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Oregon Democrats urge Trump’s removal over Iran ‘civilization’ threat
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Some Oregon Democrats are calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office after he made explicit threats against Iran and its infrastructure, including warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if the government does not open the Strait of Hormuz on April 7.
Trump’s statements have sparked nationwide backlash among political leaders and fueled warnings about potential war crimes and the risk of escalating international conflict.
Many Oregon Democrats elected to national office are urging Republican representatives to intervene and rein in the president, while others are calling to invoke the 25th Amendment, which allows the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to remove a president from power if they determine the president is unable to discharge the duties of the office.
Cliff Bentz, the lone Republican representing Oregon in Washington, D.C., has not weighed in on the president’s statements. His office did not respond to a request for comment.
Here’s how Oregon’s elected representatives reacted to Trump’s claims:
Sen. Ron Wyden
“Donald Trump is deranged. He must be impeached and removed from office,” Sen. Ron Wyden said in a statement posted to social media on April 7. “Republicans who don’t stop him will have blood on their hands, and anyone who carries out an order to bomb civilian targets will be complicit in war crimes and will be held accountable.
Sen. Jeff Merkley
“Trump’s threat to bomb Iran ‘back to the stone age’ and that ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ is 1000% out of sync with every moral code,” Sen. Jeff Merkley said in a statement posted to social media. “To the Republican leaders: call Congress back into session NOW to stop Trump’s plan to slaughter civilians.”
Rep. Andrea Salinas, 6th Congressional District
“There are no words I can put into a social media post to properly condemn how evil and deranged this is.” Rep. Andrea Salinas said in a statement posted to social media. “Trump is threatening that ‘a whole civilization will die tonight.’ That’s a war crime. Full stop.”
“ALL Members of Congress, including Republicans who control all chambers must do more than condemn this language,” Salinas said. “They need to put America first and stop this war. Trump is not fit to command our military, and he certainly shouldn’t be trusted with the nuclear codes. He is not fit to be the leader of the free world, and he must be removed.”
Salinas represents Yamhill and Polk counties and parts of Marion County.
Rep. Janelle Bynum, 5th Congressional District
“We are in a crisis of leadership,” Rep. Janelle Bynum said in a statement posted to social media. “We have a president who has no restraint and no one around him to pull him back from the brink of consequential decisions affecting the entire world.”
“Under ordinary times, there would be advisors and military leadership to temper the most extreme emotions of a president,” Bynum said. “Now, we have sycophants and flunkies who rubber-stamp this man’s every whim. My Republican colleagues and the Supreme Court have given him a blank check, cashed on the backs of the American people. Enough is enough.”
Bynum represents Linn County and wide swathes of Marion County.
Rep. Val Hoyle, 4th Congressional District
“The President is too unstable to serve,” Rep. Val Hoyle said in a statement posted to social media. “The 25th Amendment needs to be invoked to stop the President from doing further damage to the safety and security of the US and the world. We should be called back to DC now to vote on the War Power’s Resolution to stop the war.”
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, 1st Congressional District
“The President’s recent statements are terrifying and extremely dangerous,” Rep. Suzanne Bonamici said in a statement posted to social media. “It is unhinged for the President of the United States to threaten to commit war crimes and kill ‘a whole civilization’ if his demands are not met. The Speaker and Congressional Republicans must take action to rein him in, then get him out.
Rep. Maxine Dexter, 3rd Congressional District
“Every person in Trump’s chain of command has a duty to refuse illegal orders, including carrying out his unhinged threat to obliterate Iran,” Rep. Maxine Dexter said in a statement posted to social media.
Ginnie Sandoval is the Oregon Connect reporter for the Statesman Journal. Sandoval is a lifelong Oregonian who covers trending news, entertainment, food and outdoors. She can be reached at GSandoval@statesmanjournal.com or on X at @GinnieSandoval.
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OPB’s First Look: Town hall follows power outages
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Public asked to help find missing 2-year-old Armani Andrews in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon officials asked the public to help find a two-year-old boy who went missing from Portland last Wednesday, June 17.
The Oregon Department of Human Services, Child Welfare Division, is asking the public to help find Armani Andrews and call 911 or local law enforcement if they believe they saw him.
Armani is believed to be in danger and is suspected to be in Portland, around any of the following areas: Rose Haven, Multnomah County Central Library, or Southeast Portland around 82nd-103rd.
Armani is a two-year-old Black/mixed race baby. He is about 24 inches tall, he has brown hair, brown eyes, and his weight is unknown.
If contacting Portland Police Bureau about Armani, reference the case number: #PP185430
The report number for Armani with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Report is: 2093182
ODHS said in a statement when a child is missing, they may be in significant danger and the department “may need to locate them to assess and support their safety.”
KATU News reached out to ODHS to clarify whether there is a custody aspect to the missing child’s case. The department said they are unable to provide that information.
Armani Andrews with Mother Rashonda Andrews/ODHS photos
You can report suspected child abuse to the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline by calling 1-855-503-SAFE (7233). The toll-free number allows anyone to report abuse of any child or adult to the Oregon Department of Human Services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week and every day of the year.
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KATU News included photographs of Armani to help the public identify and find him.
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The Cost of the Crackdown: How Trump’s immigration enforcement affects Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — President Donald Trump campaigned on carrying out what he called the largest deportation operation in American history.
After taking office, his administration quickly ramped up immigration enforcement. Border czar Tom Homan also pledged to focus on so-called sanctuary cities, including Portland. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, more than 675,000 people were deported in 2025, while the agency says more than 2 million people “self-deported.”
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In Oregon, state data shows state and local agencies experienced a 265% increase in immigration-related requests from federal authorities last year.
So what does that mean for Oregon’s economy?
The state’s chief economist says the effects are beginning to emerge.
Carl Riccadonna, Oregon’s state economist, said immigration enforcement actions are influencing consumer spending and activity across several key industries, though the state cannot yet quantify the overall impact.
“What we’re seeing in terms of immigration action is playing out in either consumption patterns, which we’ve seen in some communities, or in industrial or sectoral activity,” Riccadonna said. “This does then have implications for how we are reading the overall macroeconomy and putting together that revenue forecast.”
Portland police officers walk outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Riccadonna said the effects extend beyond agriculture, an industry that has historically relied on immigrant labor.
“We have certainly, in sector-by-sector analysis, we’re hearing evidence of impacts from immigration in consumption numbers, so retail, groceries, those sorts of things,” Riccadonna said. “There are also significant impacts in the retail sector and leisure and hospitality, restaurants and construction, important legacy industries of Oregon like timber, forestry … and manufacturing has a very large footprint as well.”
While the state is seeing those trends, Riccadonna said economists cannot yet calculate exactly how much immigration enforcement has affected Oregon’s economy.
“We haven’t done an exercise to say, well, this is what the forecast would have been otherwise. We don’t produce counterfactuals … but there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence from the cherry harvest this past summer and stresses elsewhere throughout those specific sectors,” he said.
National data offers additional context.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the recent immigration surge — which the report says mostly comprises immigrants who were not lawful permanent residents, were not eligible to apply for lawful permanent residency based on their current status, and were not admitted on a temporary basis under the Immigration and Nationality Act — generated approximately $10 billion in state and local tax revenue in 2023. During that same period, governments spent nearly $19 billion on services such as schools, shelters and border security.
A damaged car is seen as law enforcement officials work the scene following reports that federal immigration officers shot and wounded people in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
The Congressional Budget Office also projects the immigration surge that began in 2023 will increase the U.S. labor force by approximately 5.8 million people by 2034 and boost the nation’s economic output by nearly $9 trillion over the next decade.
Riccadonna said Oregon expects to gain a clearer picture of the economic effects as more tax and revenue data becomes available.
This story is part of KATU’s “The Cost of the Crackdown” special, which examines how increased immigration enforcement is affecting Oregon, from businesses and workers to the state’s broader economy.
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