July 23, 2020 Marine vet holds US flag high amid chaotic Portland protest, gets followed home by Antifa Living only a block away from the epicenter of violence that has overtaken the city, Johnson marched into the chaos with his American flag in hand.
July 23, 2020 Ted Wheeler becomes latest liberal mayor spurned by protesters Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on Wednesday was booed, heckled and called a “fascist” by rioters in the city as he tried to attend a “listening session” about ongoing unrest -- becoming the latest liberal mayor to be shunned by protesters with whom they had sought to show solidarity.
July 23, 2020 Tammy Bruce: Trump's Portland intervention decried by Dems who are enabling chaos In today’s upside-down world, the federal government coming to the aid of a city under siege has enraged Democratic leadership.
July 23, 2020 Rep. Eric Swalwell: Trump improperly deploys fed law officers to cities as his political storm troopers Our reality-TV president is staging political theater without regard to the Constitution or our laws.
July 23, 2020 Portland bans police from working with federal law enforcement Portland's City Council passed new policies on Wednesday that will immediately ban all police bureau members from working with federal law enforcement and prevents them from intentionally arresting or using force on journalists and legal observers.
July 23, 2020 Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal agents, riot declared Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s security detail scuffled with protesters late Wednesday night as the mayor struggled to get inside a building while people surrounded him from all sides, according to a report.
July 23, 2020 Portland protesters list their demands as mayor joins crowd Wheeler addresses protesters, gets booed, told to resign
July 23, 2020 Judge Andrew Napolitano: In Portland, actions of federal agents are unlawful, unconstitutional and harmful Public dissent against the government is a core personal freedom. It is as American as apple pie. It was integral to the creation of our republic. Government repression of dissent is totalitarian. It is as un-American as the governments against which we fought world wars to preserve our core freedoms.
July 22, 2020 Acting DHS chief doubles down on federal presence in Portland: 'We are not taking it any longer' Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf fired back at Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's "absolutely ridiculous" comments after she said at a press conference Wednesday that the federal officers enlisted to quell the ongoing violence in her state are acting as “secret police abducting people.”
July 22, 2020 New Yorker editor rips Trump for sending feds to Portland: Like a 'slightly diabolical television producer' New Yorker editor David Remnick blasted President Trump for deploying federal agents to Portland, linking him to a "slightly diabolical television producer" hoping to increase divisions in the country.