Oregon Activates National Guard & Biden Cutting Into Trump's Lead In Pennsylvania

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TOPLINE

Oregon Governor Kate Brown activated the state’s National Guard late Wednesday amid police reports of “widespread violence” and riots in Portland, where 11 were arrested, as demonstrators took to city streets including in New York, Seattle, Oakland and Detroit, demanding that every vote from Tuesday’s presidential election be counted in full and without hindrance after President Trump falsely claimed victory, fraud, election rigging, and made numerous legal overtures to stop vote counting in key battleground states.

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KEY FACTS

In Portland, where protestors had been seen Wednesday holding signs saying “Count Every Vote,”  police declared a riot in the late evening following election day after demonstrators smashed windows of local businesses in the downtown area, with Multnomah County Sheriff tweeting 11 had been arrested while fireworks, hammers and a rifle were among items seized. 

Governor Kate Brown deployed the National Guard, which had already been placed on standby and under the joint command of the Oregon State Police and Multnomah County Sheriff's Department. 

Portland has been rocked by almost nightly protests for racial justice since the death of George Floyd this summer, with the city becoming a flashpoint in Trump’s “law and order” campaign messaging attacking protesters.

Other cities have also been struggling with violence in the aftermath of the election, with Reuters reporting 50 arrests in New York City as late night protests broke out on the night after Americans took to the polls.

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