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Customs and Border Protection tactical team on 'standby' as more riots in Seattle expected

2020-07-25 | 🔗
Acting CBP commissioner Mark Morgan on how border agents are responding to the violence in Seattle.
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Jedediah, we are back with a Fox news, alert tactical teams on stand by as Seattle Braces for a weekend of violence. The mayor says she has been mislead by DHS. I talked to the acting secretary yesterday. He assured me that they would not be surging agents to Seattle that he did not see a threat in Seattle. Like was in Portland. Shortly after we spoke, they admitted that they had put agents supposedly on stand by and had deployed them to Seattle as they needed them. Griff here to discuss it. Acting CPD commissioner Mark Morgan joining us. Mr Commissioner, good morning to you fifty eight straight nights in Portland, you are positioning in Seattle. You heard the mayor there not rolling out the welcome mat. What is the reaction we heard in the last segment that perhaps what we are seeing is something very different from the protests for racial justice. What are you seeing in Portland? What is the reality on the
ground and what are you planning on doing in Seattle? That article by the way is spot on, and I really believe most american people see it for what it is. These individuals are putting politics over public safety in the indicates of Seattle. The secretary was spot on during that conversation. Think about it. It would be he would be and indicating Hisabdicating, based on what we have seen in Seattle, not to reposition resources. In case there is violence in Seattle, seeing in Portland makes sense and common sense title forty USC one thousand three hundred and fifty I encourage everybody to go. Read that it tells the secretary you will. You must protect these federal facilities, port land Griff we talked about it before federal courthouse is the seat of american justice. Griff provides your protection, but the criticism is that you are roaming. The streets of Portland and snatching
protesters unlawfully yeah Griff thanks for having that again just flat out thats a lie: thats not whats happening. We are there defending that federal, courthouse against violence. We have individuals, criminals, not protesters every single night. They are going there arming themselves with weapons from knives to guns, to bats, to crowbars. They are trying to burn down that building. That is the truth. So when you see a federal officer agent out there in Portland its because they are going to arrest, somebody with probable cause, thatS tried to burn the building down or assault them, and I support them one hundred percent PETE, Mr Commissioner, what do you say to your critics kind of on Griffs point who say this would all be peaceful and lovely summer of love, if not for the federal agents its who they say, are agitating and creation the violence? What do you say to them? I say its preposterous PETE, its unbelievable, so the mayor in Portland is saying: federal agents and officers. Did you go home and stop doing your statutory authority and
watch the criminals burn the seat of american justice to the ground? Thats? What we see so, instead of telling the criminal to go home, he tells the federal agents doing their job, protecting Americans to go home. Its outrageous ridiculous and dangerous PETE amen, Jedediah acting CPD, commissioner Mark Morgan. Thank.
Transcript generated on 2020-07-29.