Dem levels 'state-sponsored terrorism' accusation after Portland shooting: 'Stop f---ing with us'

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Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., accused federal authorities of "state-sponsored terrorism" after U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened fire in Portland on Thursday. "This isn’t law enforcement, it’s state-sponsored terrorism," Bynum declared in the statement. "Stop f---ing with us. This is the second shooting this week by agents following the orders of a wannabe dictator who is trying to take over cities and rule by instilling terror in the hearts of American people. When the President deployed his guardsmen to our city earlier this year, we told him their presence was unwelcome and unhelpful. Today, we saw just how dangerous this is — we need these goons gone. Get to steppin’," she asserted in the Thursday statement. TWO WOUNDED IN PORTLAND SHOOTING INVOLVING FEDERAL AGENTS AFTER DHS SAYS VEHICLE ‘WEAPONIZED’ AGAINST THEM Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Friday. The shooting in Portland occurred on Thursday because someone tried to run over authorities, according to the Department of Homeland Security. A Thursday post on X noted that Border Patrol agents "were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in Portland, Oregon. The passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and involved in a recent shooting in Portland. The vehicle driver is believed to be a member of the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua." "When agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents. Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot," the DHS post noted. CROCKETT WARNS OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS OVER ICE SHOOTING: ‘STATE-SANCTIONED EXECUTION’ DHS stated in a post on Friday that the man and woman in the vehicle had both unlawfully entered the U.S. and been released into the nation by President Joe Biden's administration. "Yesterday, two suspected Tren de Aragua gang associat…