In Portland, Oregon, Trump Cracks Down on Protests
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 24 July 2020
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Summary
Since the police killing of George Floyd, in May, protests have continued around the country. The demonstrations have been largely peaceful, but the Trump Administration and its allies have seized on isolated incidents of violence and looting to describe protesters as “anarchists” who “hate our country.” Trump sent federal law-enforcement officers to the city of Portland, where the agents have been accused of inflaming the violence and illegally detaining demonstrators. James Ross Gardner, who has covered the Portland protests for The New Yorker, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what the public might misunderstand about the protests, and what the demonstrations illustrate about Trump’s “law and order” reëlection campaign.
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| 1:16.3 | politics. It's Friday, July 24th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. |
| 1:23.5 | In January 2017, Donald Trump promised in his inaugural address, the American carnage stops |
| 1:30.1 | right here and right now. We will make America strong again. We will make America wealthy again. |
| 1:36.1 | We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. Now, in the final months |
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| 1:46.7 | Since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, a mass protest movement has risen up around the country. |
| 1:54.7 | The protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful, but critics have seized on isolated incidents of violence and looting to paint the movement |
| 2:02.6 | as anarchic and destructive. And Trump has responded with calls for, as he puts it, law and order. |
| 2:10.5 | Portland, Oregon has been the site of protests for 56 consecutive nights. Earlier this month, |
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