Posted on 07/17/2020 5:29:16 PM PDT by buckalfa
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland demanded Friday that President Donald Trump remove militarized federal agents he deployed to the city after some detained people on streets far from federal property they were sent to protect.
“Keep your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said at a news conference.
Democratic Gov. Kate Brown said Trump is looking for a confrontation in the hopes of winning political points elsewhere and to serve as a distraction from the coronavirus pandemic, which is causing spiking numbers of infections in Oregon and the nation.
Brown’s spokesman, Charles Boyle, said Friday that arresting people without probable cause is “extraordinarily concerning and a violation of their civil liberties and constitutional rights.”
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And just how does he propose to do that?
Like Stalin said, “How many (military) divisions do you have?”
No doubt the feds are grabbing the leaders and worst troublemakers.
Those streets were paved with US Transportation deptartment funds. Commerce Clause. The businesses that are being looted are mortgaged with Federal Treasury funds. The goods in the looted stores were put there through interstate.Commerce. Some goods were subject to customs.
There are a thousand reasons why Trump can send Federal officers to Portland other than the fact that there is an active insurrection.
Frankly he needs to roll some tanks. See if the snowflakes will get off the street or become a part of it.
That and I also believe Esper and Milley told Trump to pound sand over the Insurrection Act back on June 2nd.
This is ALL about making Trump look bad at election time. I coordinated effort by Dems to destroy as much as they can and blame it on Trump.
It’s not ‘his’ city. The President is the President of the United States.
Mayors come down the list from the President.
The people are to be protected. If the Mayor won’t do it well then the responsibility moves up the chain of command.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler gives Antifa free reign.
The mayor and city council are all communists.
“Mayors come down the list from the President.“
The President has no law enforcement authority in any state without declaring a state of insurrection or rebellion (or invasion).
That he does not do so is incomprehensible.
Not to put words in Trump, but, not the ones I would use.
Arrest Wheeler for malfeasance.
Roll in some water spewing tanks. Portland gets plenty of rain so no wasting of water gushed on the mischief makers. Oregon has a Governor and a Mayor problem - child’s both.
So you advocate emptying all Federal prisons?
To break up a riot, I think you are right and the insurrection act must be invoked, but selectively picking up people based on suspicion of violating federal laws can be done without it, I suspect. In these days of ever-present cameras, social media and electronic communications, I doubt it would be difficult to establish probable cause for specific individuals violating or conspiring to violate or abetting violating federal law.
Trump is proving that the mayor cannot govern for the protection of the people. He is forcing Wheeler to ask to take away protection for federal workers...some which may be deep state money grubbers. So Trump is poking his thumb in eye of Mayor “wheezerfuturegeezer” and trying to win many fed workers support. I am pretty sure national public sentiment is unfavorable for mayor...so Trump looks good tweaking the idiot mayor. Just sayin’
From: The Office of The PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES
To: the mayor of the city of portland, Oregon
Re: Get your troops out of the city
GO F#CK YOURSELF!
Signed: President D. J. TRUMP
The mayor has abandoned his responsibilities and duties to the office to protect the citizens of Portland.
He should be forced from office and his words are meaningless
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