Bill Barr rips Portland rioters as assault on US in House opening statement – Washington Times
Largely absent from these scenes of destruction are even superficial attempts by the rioters to connect their actions to George Floyd s death or any legitimate call for reform, he intends to say. Nor could such brazen acts of lawlessness plausibly be justified by a concern that police officers in Minnesota or elsewhere defied the law.
Citing the violence in Portland, Oregon, where a huge crowd of protestors laid siege to the federal courthouse and other government buildings, Mr. Barr will say violent rioters have hijacked legitimate protests for senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims.