Barrier going up around Portland, Ore. City Hall as progressive mayor's 'bridges not walls' takes age poorly

Doug P. | 6:25 PM on June 09, 2020

We’ve already told you what’s been happening in a section of Seattle, Washington today, so let’s check in with the goings-on in Portland, Oregon, a sanctuary city with a progressive mayor named Ted Wheeler:

A plywood wall is going up around Portland City Hall. pic.twitter.com/Wb3xCvZi4J

— Portland Tribune (@ThePortlandTrib) June 9, 2020

When his own security is at risk, @tedwheeler’s platitudes about not building walls suddenly no longer apply. https://t.co/Ao5ZGu0JLH

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 9, 2020

That doesn’t look like a bridge to us, and we’ve been told that’s the way it should be:

Let's build bridges, not walls. Work together, not against each other.https://t.co/BHS3I7INsy

— Mayor Ted Wheeler (@tedwheeler) January 23, 2019

Now it looks like the mayor has made a temporary rule change in Portland:

“Walls are racist” once said the @tedwheeler https://t.co/FLYn8wBByX

— Pau_V (@PauV60752292) June 9, 2020

“Walls for me but not for thee”?

I thought walls were bad?? Guess things change when it's a bit closer to home. https://t.co/Fle3Dt2lp0

— Kneeling ONLY for CHRIST (@EhingerBenjamin) June 9, 2020