{"id":510590,"date":"2022-11-16T06:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T03:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-the-problem-is-you-not-jay-jacobs\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T06:55:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T03:55:11","slug":"democrats-the-problem-is-you-not-jay-jacobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-the-problem-is-you-not-jay-jacobs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats, the problem is you, not Jay Jacobs"},"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-6a25e3a45d958\" 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-6a25e3a45d958\" 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\/democrats-the-problem-is-you-not-jay-jacobs\/#%E2%80%9CDemocrats_the_problem_is_you_not_Jay_Jacobs%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Democrats, the problem is you, not Jay Jacobs&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-the-problem-is-you-not-jay-jacobs\/#Look_in_mirror\" >Look in mirror<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-the-problem-is-you-not-jay-jacobs\/#Low_NYC_turnout\" >Low NYC turnout<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-the-problem-is-you-not-jay-jacobs\/#22_proof_vs_20_lie\" >\u201922 proof vs. \u201920 lie<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-the-problem-is-you-not-jay-jacobs\/#Global_foes_test_weak_Joe\" >Global foes test weak Joe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDemocrats_the_problem_is_you_not_Jay_Jacobs%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Democrats, the problem is you, not Jay Jacobs&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Goodwin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some people are slow learners.<\/p>\n<p>With New York Republicans flipping congressional and legislative seats and coming close to winning the governor\u2019s office, Democrats should be engaged in soul searching about how their far-left policies alienated many voters. Instead, the far-left is blaming moderates for the party\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>The Getting It Backwards mob already found its sacrificial culprit, demanding that Gov. Hochul fire state party boss Jay Jacobs. They complain Jacobs \u201cfailed to commit the time, energy and resources necessary to maintain our deep-blue status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>ointed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Jacobs has tangled with the left before and is fighting back, saying he won\u2019t quit. Surprisingly, he has an ally in the current governor.<\/p>\n<p>Although more than 1,100 lawmakers, party officials and activists signed the letter, Hochul rejected it, saying: \u201cI think he did a great job as chair. We\u2019re not changing anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Good for Hochul \u2014 if her rejection is a sign she is preparing to pivot away from the policies of the crime-coddling left that she embraced and that nearly led to her defeat. Her defense of turnstile-justice laws that sparked more violence and disorder throughout the state gave GOP challenger Lee Zeldin an opening he seized to almost pull off an upset for the ages.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-726-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\u201cI think he did a great job as chair. We\u2019re not changing anything.\u201d said Gov. Kathy Hochul about Jacobs.\" class=\"wp-image-24669733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-726-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-726-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-726-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI think he did a great job as chair. We\u2019re not changing anything.\u201d said Gov. Kathy Hochul about Jacobs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mike Groll\/Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hochul won by 52% to 47%, a relative nail-biter compared to the last four Dem landslides, where no Republican got more than 40%. Hochul also helped her opponent by rarely campaigning until the end, giving him plenty of running room and air time.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Although he fell short, Zeldin\u2019s strong performance helped to lift GOP candidates down the ballot. Republicans flipped four House seats, giving them 11 of the state\u2019s 26, and made small gains in the Legislature, where Dems retain big majorities.<\/p>\n<p>Even those results can be blamed on Dems\u2019 foolish overreach. Recall that Hochul and the Legislature seized redistricting power from an independent commission, only to have their redrawn lines rejected by a court as excessively gerrymandered.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Look_in_mirror\"><\/span>Look in mirror<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The final lines drawn by a neutral special master gave the GOP a fighting chance and voters responded by sending more Republicans to Washington and Albany.<\/p>\n<p>Not incidentally, the four congressional pickups were a major factor in the GOP\u2019s likely capture of a narrow House majority.<\/p>\n<p>So Dems have reasons to be unhappy, but they are looking in the wrong places. The answer is in the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>They are failing at the primary responsibility of government \u2014 to keep people safe. The crime wave sweeping the state is now in its third year and they seem unfazed.<\/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\/11\/goodwin-727.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"ballot\" class=\"wp-image-24669556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-727.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-727.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-727.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Republicans flipped four House seats, giving them 11 of the state\u2019s 26, and made gains in the Legislature.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/John Minchillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Albany also created a tax structure that incentivizes high earners to move to Florida and other low-tax jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>New York schools are another problem, and the decision first by Cuomo and then Hochul to keep schools closed for much of the pandemic was a sop to unions but led to setbacks for many students who were already underperforming and contributed to mental-health issues for many young people.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Albany has created a regulatory system that is hostile to energy production and business in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a grim picture of what\u2019s wrong with New York, yet not a single one of those facts is mentioned in the letter demanding Jacobs\u2019 head. It\u2019s as if the signers live in an alternative universe.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Low_NYC_turnout\"><\/span>Low NYC turnout<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Well, come to think of it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Their claim that more of the same left-wing nonsense, such as defund the police and higher taxes, is the answer to the GOP surge is belied by the fact that Dems enjoy a better than 2-1 advantage over Republicans among registered voters. It\u2019s their voters who didn\u2019t turn out.<\/p>\n<p>Just 36% of those registered voted in the five boroughs, where Republicans are outnumbered 7-1. Turnout was above 50% in the rest of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The key issue to watch going forward is how far Hochul returns to her moderate roots. Unsteady when she replaced the disgraced Cuomo, she began by fundraising from his real estate and business donors and positioned herself as a born-again lefty.<\/p>\n<p>Those were safe moves, given the progressive wing\u2019s outsized presence in the Legislature and among party activists. The first fruits were that Hochul fended off primary challengers to win the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>But after that, she seemed almost inert and played it too safe even as public fears about safety surged.<\/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\/11\/goodwin-725.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lee Zeldin\" class=\"wp-image-24669553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-725.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-725.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/goodwin-725.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Congressman Lee Zeldin\u2019s campaign helped the GOP candidates in New York.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mayor Adams, elected on his promise to tackle Gotham\u2019s crime craze, asked her for help. She agreed but when the Legislature mostly said no, Hochul folded and became a defender of the too-lenient laws she had tried to change.<\/p>\n<p>Adams also was quiet on the issue, perhaps to protect Hochul and not help Zeldin. But now comes a new test for both the mayor and governor.<\/p>\n<p>The city, and the whole state for that matter, cannot continue to accept the high crime levels as the new normal. In the city, murder and shooting victims are down by about 13% from last year, but total major crimes are 28% higher than in 2021 and 32% above 2020.<br \/>Transit crimes remain a shocking 38% above last year\u2019s total. And police mostly don\u2019t enforce shoplifting and quality-of-life laws because prosecutors won\u2019t prosecute them, nor will judges detain even repeat offenders.<\/p>\n<p>So while Hochul got her four years, the great unknown is what she intends to do with it. Will she join with Adams and other law enforcement officials to keep her pledge to work until New Yorkers feel safe?<\/p>\n<p>If the answer is yes, she shouldn\u2019t wait until the new year to start. Each day that passes brings more violence and more suffering and gives more New Yorkers reason to head for the exits.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"22_proof_vs_20_lie\"><\/span>\u201922 proof vs. \u201920 lie<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Readers were passionate about my column that Donald Trump has become a bore, but Desmond Hussey saw a bigger picture.<\/p>\n<p> He writes:\u201cAnother casualty of last week\u2019s midterms was Trump\u2019s idea that it was impossible there were so many people voting for Biden in 2020. But last week, multitudes of morons came out to vote for such incompetent clowns as Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan, J.B. Pritzker in Illinois and (God preserve us) John Fetterman in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis changed my view of 2020. Last week\u2019s was a fair election and a full slate of fools are again being sent to Washington and the state houses.<br \/>\u201cSadly, that proves Trump is wrong about 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Global_foes_test_weak_Joe\"><\/span>Global foes test weak Joe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\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\/11\/biden-poland-missile-704.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Polish Radio Zet reports Two stray missiles fell Poland.\" class=\"wp-image-24669316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/biden-poland-missile-704.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/biden-poland-missile-704.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/biden-poland-missile-704.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Biden said it\u2019s \u201cunlikely\u201d that the missiles that hit Poland came from Russia. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"> Radio Zet<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Washington digests election results, the White House might have been counting on a break. But the ferocity of new Russian attacks against Ukraine and with one missile landing in Poland, President Biden is getting a rude reminder that our adversaries also have a vote. The barrage, following Biden\u2019s failure to make any progress on Taiwan during a meeting with China\u2019s Xi Jinping, suggest a new level of testing is coming for the doddering president. We are likely to know soon whether he\u2019s fit to face the challenge against America and our allies.\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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With New York Republicans flipping congressional and legislative seats and coming close to winning the governor\u2019s office, Democrats should be engaged in soul searching about how their far-left policies alienated many voters. 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