Portland Mayor Wheeler pepper sprays video-recording man who confronted him as he left pub - Fox News

Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Ore., pepper-sprayed a man Sunday who confronted him for not wearing a mask while dining at a pub.

when a man video recording him said he had been photographing the mayor while he was inside a tent area. .

"He accused me of sitting in a restaurant without a mask," the report said.

"In fact, I was in the tented area of a restaurant sitting at a table, and I informed him the current Covid regulations allow people to take their mask off for the purpose of eating and drinking.

"He then accused me of other things to which I indicated he did not understand the rules and should probably have a better understanding if he was going to confront people about them," Wheeler said in his statement.

On Monday, it was revealed that he pepper-sprayed a man who confronted him outside a pub over the weekend for not wearing a mask while dining.

He said the man was not wearing a mask and got within a "foot or two from my face" during the encounter