Ted Wheeler by the fire now with goggles looking like a goofy 😂🤯👀 pic.twitter.com/A7LULrg6sJ
— Simulation Warlord🇺🇸 (@zerosum24) July 23, 2020
Rioters have set fire to the Portland federal courthouse. #PortlandRiots #antifa pic.twitter.com/1BZrPpv2fd
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 23, 2020
He saw them throwing projectiles at the agents and him, setting fires to burn the building down and firing fireworks at the building. But this is what he said:
.@tedwheeler says, “I saw nothing that provoked this response” when asked about his thoughts on federal law enforcement deploying tear gas.
The building had been set on fire and rioters were throwing explosives. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/M21iOcDfLa
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 23, 2020
Then the police he’s in charge of (he’s the police commissioner as well as mayor) then threatened the use of gas half an hour after the feds used it.