51 Facts About Andy Ngo

Andy Cuong Ngo is an American right-wing social media influencer, who is known for covering and video-recording demonstrators.

Andy Ngo is a journalist and editor-at-large for The Post Millennial, a Canadian conservative news website, and a regular guest on Fox News.

Andy Ngo has been accused of sharing misleading or selective material, and has been described as a provocateur.

Andy Ngo's parents fled Vietnam in 1978 as Vietnamese boat people, after they had been forced into labor and re-education camps by the Communist government.

Andy Ngo's mother came from an educated middle-class family that ran a jewelry business.

Andy Ngo's father had been a police officer in a small coastal town in Vietnam.

Andy Ngo subsequently became an atheist, 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".

In 2019, Andy Ngo said that his earlier social media activity "represented my simplistic views at the time" and that his comments no longer represented his beliefs.

Andy Ngo speaks with a British accent, which he says he "developed from living in the UK for several years as a teen".

Andy Ngo graduated from UCLA in 2009 with a graphic design degree.

Andy Ngo began volunteering as a photographer at the Center for Inquiry in Portland in 2013.

In 2015, Andy Ngo enrolled in a master's program at Portland State University for political science, with a focus on international relations and comparative politics.

In 2017, Andy Ngo drew national attention after he was fired from the Vanguard and accused the newspaper of firing him over his conservative political beliefs.

In May 2017, Andy Ngo wrote an op-ed for the National Review on the subject titled "Fired for Reporting the Truth".

Andy Ngo has said that he did not contact Breitbart News about his tweet.

The day before the event, Andy Ngo wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal in which he stated that there had been threats of violence against the event on Facebook and Twitter, which had led campus police to deny organizers' request for a larger venue to accommodate the expected crowd.

Andy Ngo posted photos and video clips of students gathering on the stage and drowning out Sommers' talk with chanting and music.

Andy Ngo, who had covered protests at several talks given by Sommers, expressed interest in what he called "illiberal reactions" which he said restrict freedom of thought or behavior.

In October 2018, Andy Ngo started a podcast entitled Things You Should Andy Ngo.

Andy Ngo's interviewees included Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin and Carl Benjamin.

In 2017, Andy Ngo began filming rallies held by Patriot Prayer, a Portland-area far-right group known for holding pro-gun, pro-Trump rallies that have devolved into violence and street fighting.

November 2018, Andy 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 by antifa protesters.

On May 1,2019, Andy Ngo attended demonstrations and counter-protests in Portland associated with International Workers Day or May Day.

Bellingcat stated that Andy Ngo's tweets framed the brawl as an unprovoked assault by anti-fascists.

Andy Ngo did not report on the actions of Patriot Prayer.

On June 29,2019, Andy Ngo covered protests at a rally organized by the far-right group Proud Boys in Portland.

Andy Ngo was punched in the head, kicked and hit with at least one milkshake.

Andy Ngo walked away and reported what happened in a livestream, during which a medic arrived to check on him.

The video of the June 29 incident where Andy Ngo was assaulted by masked demonstrators went viral and led the Proud Boys, a group designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, to organize a follow-up event in Portland known as the End Domestic Terrorism rally for August 17,2019.

Andy Ngo retained attorney Harmeet Dhillon to investigate the response of the Portland Police Bureau.

Broader analysis of media coverage following Andy Ngo's attack was polarized, with each side expressing criticism of the other, including essays in The Atlantic and Commentary.

Andy Ngo later followed the group on foot a few blocks to the Cider Riot bar, where Patriot Prayer members attacked the patrons.

One of the victims of the attack was knocked unconscious with a baton and suffered a broken vertebra; Andy Ngo later posted a video of her being attacked and identified her online.

The editor of Quillette, Claire Lehmann, told The Daily Beast that the two developments were not linked and that Andy Ngo had left the website several weeks earlier.

In 2019, Andy Ngo published a series in the New York Post alleging numerous hate crimes reported to police in Portland, Oregon had been faked.

Andy Ngo contributed articles to the online magazine Quillette where he was described as a sub-editor and photojournalist for the publication at the time of his departure in August 2019.

In July 2020, Andy 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".

Several media outlets, including The Oregonian have been critical of Andy Ngo and described him as a "right-wing provocateur".

BuzzFeed News said that "Andy Ngo's work is probably best described as media activism" and that he engages in "participant reporting".

In May 2021, while Andy Ngo was in Portland to cover the one-year anniversary demonstrations for a follow-up chapter to Unmasked, Andy 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.

Andy Ngo said that he was tackled and punched by demonstrators in black bloc before he fled into The Nines hotel.

Andy Ngo has been variously described as a right-wing activist or influencer, a conservative journalist, writer, and blogger, as well as a far-right content creator, campaigner, and sympathizer.

In 2019, Andy Ngo labelled several journalists, including Shane Burley and Alexander Reid Ross, as "antifa ideologues".

Andy Ngo is known for publishing the mugshots of arrestees in Portland to his Twitter account.

Andy Ngo has been accused of having ties to the far-right groups Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer.

In June 2020, Andy Ngo sued individuals allegedly associated with antifa, seeking $900,000 in damages for assault and emotional distress, and an injunction to prevent further harassment.

Andy Ngo has been invited by Republican lawmakers to testify before Congress on several occasions.

The Southern Poverty Law Center stated that Andy Ngo has been a vocal proponent of listing antifa as a terrorist organization.

On February 24,2021, Andy Ngo provided testimony at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security following the US Capitol attack.

Andy Ngo is gay, and he considers himself to be politically center-right.

In 2021, The Oregonian reported that Andy Ngo relocated to London, citing concerns for his personal safety.