Department of Home Land Security Sets Record Straight: We are NOT Escalating Portland Violence

Sandy Fitzgerald : Jul 20, 2020
Newsmax

"At the end of the day it's about protecting Americans in these cities from criminals and criminal acts and we'll continue to do that along with the Department of Justice and other federal entities." — Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf

(Washington, DC) — [Newsmax.com] Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf Monday rejected claims made by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and others that federal law enforcement officers are escalating the violence in the troubled Oregon city and insisted his agency will continue to protect federal property from harm. (Photo Credit: Chad Wolf/ Flickr)

"We are not escalating," Wolf said on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "We are protecting again federal facilities and it's our job and what Congress told us to do time and time again, so we're going to do that. We're going to investigate and we're going to hold those accountable and arrest them and hold those accountable that are doing this destruction."

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