RUSH TRANSCRIPT Bill He ░░░░░░░░ on the wrong story ░░░░░░░░ the assignment Thank you ░░░░░░░░ Republican mayor in Oregon ░░░░░░░░ the riots in Portland ░░░░░░░░ other big American cities ░░░░░░░░ a direct result of ░░░░░░░░ movement to defund the ░░░░░░░░ Stan Pullian is the ░░░░░░░░ of a town of ░░░░░░░░ 11 000 people in ░░░░░░░░ make your case What ░░░░░░░░ you think Can you ░░░░░░░░ me I can hear ░░░░░░░░ now Bill Make your ░░░░░░░░ What do you mean ░░░░░░░░ the police It was ░░░░░░░░ summer that we saw ░░░░░░░░ Portland city council eliminate ░░░░░░░░ million from the Portland ░░░░░░░░ budget Removed the gun ░░░░░░░░ reduction team and here ░░░░░░░░ sit We see the ░░░░░░░░ Ted Wheeler one day ░░░░░░░░ is getting punched in ░░░░░░░░ face by citizens Another ░░░░░░░░ has to use pepper ░░░░░░░░ We have riots in ░░░░░░░░ street Requests to pick ░░░░░░░░ garbage and remove graffiti ░░░░░░░░ up 300 Gun violence ░░░░░░░░ homicides are at a ░░░░░░░░ year high This is ░░░░░░░░ the police This is ░░░░░░░░ culture of criminality This ░░░░░░░░ what it looks like ░░░░░░░░ So in Portland what ░░░░░░░░ the effect on people ░░░░░░░░ live there and businesses ░░░░░░░░ are they telling you ░░░░░░░░ recent story in the ░░░░░░░░ said 62 of local ░░░░░░░░ owners feel are in ░░░░░░░░ in downtown Portland Over ░░░░░░░░ third are saying they ░░░░░░░░ leave Portland in the ░░░░░░░░ two years I was ░░░░░░░░ in a conversation with ░░░░░░░░ local commissioner said where ░░░░░░░░ had boarded up windows ░░░░░░░░ because of Covid I ░░░░░░░░ news for that county ░░░░░░░░ Covid does not seep ░░░░░░░░ plywood These windows are ░░░░░░░░ up because of the ░░░░░░░░ in downtown Portland It ░░░░░░░░ really is starting to ░░░░░░░░ like a completely different ░░░░░░░░ than the one I ░░░░░░░░ and love Bill Who ░░░░░░░░ you think it ends ░░░░░░░░ does it That s ░░░░░░░░ fear There seems to ░░░░░░░░ no end Over 100 ░░░░░░░░ straight that everybody watched ░░░░░░░░ this channel throughout the ░░░░░░░░ of all kinds of ░░░░░░░░ and destruction of local ░░░░░░░░ fronts There seems to ░░░░░░░░ no end in sight ░░░░░░░░ are getting sick and ░░░░░░░░ of it Bill Why ░░░░░░░░ t they put more ░░░░░░░░ on the mayor or ░░░░░░░░ governor to end it ░░░░░░░░ think you are starting ░░░░░░░░ see that You see ░░░░░░░░ more and more every ░░░░░░░░ The governor had two ░░░░░░░░ petitions herself over the ░░░░░░░░ year And you are ░░░░░░░░ to see it You ░░░░░░░░ seeing more and more ░░░░░░░░ You are seeing store ░░░░░░░░ boarded up People in ░░░░░░░░ This is not the ░░░░░░░░ that we know and ░░░░░░░░ When you see these ░░░░░░░░ rates at 30 year ░░░░░░░░ turn on the local ░░░░░░░░ and see the mass ░░░░░░░░ and violence it is ░░░░░░░░ for it to come ░░░░░░░░ an end This culture ░░░░░░░░ criminality has to stop ░░░░░░░░ Fair point Stan Pullian ░░░░░░░░ you for your time ░░░░░░░░ mayor from Sandy, Oregon.