DHS Chief: Democrat Leaders Told Us To Leave When We Offered To Secure Portland. We’re Not Leaving.

Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Fox News during an interview on Thursday night that Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown — both Democrats — refused federal help in securing Portland after violent anarchists have rioted for 47 days straight.

“Earlier this week I called not only the mayor but the governor. I offered DHS support to help them locally address the situation that’s going on in Portland and their only response was, ‘Please pack up and go home,'” Wolf told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “That is just not going to happen on my watch. So we need to make sure we are supporting our law enforcement officers here and making sure that they are going to continue to protect the federal courthouse here.”