Oregon Senator Ron Wyden says Trump deployed 'secret police' in Portland to provoke violence for campaign ads

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• US Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, said Tuesday that President Trump's deployment of federal agents in Portland was intended "to create images of chaos for his own political gain — to air in campaign ads."
• Last month, Wyden told Business Insider that "what is happening in my hometown won't stop at my hometown." President Trump then announced deployments in cities such as Chicago and Albuquerque.
• Wyden also criticized the president for his focus on "anarchists."
• The real threat to Americans, Wyden argued, is posed "by the president and his enablers, who are calling peaceful protesters 'anarchists' and 'terrorists' and sending paramilitary forces into America's cities."
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President Donald Trump sent his "secret police" to Portland in order to spur the sort of violence that he is both campaigning on and against, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said Tuesday.

The Democratic senator made the comments during a Senate hearing on the federal use of force in Oregon's largest city, which included the indiscriminate use of tear gas and the use of "less-lethal" munitions that maimed protesters and journalists alike.

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• Trump deployed border agents to Portland and Seattle. This map shows where they are legally allowed to operate.
• People in Albuquerque are protesting Trump's deployment of federal agents to the city as local leaders condemn the show of force
• Oregon governor says federal agents will begin withdrawing from Portland on Thursday

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