October 2021, he delivered a paid anti-antifa speech at the [[Ujazdów Castle#Centre for Contemporary Art\|Centre for Contemporary Art]] in [[Warsaw]] by invitation of the [[Mateusz Morawiecki#Second term (2019–2023)\|Polish government]], as part of a series of public appearances by US [[Conservatism in the United States\|hard right]] figures in [[Poland]] and [[Hungary]].<ref name="Newton-2022"/> He also met at the time with Hungary's [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary)\|foreign minister]] [[Péter Szijjártó]] and [[Balázs Orbán (politician)\|Balázs Orbán]], the political director to the [[Prime Minister of Hungary\|prime minister]] and chairman of [[Mathias Corvinus Collegium]] (MCC), to discuss the country's [[Hungarian anti-LGBT law\|anti-LGBTQ laws]], but was not paid for his planned speech at MCC.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Newton\|first=Creede\|title=Hungary Ambassador Affirms Role as Far-right Leader at Republican Gala\|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center\|date=December 16, 2022\|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/12/16/hungary-ambassador-affirms-role-far-right-leader-republican-gala}}</ref> In May 2024, the websites of ''The Post Millennial'' and its [[Holding company#Parent company\|parent]] ''[[Human Events]]'' were hacked and replaced with a fake coming out statement as a trans individual attributed to Ngo. The statement included an apology for Ngo's "past behaviour", which [[Pink News]] described as "[[Transphobia\|anti-trans rhetoric]] and [[Conspiracy theory\|conspiratorial]] coverage of the LGBTQ+ community".<ref name="AH"/> ====''Unmasked''==== Line 96 ⟶ 91: In March 2021, [[Winston Marshall]], banjoist and founding member of the British [[folk rock]] band [[Mumford & Sons]], posted on Twitter to Ngo, "Finally had the time to read your important book. You're a brave man." His post led to online criticism, and several days later Marshall deleted the tweet, apologized for it, and stated that he was temporarily leaving the band "to examine my blindspots." In June, Marshall left Mumford & Sons permanently and recanted his apology, saying that it "participates in the lie that [the extremism documented in the book] does not exist, or worse, is a force for good."<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mumford & Sons Banjoist Winston Marshall Quits After Andy Ngo Political Controversy \|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/mumford-and-sons-winston-marshal-leaving-andy-ngo-1235004545/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/mumford-and-sons-winston-marshal-leaving-andy-ngo-1235004545/\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|first=Jordan \|last=Moreau \|work=Variety \|date=June 24, 2021\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In May 2021, while Ngo was in Portland to cover the one-year anniversary demonstrations for a follow-up chapter to ''Unmasked'', Ngo said he was recognized in disguise and then chased down by a group of five to ten demonstrators who attempted to unmask him before assaulting him.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Smith\|first=Suzette\|date=May 28, 2021\|title=Portland Protesters Chase, Tackle and Punch Someone They Believe to Be Andy Ngo Until He Hides in The Nines Hotel\|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/05/29/portland-protesters-chase-tackle-and-punch-someone-they-believe-to-be-andy-ngo-until-he-hides-in-the-nines-hotel/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/05/29/portland-protesters-chase-tackle-and-punch-someone-they-believe-to-be-andy-ngo-until-he-hides-in-the-nines-hotel/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-18\|website=Willamette Week\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Smith-2021">{{Cite web\|last=Smith\|first=Suzette\|date=June 2, 2021\|title=Five Days After Attack, Andy Ngo Releases Statement Confirming He Was Chased and Beaten in Portland\|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/06/02/five-days-after-attack-andy-ngo-releases-statement-confirming-he-was-chased-and-beaten-in-portland/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/06/02/five-days-after-attack-andy-ngo-releases-statement-confirming-he-was-chased-and-beaten-in-portland/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|access-date=2021-06-18\|website=Willamette Week\|language=en-US\|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="The Oregonian-2021">{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=2021-06-03\|title=Andy Ngo says he was man chased, assaulted amid Portland protest\|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/06/andy-ngo-says-he-was-man-chased-assaulted-amid-portland-protest.html\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/06/andy-ngo-says-he-was-man-chased-assaulted-amid-portland-protest.html\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-18\|website=The Oregonian\|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Ngo said that he was tackled and punched by demonstrators in [[black bloc]] before he fled into [[The Nines (hotel)\|The Nines]] hotel.<ref name="Sparling-2021">{{Cite web\|last=Sparling\|first=Zane\|date=2021-06-03\|title=Ngo confirms attack while undercover at Portland protest\|url=https://www.koin.com/top-stories/ngo-confirms-attack-while-undercover-at-portland-protest/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.koin.com/top-stories/ngo-confirms-attack-while-undercover-at-portland-protest/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-06\|website=KOIN\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Ngo frequently uploads protesters' personal information, including mugshots, to social media: some protesters{{Who\|date=February 2022}} have said this results in harassment and [[death threats]], leading them to view Ngo as a threat.<ref name="The Oregonian-2021" /><ref name="Smith-2021" /><ref name="Sparling-2021" />~~{{sfn\|Reese\|2023\|p=29}}{{sfn\|Macchiarulo\|2023\|p=39}}~~ == Social media influence == Ngo has been variously described as a right-wing activist or [[influencer]],<ref name="Brandy-2022">{{Cite news \|last=Zadrozny \|first=Brandy \|date=2022-12-02 \|title=Elon Musk's 'amnesty' pledge brings back QAnon, far-right Twitter accounts \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/elon-musks-twitter-beginning-take-shape-rcna58940 \|access-date=2024-05-03 \|website=NBC News \|language=en \|quote=On Nov. 25, the account for the antifascist publishing group CrimethInc, which had more than 66,000 followers, was suspended after right-wing activist Andy Ngo tweeted at Musk requesting he ban it. Leigh Young, a member of the group, said that CrimethInc never received an official explanation for the suspension. \|archive-date=May 3, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503003723/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/elon-musks-twitter-beginning-take-shape-rcna58940 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lim-2022">{{~~sfn~~Cite book \|last1=Lim \|first1=Gabrielle \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JuZXEAAAQBAJ \|title=The Social Media Debate: Unpacking the Social, Psychological, and Cultural Effects of Social Media \|last2=Abrahams \|first2=Alexei \|last3=Donovan \|first3=Joan \|date=2022-02-17 \|ppublisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-1-000-54418-3 \|editor-last=Rosen \|editor-first=Devan \|language=en \|chapter=Make It Trend! Setting Right-wing Media Agendas Using Twitter Hashtags \|page=114-115 \|access-date=September 11, 2022 \|archive-date=April 20, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420012838/https://books.google.com/books?id=JuZXEAAAQBAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Scott-2020" /><ref name="Newton-2022">{{Cite web \|last=Newton \|first=Creede \|date=June 6, 2022 \|title=Poland Paid Andy Ngo a Pittance for Anti-antifa Speech \|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/06/06/poland-paid-andy-ngo-pittance-anti-antifa-speech \|access-date=2022-07-28 \|website=Southern Poverty Law Center \|language=en \|archive-date=July 28, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728203348/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/06/06/poland-paid-andy-ngo-pittance-anti-antifa-speech \|url-status=live }}</ref> a conservative journalist,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bonn \|first=Tess \|date=2019-07-25 \|title=Conservative journalist Andy Ngo says assault involving Antifa resulted in brain injury \|url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/454712-conservative-journalist-andy-ngo-says-antifa-attack-resulted-in-brain-injury/ \|access-date=2023-12-16 \|website=The Hill \|language=en-US \|archive-date=December 16, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216015244/https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/454712-conservative-journalist-andy-ngo-says-antifa-attack-resulted-in-brain-injury/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Hanna \|first=Jason \|date=2019-07-02 \|title=Conservative journalist blames assault at Portland protest on Antifa activists \|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/us/ngo-antifa-protests-newday-cnntv/index.html \|access-date=2023-12-16 \|website=CNN \|language=en \|archive-date=August 27, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827215136/https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/us/ngo-antifa-protests-newday-cnntv/index.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> writer,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-01-14 \|title=Powell's Books says Andy Ngo's book will not be in store \|url=https://apnews.com/article/portland-3dd2bc3ecc27be60a25c98eec18504fc \|access-date=2023-12-16 \|website=AP News \|language=en \|archive-date=January 21, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121050658/https://apnews.com/article/portland-3dd2bc3ecc27be60a25c98eec18504fc \|url-status=live }}</ref> and blogger,<ref name="Dearden-2019">{{Cite web \|last=Dearden \|first=Lizzie \|date=2019-06-30 \|title=Antifa attack blogger Andy Ngo amid violence at Portland Proud Boys protest \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/antifa-attack-portland-andy-ngo-portland-proud-boys-alt-right-a8981331.html \|access-date=2023-12-16 \|website=The Independent \|language=en \|archive-date=May 14, 2022 \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/antifa-attack-portland-andy-ngo-portland-proud-boys-alt-right-a8981331.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> as well as a far-right content creator,<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~news \|last=Lorenz \|first=Taylor \|date=2023-12-13 \|title=Meet the woman working to stop the far-right creator money machine \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/13/nandini-jammi-alex-jones-demonetization/ \|access-date=2023-12-16 \|~~website~~newspaper=Washington Post \|language=en \|archive-date=December 14, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214004952/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/13/nandini-jammi-alex-jones-demonetization/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> campaigner,<ref name="Dearden-2019" /> and sympathizer.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beauchamp \|first=Zack \|date=2019-07-03 \|title=The assault on conservative journalist Andy Ngo, explained \|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/3/20677645/antifa-portland-andy-ngo-proud-boys \|access-date=2023-12-16 \|website=Vox \|language=en \|archive-date=August 7, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807132917/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/3/20677645/antifa-portland-andy-ngo-proud-boys \|url-status=live }}</ref> His actions and role in covering issues, particularly civil unrest in Portland, Oregon, following the [[murder of George Floyd]], have received media attention.<ref name="Scott-2020">{{Cite web\|last=Scott\|first=Mark\|date=2020-10-27\|title=Despite cries of censorship, US conservatives dominate social media\|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/despite-cries-of-censorship-us-conservatives-dominate-social-media/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107075357/https://www.politico.eu/article/despite-cries-of-censorship-us-conservatives-dominate-social-media/\|archive-date=January 7, 2021\|access-date=2021-01-12\|website=POLITICO\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Butler-2019">{{Cite web\|last=Butler\|first=Grant\|date=2019-12-29\|title=Oregon's top 15 newsmakers of 2019\|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/12/oregons-top-15-newsmakers-of-2019.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230174738/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/12/oregons-top-15-newsmakers-of-2019.html\|archive-date=December 30, 2019\|access-date=2021-01-12\|website=The Oregonian\|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Willamette Week-2019">{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=December 24, 2019\|title=The 20 Moments That Made Portland Famous in the Past 10 Years\|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/12/24/the-20-moments-that-made-portland-famous-in-the-past-10-years/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/12/24/the-20-moments-that-made-portland-famous-in-the-past-10-years/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-05-05\|website=Willamette Week\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[The Intercept]]'' described Ngo as a "far-right [[Twitter]] star".<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Mackey \|first=Robert \|date=December 12, 2021 \|title=Portland Journalists Sue Andy Ngo for Using Their Videos on Twitter Without Permission \|url=https://theintercept.com/2021/12/12/portland-journalists-sue-andy-ngo-using-videos-twitter-without-permission/ \|access-date=2022-07-28 \|website=The Intercept \|language=en \|archive-date=June 10, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610042101/https://theintercept.com/2021/12/12/portland-journalists-sue-andy-ngo-using-videos-twitter-without-permission/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2019, ''The Oregonian'' named Ngo one of 2019's Top 15 Newsmakers citing events that included his attack, his surge in prominence within conservative circles, and his circulation of "heavily edited videos of several altercations to his then-270,000 Twitter followers, racking up millions of views online while spreading inaccurate claims and limited context about what transpired."<ref name="Butler-2019" /> [[President trump\|President Trump]] began to mention Ngo at his rallies in July 2019.<ref name="Willamette Week-2019" /> Line 108 ⟶ 103: By October 2020, ''[[Politico]]'' reported Ngo had established approximately 800,000 social media followers and had become a mega influencer that was a "key source for rightwing audiences in search of news about the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement".<ref name="Scott-2020" /> The following month, Ngo's viral video content was recirculated by President Trump following the [[Million MAGA March]].<ref name="Evans-2020" /><ref>{{Cite web\|last1=Mackey\|first1=Robert\|last2=Mannon\|first2=Travis\|date=May 13, 2021\|title=Meet the Riot Squad: Right-Wing Reporters Whose Viral Videos Are Used to Smear BLM\|url=https://theintercept.com/2021/05/13/riot-squad-right-wing-video-journalists-black-lives-matter-antifa/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://theintercept.com/2021/05/13/riot-squad-right-wing-video-journalists-black-lives-matter-antifa/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-05-16\|website=The Intercept\|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ~~A 2020 study reported him to be [[crowdfunding]] on SubscribeStar, "the far right [[Patreon]]", where he offered access to the evidence he claimed to have gathered.{{sfn\|Warreth\|2020\|p=53–54}}~~ ~~A study of his tweets from March–May 2023 described his repeated use of the antifa hashtag as "intended to disparage and detract".{{sfn\|Lim\|Abrahams\|Donovan\|2022\|p=109}}~~ As of December 2023, Ngo had an X (formerly Twitter) following of over 1.4 million users.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-12-16 \|title=Andy Ngo's Twitter Stats Summary Profile (Social Blade Twitter Statistics) \|url=https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/mrandyngo \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216014652/https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/mrandyngo \|archive-date=December 16, 2023 \|access-date=2023-12-16 \|website=[[Social Blade]]}}</ref> Line 119 ⟶ 110: == Credibility == Ngo's credibility and objectivity as a journalist have been extensively criticized by other journalists.,<ref name="Gupta-2019"/><ref name="Derysh-2019">{{cite web \|last1=Derysh \|first1=Igor \|title=Right-wing 'journalist' Andy Ngo outed: Video shows him hanging out with far-right hate group \|url=https://www.salon.com/2019/08/28/right-wing-journalist-andy-ngo-outed-video-shows-him-hanging-out-with-far-right-hate-group/ \|website=Salon \|access-date=21 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119162141/https://www.salon.com/2019/08/28/right-wing-journalist-andy-ngo-outed-video-shows-him-hanging-out-with-far-right-hate-group/ \|archive-date=19 January 2021 \|date=28 August 2019}}</ref> Since 2019, he has been accused of using selectively edited videos<ref name="Dalbey-2019">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/antifa-portland-protests-disinformation-propaganda/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/antifa-portland-protests-disinformation-propaganda/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|title=Edited videos of Portland protests are telling half-truths\|first=Alex\|last=Dalbey\|date=August 20, 2019\|website=[[Daily Dot]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and sharing misleading and inaccurate information to paint antifa activists as violent,<ref>{{cite news\|last=Strickland\|first=Patrick\|date=29 September 2020\|title=Antifa and America's revamped Red Scare\|work=Al Jazeera\|agency=\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/9/29/antifa-hysteria-americas-revamped-red-scare\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/9/29/antifa-hysteria-americas-revamped-red-scare\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|quote=Among the witnesses called to testify were legislators from several states and Andy Ngo, a Portland-based journalist who describes himself as independent and objective but who has been accused of working with far-right groups in the past. Ngo, who last year made headlines when an anti-fascist punched him, has been criticised for sharing misleading and inaccurate information about anti-fascist demonstrators in his hometown.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and to underplay the violence of the [[far right]],<ref name="Donovan-2020">{{cite web \|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/03/1007931/riot-porn-right-wing-vigilante-propaganda-social-media/ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/03/1007931/riot-porn-right-wing-vigilante-propaganda-social-media/ \|archive-date=2021-10-10 \|last=Donovan \|first=Joan \|website=MIT Technology Review \|date=3 September 2020 \|title=How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets \|quote=These narratives have been intensified and supplemented by the work of right-wing adversarial media-makers like Elijah Schaffer and Andy Ngo, who collect videos of conflict at public protests and recirculate them to their online audiences. Both have even gone 'undercover' by posing as protesters to capture footage for their channels, seeking to name and shame those marching. Their videos are edited, decontextualized, and shared among audiences hungry for a new fix of 'riot porn,' which instantly goes viral across the right-wing media ecosystem with the aid of influential pundits and politicians, including President Donald Trump.}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2019/09/andy-ngo-is-journalisms-problem/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://abovethelaw.com/2019/09/andy-ngo-is-journalisms-problem/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|title=Andy Ngo Is Journalism's Problem\|date=September 3, 2019\|first=Alaric\|last=~~DeArment~~Dearment\|website=Above the Law}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Butler-2019a">{{cite news\|first1=Grant\|last1=Butler\|access-date=January 5, 2020\|title=Oregon's top 15 newsmakers of 2019\|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/12/oregons-top-15-newsmakers-of-2019.html\|date=December 29, 2019\|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]\|archive-date=December 30, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230174738/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/12/oregons-top-15-newsmakers-of-2019.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> with ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' describing Ngo as a "discredited provocateur".<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Tovrov \|first1=Daniel \|title=Dropshipping journalism \|url=https://www.cjr.org/special_report/newsweek.php\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.cjr.org/special_report/newsweek.php\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|website=Columbia Journalism Review \|access-date=18 February 2021 \|date=23 October 2019 \|quote=The space freelancers once occupied has been partially taken up by new, inflammatory opinion writers like Ben Shapiro, Nigel Farage, and Newt Gingrich, who wrote the magazine’s May 10 cover story about China. Some of these writers, I'm told, do get paid. Other recent Newsweek writers have included Charlie Kirk, discredited provocateur Andy Ngo, and former Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge, who wrote a thinly veiled advertisement for his new TV show about UFOs.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ~~In early 2021, his social media activity was mentioned "primarily by far-right outlets", including [[One America News Network]] and ''[[American Free Press]]''.{{sfn\|Lim\|Abrahams\|Donovan\|2022\|p=114}}~~ While under cross-examination during the 2022 trial of a Portland citizen journalist, Ngo acknowledged that his tweets have resulted in threats and violence against those he targets.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Goforth \|first=Claire \|date=2022-11-16 \|title=Andy Ngô has long been accused of knowingly causing the subjects of his tweets to be targeted by his followers, which include mass shooters and far-right extremists. He finally admits they do \|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/andy-ngo-admits-his-tweets-lead-to-harassment/ \|access-date=2023-03-05 \|website=The Daily Dot \|language=en-US \|archive-date=March 5, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305215155/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/andy-ngo-admits-his-tweets-lead-to-harassment/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Journalist Andy Ngô loses criminal trial against Oregon journalist John Hacker \|url=https://news.yahoo.com/journalist-andy-ng-loses-criminal-005811640.html \|access-date=2023-03-05 \|website=news.yahoo.com \|date=November 17, 2022 \|language=en-US \|archive-date=February 2, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202212441/https://news.yahoo.com/journalist-andy-ng-loses-criminal-005811640.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> Ngo has been accused of having ties to the far-right groups [[Proud Boys]] and [[Patriot Prayer]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Covucci \|first1=David \|date=14 October 2019 \|title=Andy Ngo smears antifa activist killed in hit-and-run \|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/andy-ngo-sean-kealiher/ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/andy-ngo-sean-kealiher/ \|archive-date=2021-10-10 \|access-date=18 February 2021 \|website=Daily Dot \|quote=Ngo has long maintained he is an independent reporter who covers the far-left despite his ties to the far-right. He’s also had a loose relationship with the truth while reporting on antifa.}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Newton-2022" /> After Ngo was assaulted by left-wing protestors in Portland in 2019, the Portland-based newspaper ''[[Willamette Week]]'' quoted the ''Portland Mercury's'' ''Blogtown'' in saying an unnamed Proud Boys member said that the attack on Ngo "happened because he ignored Proud Boys' offer of protection"<ref name="Jaquiss-2019">{{cite web \|last=Jaquiss \|first=Nigel \|author-link=Nigel Jaquiss \|date=August 28, 2019 \|title=Right-Wing Brawlers Discussed a Hammer Fight While Being Filmed \|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2019/08/28/right-wing-brawlers-discussed-a-hammer-fight-while-being-filmed/ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2019/08/28/right-wing-brawlers-discussed-a-hammer-fight-while-being-filmed/ \|archive-date=2021-10-10 \|website=[[Willamette Week]] \|quote=Ngo has claimed to be an independent journalist. It is increasingly clear he is coordinating his movements and his message with right-wing groups. On Aug. 26, The Portland Mercury published an allegation by a Vancouver infiltrator of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer. 'There's an understanding,' the man told the Mercury, 'that Patriot Prayer protects him and he protects them.' Ngo could not be reached for comment.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and accordingly stated "it is increasingly clear [Ngo] is coordinating his movements and his message with right-wing groups".<ref name="Jaquiss-2019"/> ~~He has also been linked with QAnon and with the [[intellectual dark web]] commentator [[Bret Weinstein]].{{sfn\|Ramadas\|Brown\|2023\|p=55}}~~ ''[[BuzzFeed News]]'' reported that "[Ngo's] literal brand is that anti-fascists are violent and loathe him", adding that he "has been building to a dramatic confrontation with the Portland far left for months, his star rising along with the severity of the encounters .... [Ngo] is willing to make himself the story and to stream himself doing it. He proceeds from a worldview and seeks to confirm it, without asking to what degree his coverage becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy".<ref name="Bernstein-2019"/> Brian Levin, an extremist expert from [[California State University, San Bernardino]], stated that Ngo was "a political pundit who certainly makes the most out of his conflicts, which sometimes turn violent on him. ... But to his credit, I've never seen him be the physical aggressor in the posts that he's made generally."<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Baker \|first1=Mike \|title=In Portland, Milkshakes, a Punch and #HimToo Refresh Police Criticism \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/us/portland-protests-mayor-cruz.html \|website=The New York Times \|access-date=26 February 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206083940/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/us/portland-protests-mayor-cruz.html \|archive-date=6 February 2021 \|date=1 July 2019}}</ref> Line 127 ⟶ 118: == Legal actions == In June 2020, Ngo sued individuals allegedly associated with [[~~anti-fascism~~Antifa (United States)\|antifa]], seeking $900,000 in damages for assault and emotional distress, and an injunction to prevent further harassment. The lawsuit~~, filed by Ngo's personal attorney [[Harmeet Dhillon]], a national Republican operative who served as a legal adviser to Trump's re-election campaign,<ref name="Kavanaugh-2021"/>~~ ~~cites~~cited [[Rose City Antifa]], five other named defendants, and additional unknown assailants.<ref name="Sparling-2020">{{cite web\|last=Sparling\|first=Zane\|date=2020-12-23\|title=Andy Ngo's lawsuit against Rose City Antifa, protesters can move forward, judge decides\|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/12/andy-ngos-lawsuit-against-rose-city-antifa-protesters-can-move-forward-judge-decides.html\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/12/andy-ngos-lawsuit-against-rose-city-antifa-protesters-can-move-forward-judge-decides.html\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-02-17\|website=The Oregonian\|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The suit stems from multiple alleged attacks on Ngo in Portland during 2019: at a demonstration on May 1, at his local gym on May 7, and during a protest on June 29. In particular, the suit accuses Rose City Antifa of a "pattern of [[racketeering]] activities".<ref name="Thompson-2020"/><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://katu.com/news/local/portland-conservative-writer-andy-ngo-suing-antifa-for-injuries-during-protest\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://katu.com/news/local/portland-conservative-writer-andy-ngo-suing-antifa-for-injuries-during-protest\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|title=Portland conservative writer suing 'antifa' for injuries \|website=[[KATU]] \|date=June 5, 2020 \|access-date=June 5, 2020 \|first=Don\|last=Thompson}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On December 15, 2020, a [[Multnomah County, Oregon\|Multnomah County]] judge denied a special motion to strike down the suit.<ref name="Sparling-2020"/> Ngo has been invited by Republican lawmakers to testify before Congress on several occasions.<ref name="Kavanaugh-2021"/><ref name="Buchman-2021">{{Cite web\|last=Buchman\|first=Brandi\|date=February 25, 2021\|title=Domestic Terror Still Thorny Issue for Lawmakers After Capitol Attack\|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/domestic-terror-still-thorny-issue-for-lawmakers-after-capitol-attack/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.courthousenews.com/domestic-terror-still-thorny-issue-for-lawmakers-after-capitol-attack/\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-10\|website=Courthouse News Service\|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On August 4, 2020, he provided testimony at a United States Senate Judiciary subcommittee titled "The Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble: Protecting Speech by Stopping Anarchist Violence."<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Lennard \|first1=Natasha \|title=Ted Cruz's Hearing on Anarchist Protest Violence Was a Total Farce \|url=https://theintercept.com/2020/08/05/ted-cruz-hearing-antifa/\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://theintercept.com/2020/08/05/ted-cruz-hearing-antifa/\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|website=The Intercept \|access-date=18 February 2021 \|date=6 August 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fox News reported that Ngo disputed media coverage of protests and criticized Democrats for not condemning antifa for violence in Portland; however, prosecutors focused only on criminal conduct and did not provide evidence that any of the people arrested in Portland were linked to antifa.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Howard\|first1=Christopher\|date=5 August 2020\|title=Democrats refuse to condemn Antifa in domestic terrorism hearing, Andy Ngo says\|work=Fox News\|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrats-refuse-condemn-antifa-andy-ngo\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrats-refuse-condemn-antifa-andy-ngo\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|url-status=live\|access-date=24 March 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The Southern Poverty Law Center stated that Ngo has been a vocal proponent of listing antifa as a terrorist organization.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Gais \|first1=Hannah \|title=Congressmen, Right-Wing Media Push Baseless Claims That Antifa Fueled Far-Right Riot at Nation's Capitol \|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/01/07/congressmen-right-wing-media-push-baseless-claims-antifa-fueled-far-right-riot-nations\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/01/07/congressmen-right-wing-media-push-baseless-claims-antifa-fueled-far-right-riot-nations\| archive-date=2021-10-10 \|website=Southern Poverty Law Center \|access-date=18 February 2021 \|date=7 January 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Line 138 ⟶ 129: == Personal life == Ngo is [[gay]],<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ocamb \|first=Karen \|date=2019-07-01 \|title=Conservative gay journalist attacked covering Portland protest \|url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2019/07/01/conservative-gay-journalist-attacked-covering-portland-protest/ \|access-date=2023-08-10 \|website=Los Angeles Blade: LGBTQ News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment \|language=en-US \|archive-date=August 10, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810231843/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2019/07/01/conservative-gay-journalist-attacked-covering-portland-protest/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> and he considers himself to be politically [[center-right]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Osborne\|first=Mark\|date=June 30, 2019\|title=Right-wing protesters clash with anti-fascists as march gets violent\|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wing-protesters-clash-anti-fascists-portland-march-violent/story?id=64043549\|access-date=July 2, 2019\|website=ABC News\|quote=Andy Ngo, a conservative journalist ... .\|archive-date=July 1, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701155239/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wing-protesters-clash-anti-fascists-portland-march-violent/story?id=64043549\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Quinn\|first=Allison\|date=June 30, 2019\|title=Conservative Writer Andy Ngo Attacked at Portland Rally\|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/conservative-writer-andy-ngo-attacked-at-portland-rally\| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211010/https://www.thedailybeast.com/conservative-writer-andy-ngo-attacked-at-portland-rally\| archive-date=2021-10-10\|access-date=July 1, 2019\|website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|date=July 10, 2019\|title=Joe Rogan Experience #1323 - Andy Ngo\|website=[[YouTube]]\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI2EHMy1lgs\|access-date=July 11, 2019\|time=33:01–33:16\|archive-date=July 11, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711080655/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI2EHMy1lgs\|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~His partner has been noted as a "very prominent [[Anti-vaccine activism\|anti-vaccine activist".{{sfn\|Ramadas\|Brown\|2023\|p=55}}~~ In 2021, ''[[The Oregonian]]'' reported that Ngo relocated to London, citing concerns for his personal safety.<ref name="Kavanaugh-2021"/> A [[Portland Police Bureau]] spokesman confirmed that Ngo filed at least 10 police reports about threats made to him or his family since June 2020.<ref name="Kavanaugh-2021"/> Line 150 ⟶ 141: ==References== {{Reflist}} ~~==Bibliography==~~ * {{citation \|last1=Lim \|first1=Gabrielle \|last2=Abrahams \|first2=Alexei \|last3=Donovan \|first3=Joan \|author-link3=Joan Donovan \|chapter=Make It Trend! 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