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White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked earlier if Biden had any comment on the ongoing violence seen this week in the streets of Portland and Seattle.
Despite fears of conservative mobs following the riot at the Capitol, it has actually been left-wing protesters who have clashed with police in the days before and after Biden's inauguration.
On the day Biden was inaugurated this week, demonstrators carrying anti-Biden and anti-police signs marched in Portland and smashed the windows of the Democratic Party of Oregon.
Psaki told reporters: "Certainly we had our team on the ground, our national security team, even before 12:01, early in the morning on Inauguration Day because we wanted to be able to monitor events happening across the country and any unrest that was resulting from the last couple of weeks."
"I haven't spoke with him specifically about those events but it is something our national security team... is closely monitoring of course, but if we have an additional update I'm happy to provide it to you."
Conservative news outlets criticised Psaki for not taking the opportunity to condemn radical left-wing groups, such as antifa.
Protests continued on Thursday, the first full day of the Biden presidency. Demonstrations, and sometimes rioting, have recurred in Seattle and Portland in the months since the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis in May.
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