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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Nancy Pelosi and Democrats have it exactly wrong on feds vs. protesters in Portland

By Rich Lowry July 20, 2020

 If only mobs were allowed to destroy federal property without consequence. Then there wouldn’t have to be any dispute over federal agents defending a federal courthouse in Portland, Ore.; it could simply be overrun and burned to the ground with no unwelcome resistance from the government.

As it is, Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, who presides over a city that has become a watchword over the years for left-wing thuggery unchecked by municipal authorities, has roused himself to a state of high dudgeon — over federal officers trying to counter ongoing assaults on a federal building.

He calls the feds “a direct threat to our democracy” and argues that they are ­engaging in unconstitutional arrests and inflaming protests that he had hoped “would end within a matter of days.”.............It would be one thing if municipal ­authorities in Portland could legitimately claim that they have things under control. They don’t. The mobs have been clashing with the local cops for months.

This longstanding riot is a stark commentary on the misgovernance of Wheeler, who is far better at insulting federal law enforcement than he is at doing at his job.
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