Oregon Gov. Kate Brown: DHS acting secretary Chad Wolf “brought a Fox News team with him for a photo opportunity” in Portland
Brown: “There is absolutely no question that this was about scoring political points with his base”
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From the July 21, 2020, edition of MSNBC Live with Katy Tur
KATY TUR (ANCHOR): The mayor of Portland has also said that he believed the protests -- they believe the protests were dying down and that they were brought back to life because of this federal intervention. What do you make of what's happening and what do you make of the allegation that the president's just doing this because we're in an election year and he needs it politically?
OREGON GOV. KATE BROWN: There is absolutely no question that the president's failure to lead a national response to this global pandemic, that the activities, the sending law enforcement officials on to the streets of Portland is a distraction from his failure to lead. There is absolutely no question that this was about scoring political points with his base when the secretary came into Portland, he brought a Fox News team with him for a photo opportunity. They left the graffiti on the building on the federal courthouse for weeks, they could have cleaned it off several weeks ago. This is all about politics, it's about political theater. It's clearly not about safety nor about problem solving.