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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFed goons are NOT leaving Portland. Just CBP and ICE.
Actual statement from secretary DHS Chad Wolf.
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Fed goons are NOT leaving Portland. Just CBP and ICE. (Original Post)
Grasswire2
Jul 2020
OP
Just fewer goons...I will say it again, the Pig will proclaim victory over Antifa in Portland today.
Thomas Hurt
Jul 2020
#3
This is face-saving by Chad. It matches what Brown said, if in a different tone
Fiendish Thingy
Jul 2020
#4
no, this is just his face saving version of the same announcement Gov Brown made
SiliconValley_Dem
Jul 2020
#5
So Betsy DeVos' brother's mercenaries can continue to collect payments (and innocent people)?
lagomorph777
Jul 2020
#6
They weren't going to give up guarding the Fed Courthouse from vandalism or arson. nt
EX500rider
Jul 2020
#10
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)1. Well shit
Nevilledog
(51,170 posts)2. These guys are just assholes.
They didn't like how they appeared to be capitulating so they're going back on the deal.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)3. Just fewer goons...I will say it again, the Pig will proclaim victory over Antifa in Portland today.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,650 posts)4. This is face-saving by Chad. It matches what Brown said, if in a different tone
As Brown said, the FPS agents who were working at the Federal courthouse will remain- that is what Chad was referring to.
If its anything different, well know in a few days.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)8. It matches what Brown said but PRESS is reporting differently
As is social media.
Headlines are written to imply that mercenaries/goons are leaving.
And that is not the case.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)5. no, this is just his face saving version of the same announcement Gov Brown made
jayfish
(10,039 posts)7. You Can't Be This Naive After 4 Years of This MO.
...can you?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)6. So Betsy DeVos' brother's mercenaries can continue to collect payments (and innocent people)?
matt819
(10,749 posts)9. As I wrote yesterday
Define feds
Define leaving
Etc. you heard Barr play semantics over tear gas. These vile people cannot be trusted. They lie.
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)10. They weren't going to give up guarding the Fed Courthouse from vandalism or arson. nt