PROTESTS: “On Portland: Finally, I’d like to address that situation. Portland is a disaster. It’s been a disaster for many, many years. Brave federal law enforcement officers singlehandedly — the officers, they singlehandedly saved the federal courthouse in Portland from lawless rioters and agitators and anarchists — and that’s what they are. You know, when […]
Tag: federal law enforcement
8/2/2020
PROTESTS: “The anarchists and agitators that have brought mayhem to the streets of places like Portland and Seattle are now driving the agenda of the Democrat Party. They want to spread chaos to every city. They want everything to be like a Portland. They’d be very happy, or even a Seattle. They’d be very, very […]
7/31/2020
DHS/MEDIA/PROTESTS: “Nothing started because the federal government was there. In fact, if we weren’t there, you would not have a courthouse right now. You know, they — the media, some of the media — not all of it, but some of it, they are saying that because the federal government walked in, they became worse. […]
7/31/2020
DHS/PROTESTS: “Homeland Security moved a team of very talented people — strong, tough people. And the courthouse has been in very good shape. They’re not an offensive team; they’re a defensive team. They’re not allowed to be offensive, unfortunately. And you had radical anarchists. You had horrible people. You had agitators. They weren’t protesters. They […]
7/31/2020
DHS/PROTESTS: “I just spoke on Portland. I just spoke with Chad Wolf, who’s doing a fantastic job at Homeland. And the courthouse is totally secure; it has been, ever since we’ve been there. We had to move in about a week and a half ago because they were going to take down the federal courthouse. […]
7/30/2020
NATIONAL GUARD/PROTESTS: “It’s not our job unless, in case of emergency — which I consider now to be an emergency — it’s not our job to go in and clean out the cities. That’s supposed to be done by local law enforcement… We’re telling them, right now, that we’re coming in very soon — the […]
7/30/2020
DHS/PROTESTS: “Homeland Security have done a fantastic job. They went to Oregon a little more than a week ago. The place was a mess. The city, Portland, was just a disaster. You see it, and a lot of people weren’t reporting it right. They tried to pretend it was a protest, as opposed to anarchists […]
7/29/2020
NATIONAL GUARD/PROTESTS: “All you have to do is look at Portland. Look at the agitators. Look at the anarchists in Portland. And our people have done a great job in protecting our courthouse. And I told my people, a little while ago: If they don’t solve that problem locally, very soon, we’re going to send […]
7/29/2020
POLICE/PROTESTS: “And as far as Portland is concerned, we’ve taken a very strong stand. They are anarchists. They’re radical, crazy people. And they’re either going to straighten it out for themselves — Portland, the police — and maybe if the state gets involved; that means the governor and the mayor. But they’re very weak people. […]
7/28/2020
POLICE/PROTESTS: “And we, as you know, have done a excellent job of watching over Portland and watching our courthouse where they wanted to burn it down. They’re anarchists. Nothing short of anarchists, agitators. And we have protected it very powerfully. And if we didn’t go there, I will tell you, you wouldn’t have a courthouse. […]
7/28/2020
JOE BIDEN/PROTESTS: “I’ve said from the outset of the recent protests that there is no place for violence or the destruction of property. Peaceful protesters should be protected — but arsonists and anarchists should be prosecuted — and local law enforcement can do that. When President Obama and I were in office we protected federal […]
7/24/2020
DEMS/PROTESTS: “I have so many people on the left or call them Democrats, call them whatever you want, and then you look at what they’re doing with cities. Every city is run by a liberal Democrat and they’re going to hell, and we have to do something. We just sent people into Chicago. We sent […]
7/23/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DHS/PROTESTS: “I said, ‘There’s nothing more important in our country than keeping our people safe, whether that’s from the China virus or the radical-left mob that you see in Portland’ — where I want to thank Homeland Security and others in law enforcement for doing a fantastic job over the last few days. They went […]
7/23/2020
CRIME/POLICE/PROTESTS: “We’re offering all of them [cities with crime], let us go in. We will clean it up. We will clean it up. Now, in Portland, we had to do it because that was — that’s — they’re anarchists. That’s even — that’s a level that people haven’t seen, but they’re anarchists. And they were […]
7/22/2020
CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “Mr. President, I just wanted to ask you a question about the surge of federal agents to various cities… You are only targeting cities, though, run by Democrats. Is this just a political stunt?”] “Yeah, the cities, unfortunately, that are in trouble are all run by Democrats. You have radical-left Democrats […]
7/22/2020
CRIME/POLICE: “Today, I’m announcing a surge of federal law enforcement into American communities plagued by violent crime. We’ll work every single day to restore public safety, protect our nation’s children, and bring violent perpetrators to justice.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Operation LeGend: Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities,” whitehouse.gov, July 22, 2020 […]
7/22/2020
POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We don’t need federal troops. We don’t need unnamed, secret, federal agents roaming around the streets of Chicago, taking off our residents without cause, and violating their basic constitutional rights… The President has been on a campaign now for some time against Democratic mayors across the country, whether it’s me, whether it’s […]
7/21/2020
DHS/JOE BIDEN/PROTESTS: “Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden accused the Trump administration on Tuesday of ‘egregious tactics’ in cracking down on protests in Portland, Oregon, saying the response by federal agents was stoking divisions in the country… Trump and Department of Homeland Security officials have defended the efforts of officers in Portland as the city has […]