The use of tear-gas and less-than-lethal munition is also part of an increasingly aggressive response to the city’s ongoing protests.
Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday. “The President is failing to lead this nation. Now he is deploying federal officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a blatant abuse of power by the federal government.”to Portland on Thursday, calling the protesters “violent anarchists” and saying the city “has been under siege for 47 straight days.” He said protesters have destroyed property, including the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse and attacked the “brave law enforcement officers protecting it.
“Trump is looking for a confrontation in Oregon in the hopes of winning political points in Ohio or Iowa.”
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