The mayor of Portland was booed as he addressed protesters, then got tear gassed by federal agents

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• Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland was tear gassed by federal agents while visiting protesters outside a federal courthouse Wednesday night. 
• Wheeler, a Democrat, has decried the heavy-handed tactics used by the federal officials sent to quell his city's demonstrations, and has called on them to leave.
• But Wheeler also encountered hostility and boos from protesters as he sought to address them earlier in the night, CBS News and The Associated Press reported.
• He has been criticized for failing to address the violent tactics used by Portland's local police during the weekslong protests spurred by the death of George Floyd.
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Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland, Oregon, was tear gassed by federal agents outside a courthouse building in his city Wednesday night while visiting protesters.

Video from Wednesday night's protest by New York Times reporter Mike Baker shows Wheeler, a Democrat, wearing a protective eye mask and COVID-19 face mask, holding his mouth and nose and coughing as clouds of tear gas rolled across the protesters.

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