Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, logged on Twitter Thursday night to ask President Biden to condemn the Induction Day protests that have turned into violent unrest in Portland and Seattle.
More than a dozen people were arrested in the two northwestern cities, according to police reports on Thursday, after anti-Biden protesters targeted government buildings and the Oregon Democratic Party building in Portland.
Biden until Thursday night did not comment on the protests in Portland and Seattle.
Portland police reported that about 75 people marched to the Democratic Party headquarters and vandalized the building with spray paint and smashed the windows.
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The branch of the city’s US immigration and customs agency was then targeted by a group of 150 people, who also vandalized the building with anti-Biden and anti-police messages – forcing the police to call an illegal assembly and use tear gas. to disperse the crowds.
“I am hoping that Pres Biden will condemn the violence / looting / arson in the past two days in the state of Oregon and Washington,” Grassley said on Thursday.
Fox News was unable to immediately contact the Iowa Republican to comment on how he would like to see Biden face the recent disturbances.
The protests that took place on Wednesday’s inauguration were reminiscent of the violent protests held last summer.
Police officers did not say who they believe was behind the protests on Wednesday night, although videos of the events show mostly people dressed in black with helmets.
The Portland Police Department also noted that many of them came prepared with shields and gas masks.
Spray-painted messages left in vandalized buildings left messages, like “F-Biden” and the sign of anarchy.
Images circulated on social media showing protesters walking with signs that said “We don’t want Biden, we want revenge” and “We are ungovernable”.
Security officials were on alert across the country after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump supporters on Jan. 6 – although protests across the country on the day of the inauguration have remained minimal, despite concerns.
Biden addressed the nation in his first speech as president, calling for unity.
“Politics does not have to be a wildfire destroying everything in its path,” said Biden during his inaugural address on Wednesday. “Each disagreement need not be the cause of total war, and we must reject the culture in which the facts themselves are manipulated and even fabricated.”
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“My fellow Americans, we have to be different than that. America has to be better than that. And I believe that America is much better than that,” he added.