Portland, Oregon mayor Ted Wheeler has rejected federal help in stopping the riots and accused President Donald Trump of “division and demagoguery,” even as the Department of Justice accused the city of abetting the violence.
“No thanks. We don’t need your politics of division and demagoguery,” Wheeler said in an open letter posted on Twitter on Friday. “Your offer to repeat that disaster is a cynical attempt to stoke fear and distract us from the real work of our city.”
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