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MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about what is going on in Portland overnight. We saw a man there killed during dueling demonstrations between a pro-Trump caravan and Black Lives Matter activists. Given the situation, which seems very tense, will the Trump administration ask for everyone, including those pro-Trump supporters, to pull back?

ACTING SEC. WOLF: Well, we've been asking Portland to do their job really for over three months now. What you see in Portland is an environment--

MARGARET BRENNAN: But I'm asking about the pro-Trump supporters.

ACTING SEC. WOLF: --they- they foster an environment- they foster an environment of this lawlessness and chaos. We've been asking the governor and others to send in the National Guard to address the violence so that you don't have dueling demonstrations. You don't have this violence that occurs night after night after night on the streets of Portland. So we need them to do their job. We need them to step up and if they can't or they don't have the ability or the resources, ask the federal government. We'll provide those resources, as we've done in Wisconsin and in others, so that we can address any violence, any violence across the spectrum.

MARGARET BRENNAN: But- I hear what you're saying but the president has tweeted about Portland 12 times in the past 48 hours, including retweeting a video of his supporters, people with Trump flags flying, driving into Portland, and he called them "Great Patriots." Doesn't that heightened tension when you say you're trying to lower it?

ACTING SEC. WOLF: Absolutely not. I think what- again, what we see in Portland and various other cities--

MARGARET BRENNAN: Do you endorse this--

ACTING SEC. WOLF: --is- is local--

MARGARET BRENNAN: --as the president appears to be doing?

ACTING SEC. WOLF: --officials not doing their job and protecting the people of those communities. And what we've seen in Portland is almost three months, three months of allowing individuals to come in night after night and set fire to government buildings with little to no consequences.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So are you saying that the local officials have failed to stop the Trump supporters from driving into Portland?

ACTING SEC. WOLF: I- I've-- they have failed to stop--

MARGARET BRENNAN: Because the president seems to be endorsing that.

ACTING SEC. WOLF: They have failed to stop- they- they have failed to protect their communities, specifically in Portland. And we've seen that. We have over 74- over 90 arrests, 74 different criminal citations that the FBI is pursuing against individuals. We need Portland to step up, bring this violence to a close, and I think you'll see a lot of this go away.

MARGARET BRENNAN: OK, it sounds then like you're asking Portland officials to crack down on the Trump supporters, too. If that's not what you mean, please clarify. The president said that--

ACTING SEC. WOLF: I'm ask--

MARGARET BRENNAN: Go ahead. Sorry

.ACTING SEC. WOLF: I'm asking Portland officials, so that's the mayor, that's the governor and that's local law enforcement to do their job to address any violent activity that is occurring in their streets. As soon as they do that- again, we'll see that, as we've seen in Wisconsin and other places, we'll see the violence go down to almost zero. And this will address the issue that Portland has been dealing with for three months,--

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

ACTING SEC. WOLF: --that the citizens of Portland have been dealing with for over three months. It's time to end the lawlessness and the chaos that we see in Portland.

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