Oregon Sen. Merkley claims Trump ‘trying to create riots across America’ as president seeks to quell violence
July 23, 2020 | Jon Dougherty
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley claimed in an interview Thursday that President Donald Trump was attempting to “create riots†throughout the country by deploying federal officers to help local police dispel unrest.
Merkley, who recently co-sponsored a bill to require federal officers to be clearly identified by name and agency as well as bar the use of ‘unmarked’ vehicles, told KOIN that the president was “trying to create riots across America through secret police tactics as a campaign strategy.â€
“It’s standard procedure for dictators and authoritarian governments to use unmarked vans and unmarked cars and sweep people off the streets in this kind of secret police strategy, not the strategy here in America,†the Left-wing Democrat told KOIN, a likely reference to a recent viral video showing federal agents detaining a black-clad man last week in Portland.
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