Oakland, California, Mayor Libby Schaaf called the people responsible for damaging a courthouse and other buildings over the weekend “agitators,” while urging demonstrators against becoming violent.
“Vandalizing our downtown gives Donald Trump the images he wants and the justification he seeks to send federal troops into American cities,“ Schaaf said in a statement sent to news outlets on July 26. ”We can’t be fooled and play into his twisted campaign strategy.
