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Portland mayor joins protest, security detail later struggles with protesters
Fox News ^ | Brie Stimson

Posted on 07/23/2020 2:18:46 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s tense visit with protesters-- where he was booed, told to resign and given a list of demands-- ended with his security detail engaging in a struggle with protesters late Wednesday night as they worked to get the mayor to safety, a report said.

While no protesters appeared to physically harm Wheeler, once he was inside the building a few people tried unsuccessfully to push past his security team in an apparent attempt to get inside. Others threw water bottles and other projectiles at the glass door, according to a video tweeted by New York Times correspondent Mike Baker.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: bidensfault; obamasfault; oregon; portland; tedwheeler; wheeler
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To: RoosterRedux

Why did he need cops to protect him with the peaceful protesters?


41 posted on 07/23/2020 5:05:09 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: RoosterRedux

No they are anarchists and astroturf paid by the DNC/Teachers Unions.


42 posted on 07/23/2020 5:07:07 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: RoosterRedux

Proof that protesting thugs pay no attention to politics. They only seek to demolish our freedoms.


43 posted on 07/23/2020 5:14:33 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: RoosterRedux

Too bad Portland citizens don’t have cops to protect them like the mayor does.


44 posted on 07/23/2020 5:19:46 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: wita

The mayor of Portland now has empirical evidence that he has completely lost control of the city.


45 posted on 07/23/2020 5:24:28 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: bray

Perhaps indirectly. But the CCP and globalists/communists worldwide control academia (including the union) and the DNC.


46 posted on 07/23/2020 5:24:54 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: bray

I should have said “perhaps as intermediaries” not indirectly.


47 posted on 07/23/2020 5:26:50 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Yes, that’s what I mean. 👍🤪
48 posted on 07/23/2020 5:29:18 AM PDT by Mark17 (Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot. USAF RULES)
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