Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon tells us that he fears Trump will deploy federal agents across the country and calls out GOP lawmakers preaching state's rights

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  • US Senator Ron Wyden told Business Insider that President Trump will likely deploy federal troops in liberal jurisdictions around the country, not just Portland.
  • "You bet that what is happening in my hometown won't stop at my hometown," Wyden said. The Oregon Democrat believes Trump will likely "expand this gross abuse of power into other cities."
  • On Tuesday, Politico reported that the Department of Homeland Security was planning to expand what it calls "Operation Legend" and deploy more field forces.
  • "My question," Wyden said, "Where are the Senate Republicans who preach state rights and freedoms as Trump sends paramilitary forces into cities uninvited and tramples on the Constitution?"
  • Also on Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden accused federal officers in Portland of "brutally attacking peaceful protesters."
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Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, doesn't think President Trump will be content only deploying federal agents in Portland.

"You bet that what is happening in my hometown won't stop at my hometown," Wyden told Business Insider on Tuesday, saying he fears the president — running a campaign of "law and order" against a moderate Democrat he falsely accuses of wanting to defund the police  — will soon "expand this gross abuse of power into other cities."

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