Acting CBP commissioner Mark Morgan on how border agents are responding to the violence in Seattle.
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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.