U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer — a former Oregon politician — is one of the first to applaud her boss’s apparent surge of federal troops into Portland.

In a social media post early this morning, the former representative from Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, praised President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was sending federal troops to Portland and had authorized “full force.”

“I’ve seen firsthand how lawlessness has transformed Portland from a beautiful place to live to a crime-ridden war zone,” Chavez-DeRemer wrote. “Thank you, @POTUS, for taking action to keep our ICE facilities protected and Make America Safe Again!”

The labor secretary, a longtime Republican who served as mayor of the Clackamas County suburb Happy Valley, was appointed by Trump in 2025 af

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