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Anti-Trump Portland mayor Ted Wheeler says he’s moving home after Black Lives Matter protests outside his condo
PORTLAND Mayor Ted Wheeler says he is moving home after nightly Black Lives Matter protests in the city reached his neighborhood.
The outspoken critic of President Trump told other residents he would be leaving his condo due to the protests in recent months,
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protest near the building turned violent with protesters breaking windows and setting fires.
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for more than 90 consecutive days.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf sent Wheeler a letter earlier this week encouraging him to request federal assistance.
"We are standing by to support Portland," Wolf wrote.
"At the same time, President Trump has made it abundantly clear that there will come a point when state and local officials fail to protect its citizens from violence, the federal government will have no choice but to protect our American citizens."
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