Ron Wyden
Role at the time: United States Senator for Oregon
Condemned
Statement summary
Senator Ron Wyden said the shooting showed that the deployment of federal agents in Portland was inflaming violence and called for it to end.
“I'm monitoring the first awful reports of two people shot in Portland by federal law enforcement. I'll keep you updated, but Trump's deployment of federal agents in my hometown is clearly inflaming violence -- and must end.”
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Senator Ron Wyden's own post reacting to the shooting on the day it occurred, characterizing federal agent deployment in Portland as inflaming violence.
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Wyden's post condemns the federal deployment that led to the shooting, characterizing it as a cause of violence rather than a justified law-enforcement response.