{"id":46888,"date":"2022-08-20T08:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46888"},"modified":"2022-08-20T08:28:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:28:41","slug":"elections-have-consequences-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46888","title":{"rendered":"Elections Have Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret that George Soros has poured a lot of money into American elections over the years. It is also no secret that a lot of that money has gone into the state and city offices such as mayor, governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. We are now seeing the consequences of the money poured into those elections. When the head of law enforcement in a state or city chooses not to enforce the law, bad things happen.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/08\/18\/report-families-fleeing-democrat-run-portland-due-to-homeless-camps-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about what is happening in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Families in Democrat-run Portland\u00a0are fleeing the city due to out-of-control homelessness and crime, according to a report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Homeless camps across the Peninsula Crossing Trail in North Portland \u2014 located approximately eight miles from downtown \u2014 have changed what once was a desirable neighborhood into an unsafe area, causing some longtime residents to either leave or consider it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s the first time in a long time that we\u2019ve actually seriously thought about moving,\u201d Greg Dilkes, who has lived in North Portland for thirty years, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/local\/homeless\/north-portland-families-sell-homes-to-escape-crime\/283-7057c2ec-980d-42ac-90ae-80e00ab7ed8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told<\/a> KGW 8.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The uptick in crime has also caused local residents to feel unsafe even when doing simple activities such as walking, the local news outlet noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cEvery day if you go from one end of the street to the other, you\u2019re confronting some very difficult situations, people in really dire straits,\u201d said Mark Smith, whose backyard is next to a homeless encampment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cFor Sale\u201d signs have become a common sight in the North Portland neighborhood, as one resident told the local news outlet they know of three families that have left due to the rampant homelessness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The growing homeless problem has recently forced Starbucks to shut down some of its locations in the City of Roses, along with other Democrat-run American cities, due to rampant crime and homelessness, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/07\/15\/starbucks-ceo-says-stores-are-no-longer-safe-in-democrat-run-seattle-portland-philadelphia-l-a-d-c\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz blamed city and state leaders for the closure, saying they \u201chave abdicated their responsibility in fighting crime.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Portland experienced a massive spike in its homicide rate from 2019 to 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/07\/19\/homicide-rate-democrat-run-portland-up-207-percent\/\">recording<\/a> a 207 percent increase. During that same timeframe, frequent ANTIFA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/04\/17\/antifa-rioters-burn-portland-apple-store-fire-guns-from-cars\/\">riots<\/a>\u00a0were also occurring in the downtown area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elections have consequences. Please remember that in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret that George Soros has poured a lot of money into American elections over the years. 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