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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