Trump, Portland Mayor Blame Each Other After Deadly Shooting
Police arrive to treat a man who was shot near a Pro-Trump rally in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 29.
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Portland, Ore. (AP) -- The mayor of Portland, Oregon, and President Donald Trump engaged in a real-time argument Sunday as the president sent a flurry of critical tweets about Ted Wheeler as the mayor was holding a press conference about the fatal shooting of a right-wing supporter in his city the night before.
After Trump called Wheeler, a Democrat, a “fool” and blamed him for allowing violence to proliferate in the liberal city, the visibly angry mayor lashed out at the president, addressing him in the first person through the TV cameras.