Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty call for ‘cease fire’ by federal authorities

Oregon Live ^ | 7/27/20 | Everton Bailey Jr.

[Libloather]

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty announced Monday that they want to meet with acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and other agency leaders “immediately” to talk about how to remove federal officers from the city.

A one-sentence joint statement from the city officials calls for meeting in Portland and discussing a “cease-fire” in addition to the removal of officers. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The sought-after “end to federal occupation” comes after federal officers have been deployed to Portland on orders from President Donald Trump to stop protesters from graffitiing downtown federal buildings during demonstrations, including the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. It also comes two weeks after Wolf visited Portland to survey the damage to the building and Wheeler said he wouldn’t meet the DHS secretary if asked.

When asked what caused Wheeler to change his mind, a mayor’s office spokesperson said, “He wants to put an end to the violence and destruction.”

Together, Wheeler and Hardesty oversee Portland’s first responder bureaus. Wheeler is the police commissioner and Hardesty manages the city’s fire, 911 and emergency preparedness agencies.

[Terry L Smith]

Ok, deal! The feds leave, the police do nothing, and every man jack citizen bring something that utilizes a “gauged pew pew” and two bandoliers of “pew”, to sweep the streets clear!

[Jan_Sobieski]

ANTIFA is the military arm of the Democrat Party. They should be dismantled by Republicans like the KKK of 1870

[exDemMom]

When asked what caused Wheeler to change his mind, a mayor’s office spokesperson said, “He wants to put an end to the violence and destruction.”

Oh, that is seriously funny. He might want to study how leftist revolutions have gone down in the past, from the Soviet take over to the Latin American terrorist violence, to the Nazis in Germany. Violence and destruction are what defines the left. I don't think he's going to get peace and quiet by removing law enforcement.

[Vaduz]

Terry McVeigh served too echos of history.

[Gay State Conservative]

Every bit of this...the virus lockdowns by Rat Party Governors,the Molotov Cocktails,the news coverage...is *all* out of Rat Party Headquarters.I wonder if we’ll ever know exactly who is running this show.