President Trump
Donald John Trump Governor Approval Rates Drop As COVID-19 Cases Rise Gohmert Says He Will Take Hydroxychloroquine As Treatment For Virginia Governor COVID-19, Senators Seek CDC Help With Coronavirus Outbreak In Center immigration detention MORE He insisted Thursday that federal agents would not leave Portland until Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D)[s] “City protesters, a day after Brown announced an agreement with the federal government to begin removing federal tactical teams from the area.
Trump in a tweet accused Brown of “not doing his job” and criticized protesters in Portland as “anarchists” and “agitators.”
“She must clean up, and in some cases arrest, anarchists and agitators in Portland,” Trump tweeted about Brown. “If she can’t do it, the federal government will do it for her. We won’t leave until there is security!
Oregon Governor Kate Brown is not doing her job. She must clean up, and in some cases arrest, anarchists and agitators in Portland. If she can’t do it, the federal government will do it for her. We won’t leave until there is security!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020
In his own tweet, Brown accused Trump of “political exaltation” and said federal agents were preparing to leave downtown Portland on Thursday.
“I think we’ve had enough DC political standing already. The president’s plan to ‘dominate’ the streets of American cities has failed, ”he wrote. “We will protect freedom of expression and the right to protest peacefully.”
Brown had said in a statement Wednesday that he reached an agreement for federal agents to begin gradually withdrawing from Portland on Thursday after discussions with Trump administration officials, including Vice President Pence. She said state and local police would secure the exterior of a United States courthouse protected by federal personnel and that a “limited contingent of federal officers” focused on building security would remain inside the courthouse.
Administration officials, however, were not as definitive on the timeline. Pence said at a “Police for Trump” campaign event on Thursday night that “federal law enforcement officers will not leave Portland until the federal court is safe and law-abiding citizens are safe.”
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad WolfChad Wolf The Oregon governor says some federal officials are leaving Portland. Trump criticizes Oregon officials for the Portland protests. Warren calls on a promise not to deploy federal agents to protesters if Trump refuses to step down. PLUS He said Thursday that he and Brown had reached a joint plan to end violence in the city and that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials would maintain their presence until officials are certain that the federal court in downtown Portland “will no longer be attacked and that the headquarters of justice in Portland will remain secure.”
When asked in an interview on ABC News Wednesday night if DHS had returned to his word, Brown said the agreement between the two sides was “very, very clear” and said that DHS officials would begin to leave the city. Thursday afternoon.
“This is definitely a gradual, step-by-step process, but we know how it ends. They will be out of the city of Portland and Oregon residents will be in charge, ”Brown said on ABC.
Portland has been the scene of violent clashes between protesters and officers for several weeks. The Trump administration in early July sent DHS agents to the city to protect the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland, despite opposition from local leaders.
Brown and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) have repeatedly urged the federal government to withdraw its agents, arguing that they are getting worse and not improving. But Trump has insisted on the need for a federal presence, attacking the state’s Democratic leaders and accusing them of losing control of the city.
—Updated at 1:39 pm
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