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In reply to the discussion: Merkley tweet to Trump: Get your DHS lackey and uninvited paramilitary actions out of my state [View all]love_katz
(3,242 posts)Oregon's democratically elected officials have all spoken out about this. Governor Brown, City of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, both of our Senators and a couple of our Representatives have spoken out loud and clear about this. They have told DHS, to keep their troops inside the federal court house, or send them home. They have stated that Oregon did not ask for the assistance of the feds, and that they believe that the presence of the federal troops and use of these unlawful tactics will inflame the tensions and ramp up the protests, which have been decreasing in intensity. The state ACLU is filing multiple law suits, and the federal government has been named in the suits. I am guessing that Twitler wants to start a war to pump up his falling poll numbers. Starting a war is the typical strategy by Repuke candidates in election years. This time, Twitler and his enablers want to start the war on American soil and against American citizens.