{"id":502901,"date":"2022-10-21T22:36:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/progressives-extraordinarily-clueless-on-crime\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T22:36:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T19:36:06","slug":"progressives-extraordinarily-clueless-on-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/progressives-extraordinarily-clueless-on-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"#Progressives &#8216;extraordinarily clueless&#8217; on crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e24f3cb3c3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e24f3cb3c3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/progressives-extraordinarily-clueless-on-crime\/#%E2%80%9CProgressives_%E2%80%98extraordinarily_clueless_on_crime%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Progressives &#8216;extraordinarily clueless&#8217; on crime&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CProgressives_%E2%80%98extraordinarily_clueless_on_crime%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Progressives &#8216;extraordinarily clueless&#8217; on crime&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>MSNBC personality Joe Scarborough slammed progressives on Friday as being alarmingly out of touch with voters\u2019 concerns about rising crime rates ahead of critical midterm elections next month.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMorning Joe\u201d co-anchor targeted Democrats after the left-leaning network aired a segment with a focus group of black voters in Philadelphia. The voters, all Democrats, identified crime as their biggest concern and expressed frustration that lawmakers haven\u2019t adequately addressed the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is so jarring and we hear it everywhere,\u201d Scarborough said after watching the focus group\u2019s responses. \u201cWe hear it from Philadelphia to New York to San Francisco.\u00a0In an Oklahoma debate yesterday, or a couple of days ago, the Democratic candidate said crime was higher per capita there than in\u00a0New York, and was laughed off the stage \u2014 it ended up being the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a massive crime wave, and, you know, yes, it does fall on both parties, but when you have\u00a0woke DAs in Philadelphia basically saying they don\u2019t have a crime problem, when you have cops quitting left and right in Philadelphia because, you know, they\u2019re not going to risk their lives so they can arrest people who are going to be out on the street the next day,\u201d Scarborough added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crime A Top Concern To Philly Democratic Voters In Focus Group\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8CUdkU3mXD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Scarborough went on to argue that progressive policymakers in Philadelphia were effectively telling their residents \u201cdon\u2019t believe your lying eyes\u201d despite evidence of mounting crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProgressives on crime in places like Philadelphia and New York are so extraordinarily clueless,\u201d Scarborough said during Friday\u2019s edition of \u201cMorning Joe.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s maddening. And yet, you see it in these focus groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Public safety has emerged as a critical issue in midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Republican lawmakers have routinely accused their Democratic counterparts of embracing soft-on-crime policies even as cities become more unsafe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/scarborough-progressives-crime-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Morning Joe\" class=\"wp-image-24354828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/scarborough-progressives-crime-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/scarborough-progressives-crime-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/scarborough-progressives-crime-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The \u201cMorning Joe\u201d host slammed \u201cwoke DAs\u201d for downplaying the crime problem.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MSNBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Philadelphia, police\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillypolice.com\/crime-maps-stats\">had reported<\/a>\u00a0424 homicides in 2022 through Wednesday. That number was a 2% decrease compared to last year\u2019s record-high murder rate, though homicides are still up 58% compared to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams argued the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> has created a false \u201cperception\u201d of rampant subway crime \u2014 despite statistics showing violent crime this year through August\u00a0was up 39% compared to 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/scarborough-progressives-crime-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Joe Scarborough\" class=\"wp-image-24354830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/scarborough-progressives-crime-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/scarborough-progressives-crime-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/scarborough-progressives-crime-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Joe Scarborough slammed progressives ahead of key midterm elections.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adams, a Democrat who ran on a promise to make the city safer, reversed course and acknowledged New York has \u201creal crime to deal with\u201d after CNBC confronted him with The Post\u2019s cover story detailing his past remarks.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s Elise Jordan agreed with Scarborough, noting that progressive messaging on crime has been \u201ccondescending\u201d to those who experience it on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan held up a copy of The Post while making her point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at the cover of the New York Post and you have Eric Adams saying, \u2018Oh, crime\u2019s not that bad in New York,&#8217;\u201d Jordan said. \u201cI don\u2019t know about you, but I know a lot of people, if they can afford to not take the subway, they aren\u2019t taking the subway these days.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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