Overnight on Friday into Saturday morning, a roving far-leftist mob unleashed on federal law enforcement officials in Eugene, OR, wrecking the federal building/courthouse in the process. And as you will see, it wasn’t just a building that was under attack. More on that in a minute.
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Independent journalists like our friend Andy Ngo, and Kate Harnedy, provided video and photos from the chaotic melee:
Eugene, Ore. (Jan. 30) — Antifa and far-left rioters who surrounded the federal building are dispersed with pepper gas. The university city is infected with radical leftist politics that regularly turns into political violence. pic.twitter.com/B1S9n8zZF0
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 31, 2026
🚨Eugene, Oregon: These are no longer protesters. They’re enemy combatants. pic.twitter.com/g9AqOmRw1K
— Don Keith (@RealDonKeith) January 31, 2026
In the light of the morning, Katie Daviscourt had this clip showing the major damage and vandalism done to the federal property, including many broken windows:
NOW: The federal building in Eugene, Oregon, is being boarded-up following last night’s anti-ICE riot.
Antifa militants shattered windows, vandalized property, and assaulted federal agents. pic.twitter.com/3oVXA95cXg
— Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) January 31, 2026
And here’s a report from local outlet The Oregonian on the terror that unfolded for every day people who have zero to do with DHS (Depatment of Homeland Security) or ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) ops in Minnesota or anywhere else in the country:
Rioters broke windows & forced way into the fed courthouse in Eugene, scaring court staff (farthest thing from ICE agents you can imagine). Rioters say they’re protesting deaths in MN, which is outside the jurisdiction of the U.S. Dist Court for Oregon they attacked. @Oregonian pic.twitter.com/7pFHBl8cIX
— Jeff Eager (@Jeff_Eager) January 31, 2026
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As we recently wrote, there have been rising reports by police departments nationwide of anti-ICE and other leftist rioters acting against normal Americans going about their daily lives.
SEE: Border Patrol Chief Reminds ‘Anarchists’ What Will Determine When Agents Might Leave Minneapolis
As RedState wrote earlier on Saturday, the Trump administration garnered some related good news on the legal front on immigration operations, with Judge Katherine Menendez in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota declining the state’s request to enjoin the Department of Homeland Security from surging its “Operation Metro Surge” there.
READ MORE: Breaking: Federal Judge Denies Minnesota’s Effort to Block ‘Operation Metro Surge’
President Trump took to his Truth Social account on Saturday, and talked about where he sees things now, especially relating to the groups and individuals who rioted in Eugene, mentioning them scaring innocent court employees at the federal building on Friday:
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 31, 2026
The president started out by writing that he has “instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help.”
Then he talked about the game plan going forward, when either ICE or Border Patrol agents, and federal buildings are under siege by the “highly paid Lunatics, Agitators, and Insurrectionists”:
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We will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal Buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid Lunatics, Agitators, and Insurrectionists. Please be aware that I have instructed ICE and/or Border Patrol to be very forceful in this protection of Federal Government Property. There will be no spitting in the faces of our Officers, there will be no punching or kicking the headlights of our cars, and there will be no rock or brick throwing at our vehicles, or at our Patriot Warriors. If there is, those people will suffer an equal, or more, consequence.
Pres. Trump continued, reminding state and local government officials of their responsibilites to keep property in their areas safe, writing that, “[i]n the meantime, by copy of this Statement, I am informing Local Governments, as I did in Los Angeles when they were rioting at the end of the Biden Term, that you must protect your own State and Local Property.”
But they also are legally required to do something else, he said, something that the Trump administration is tasked to do “only as a back up”:
In addition, it is your obligation to also protect our Federal Property, Buildings, Parks, and everything else. We are there to protect Federal Property, only as a back up, in that it is Local and State Responsibility to do so.
Trump talked at this point about the unbelievable actions by “criminals” that took place overnight in Eugene, and what the White House will do next time, if local leaders continue to bar their police officers from “stop[ping] it.” There’s a twist, though: [emphasis added]
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Last night in Eugene, Oregon, these criminals broke into a Federal Building, and did great damage, also scaring and harassing the hardworking employees. Local Police did nothing in order to stop it. We will not let that happen anymore! If Local Governments are unable to handle the Insurrectionists, Agitators, and Anarchists, we will immediately go to the location where such help is requested, and take care of the situation very easily and methodically…
Trump referred to a previous time when this happened, in Los Angeles in 2025, and how the local police praised that help from the federalized National Guard, stating that “the Police Chief said that, ‘We couldn’t have done it without the help of the Federal Government.’”
Here is where the president did not mince words, talking directly to any politicans who have been “complaining” how exactly this will play out:
Therefore, to all complaining Local Governments, Governors, and Mayors, let us know when you are ready, and we will be there — But, before we do so, you must use the word, ‘PLEASE.'”
“Remember that I stated, in the strongest of language, to BEWARE — ICE, Border Patrol or, if necessary, our Military, will be extremely powerful and tough in the protection of our Federal Property,” Trump added. “We will not allow our Courthouses, Federal Buildings, or anything else under our protection, to be damaged in any way, shape, or form. I was elected on a Policy of Border Control (which has now been perfected!), National Security, and LAW AND ORDER — That’s what America wants, and that’s what America is getting! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
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What this means is whether those are mayors like Minneapolis’ Jacob Frey or NYC’s Zohran Mamdani, governors like California’s Gavin Newsom, New York’s Kathy Hochul, Illinois’ JB Pritzker, or Minnesota’s Tim Walz (or indeed, others in their administrations, like AG Keith Ellison), along with any Resistance-minded local officials, they should consider themselves on notice from this WH. Game on!
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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