Portland Runs Ad in NYT Promoting Tourism After Portland Police Riot Squad Quits

 

Rich Terrell

Breitbart Politics  “Some of what you’ve heard about Portland is true. Some is not. What matters most is that we’re true to ourselves,” Travel Portland wrote in the ad that could have cost up to $250,000.

“ 'You’ve heard a lot about us lately. It’s been a while since you heard from us,” it continues.

“ 'After a year of encouraging visitors and locals to support small businesses here and from a distance, it’s time to issue an invitation to come back to Portland,” the ad states. “Two sides to the same coin that keeps landing right on its edge. Anything can happen. We like it this way.”

" 'The ad also says “new ideas are welcome” in the city, a place where “you can be yourself.”

“This is the kind of place where new ideas are welcome — whether they’re creative, cutting-edge or curious at first glance. You can speak up here. You can be yourself here,” it contintinues.

[Yeah. Just ask Andy Ngo. And speak up for President Trump]

"The ad comes after Portland’s voluntary rapid response team of 50 resigned Thursday to protest charges against a police officer who allegedly hit an independent journalist in the Black Lives Matter riots that lit a federal building ablaze in August 2020.

"The police union said nearly 200 rioters set upon the voluntary rapid response team and that, reportedly, Officer Corey Budworth unintentionally hit the activist in the head with a baton, believing the activist was a part of the riot.". . .