DEALING WITH %
TEAR GAS, EQUALLY%
, TEAR GAS WAS %
USED IN THAT %
CLEARING OF %
THOSE %
PROTESTERS. %
EFFECT, HE FOUND %
TEAR GAS SHELLS %
ON THE STREET %
THAT DATE. %
BAR CONTINUES TO %
TONIGHT THAT %
TEAR GAS WAS %
USED ON THAT DAY
. THE WAY THAT I %
THINK HE MAY BE %
TRYING TO GET %
AROUND THIS IS %
ARGUING THAT %
THERE WAS ORDER %
TO BE USED. %
IT SEEMS, AGAIN, %
ENTIRELY %
APPARENT TO %
ANYONE WHO WAS %
THERE, INCLUDING %
THE NATIONAL %
GUARD THAT IT %
WAS USED BUT %
AGAIN, BARR IS %
STICKING TO HIS %
GUNS. %
>> GLENN, BARR
DEFENDED THE
DECISION TO SEND %
FEDERAL AGENTS %
INTO CITIES LIKE %
PORTLAND AND %
CHICAGO, THING %
THAT VIOLENT %
RIOTERS ARE %
ANARCHISTS WHO %
HI WHICH AMID %
PROTEST. %
WHAT YOU MAKE OF %
THAT DEFENSE? %
>> WILL %
KELLISON, YOU
KNOW, FEDERAL
OFFICIALS,
FEDERAL AGENTS
AND OFFICERS CAN
CERTAINLY GUARD
AND PROTECT %
FEDERAL %
PROPERTY. %
SO I HAVE NO %
ISSUE WITH THE %
PROPOSITION THAT %
THE FEDERAL %
GOVERNMENT NEEDS %
TO PROTECT %
FEDERAL %
COURTHOUSES, FOR %
EXAMPLE. %
BUT WHAT WE %
SCENE UNFOLDING %
IN PORTLAND IT
CLEAR THAT -- I %
DON’T WANT TO %
CALL THEM %
TROOPS. %
THE OFFICERS WHO
ARE DEPLOYED TO %
PORTLAND, THINGS %
SHOULD BE GOING %
WELL BEYOND %
THEIR %
JURISDICTION AND %
FRANKLY, THEY %
SEEM TO BE %
ENGAGED IN THE %
KIND OF %
OFFENSIVE
BEHAVIOR, %
PARTICULARLY
THOSE, A CLIP %
THAT WE HAVE %
SEEN OVER AND %
OVER AGAIN WHERE %
A NAVY VETERAN %
IS STANDING %
THERE TRYING TO
CIVILLY ENGAGE %
IN A CONVERSATION
WITH THESE %
FEDERAL OFFICERS
AND THEY BEGIN %
BEATING HIM WITH
NIGHTSTICKS AND
A SPRING HIM %
DIRECTLY IN THE %
FACE WHEN HE WAS
DOING NOTHING
OFFENSIVE,
NOTHING THAT
WOULD WARRANT
THAT SORT OF USE
OF FORCE. SO, %
YOU KNOW, THE %
FEDERAL %
GOVERNMENT NEEDS %
TO BE ABLE TO %
PROTECT FEDERAL
PROPERTY, BUT %
WHAT WE SEE %
UNFOLDING GOES %
SO FAR BEYOND %
THAT THAT IT %
SEEMS TO BE AN %
ABUSE OF THE %
FIRST AMENDMENT %
RIGHTS TO %
PROTEST BUT MANY %
OF THESE
PROTESTERS. %
>> GARRETT, %
REPUBLICANS %
PLAYED A HEAVILY %
EDITED VIDEO OF
VIOLENCE AGAINST
POLICE. %
HOW ARE %
DEMOCRATS %
REACTING TO THAT %
TODAY? %
>> WELL, %
DEMOCRATS FEEL %
LIKE THE VIDEO %
ITSELF WAS A %
VIOLATION OF THE
RULES OF THAT %
COMMITTEE. %
THEY WERE NOT %
WARNED ABOUT IT %
IN ADVANCE LIKE %
THEY ARE %
SUPPOSED TO BE. %
BUT BY A LOT, %
WHAT YOU’RE %
SEEING HERE IS %
TWO DIFFERENT %
PARTIES TALKING %
TO VERY %
DIFFERENT VOTER %
BASES ABOUT VERY %
DIFFERENT SETS
OF ISSUES. %
REPUBLICANS HAVE %
MADE PROTESTS %
ACROSS THE %
COUNTRY, %
PARTICULARLY IN %
WASHINGTON AND %
IN WASHINGTON %
STATE, THE %
PROTEST IN %
SEATTLE AND IN %
PORTLAND AND THE %
SO-CALLED CHAS %
AUTONOMOUS ZONE. %
PROBABLY THE
SINGLE MOST %
IMPORTANT ISSUE %
IN TERMS OF %
THEIR
QUESTIONING FOR
IT, IT IS PRETTY %
CLEAR THEY ARE %
IN LINE WITH THE %
PRESIDENT ON %
THIS AS AN %
ELECTRODE THE %
SHOW.
THEY WANT PEOPLE %
TO SEE THESE %
IMAGES OF %
PROTESTS THAT %
HAVE BECOME %
RIGHTS. %
THEY WANT TO SEE %
THESE IMAGES OF %
VIOLENCE IN THE %
STREETS AND THE %
THERE’S SOME %
ELECTRO VALLEY %
IN THAT FOR %
THEM.
THERE IS %
DEBATABLE THAT %
THERE IS NO %
QUESTION THE %
SHEER NUMBER OF %
REPUBLICANS WHO %
HAVE GONE BACK %
TO PROTESTS IN %
STATES THAT ARE %
NOT SAFE AND %
CITIES THAT ARE %
NOT THEIR CITIES
