Portland Mayor On Federal Officers: 'We Do Not Need Or Want Their Help'

The mayor added that he had asked Wolf to clean up the federal buildings in Portland, which have been covered with graffiti since the nightly protests against police brutality began.

Wheeler's remarks come the same day that several Democrats in Oregon's congressional delegation sent a letter to Wolf and Attorney General William Barr condemning the tactics used by federal agents and calling the federal response to protests "intolerable."

The letter, signed by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, asked nine pointed questions of the agency heads concerning the presence of federal officers in Oregon. They demanded answers by July 21.