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Portland.....just a dress rehearsal?
Trump may deploy federal agents to Chicago this week: is Portland-style response an option?(Chicago Sun Times) President Donald Trump and his administration hinted Sunday that federal agents may be deployed to Chicago as soon as this week to crack down on protests and gun violence in a military-style response similar to Portland, Oregon.
If Trump sends a Portland-style action to Chicago, it would represent a dramatic escalation between Trump and Mayor Lori Lightfoot regarding how to deal with the city’s ongoing battles against gun violence and demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality.
In a Sunday Twitter post, Trump said, “The Radical Left Democrats, who totally control Biden, will destroy our Country as we know it. Unimaginably bad things would happen to America. Look at Portland, where the pols are just fine with 50 days of anarchy. We sent in help. Look at New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. NO!” ...............(more)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/7/19/21330653/trump-may-deploy-federal-agents-to-chicago-this-week-portland-style-response-an-option?
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