Big Box Retailers Forced Out Of Democrat-Controlled Portland And More

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Cities under Democrat rule are rapidly becoming lawless. Nowhere is this more evident than in Portland, Oregon, where Mayor Ted Wheeler has refused Nike’s request for help with theft in its Northeast store and Walmart has been forced to close its remaining stores in the city.

The situation at Nike’s store is emblematic of the issues facing businesses in liberal-run cities. The store has been closed for months due to rampant retail theft and Nike asked Mayor Wheeler if the city could either pay to hire additional cops to patrol the area or pay off-duty cops to do so.

But Wheeler refused, citing the city’s “significant personnel constraint” as a result of the city’s “brush with defunding the police”—a ludicrous idea that Portland embraced in 2020, sending experienced officers running for the exits.

Instead, he asked Nike to re-open its store “on a limited basis” and suggested that the company may be part of the problem by refusing to allow its security guards to detain shoplifters. Of course, Nike won’t do that for fear of liability, and it’s no wonder Amazon hasn’t wiped out 100% of local businesses trying to deal with this nonsense.

It’s a similar story for Walmart. The retail giant recently confirmed that it is closing all remaining stores in Portland due to the rise of theft. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warned in December that the company might have to close stores or raise prices if things didn’t improve.

McMillon said that local law enforcement being “staffed and being a good partner is part of that equation,” but in Portland, they’re not staffed and they’re not a good partner—so Walmart is closing its stores. The same thing has happened in other cities run by Democrats, such as Washington DC, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Albuquerque.

It’s clear that the defund the police movement is having a major effect on businesses in liberal-run cities. While the media often refuses to make the connection, it’s time for the GOP to step up and expose the truth: that lawless Democrats are causing businesses to suffer.

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