NY Dems to Double Down on Denying Crime Exists “A hysteria over crime that is uninformed and that has been debunked.” by Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/ny-dems-to-double-down-on-denying-crime-exists/
Shoot the messenger. Literally.
How ideologically deranged are Democrats? So much so that they’re not going to do a U-turn on crime, instead they’re going to blame those Democrats who actually talked about the problem.
Democratic officials and strategists in New York tell CNN they are bracing for what could be stunning losses in the governor’s race and in contests for as many as four US House seats largely in the suburbs.
With crime dominating the headlines and the airwaves, multiple Democrats watching these races closely are pointing to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, accusing him of overhyping the issue and playing into right-wing narratives in ways that may have helped set the party up for disaster on Tuesday.
“He was an essential validator in the city to make their attacks seem more legit and less partisan,” said one Democratic operative working on campaigns in New York, who asked not to be named so as not to compromise current clients.
As circular firing squads go, this one is insane.
Dems whose strategy failed are going to blame a guy who actually got elected. After their messaging strategy abysmally failed, they’re going to claim that it would have succeeded if Mayor Adams weren’t out there mentioning the existence of crime.
The assumption here is that New York voters are mentally retarded and that they aren’t reacting to crime based on their everyday experiences, but Adams press conferences.
This great plan comes after Stanley Greenberg’s American Prospect article and numerous surveys and voter panels that all warned Democrats to stop the happy talk and stop denying the crime wave.
“The concern over crime is real. It is acute,” said Rep. Mondaire Jones, a progressive Democrat who lost a primary to represent parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn after Maloney opted to run for a redrawn suburban seat that also included parts of Jones’ district. “But once this election is over, I hope people have an honest conversation about how Democrats like Eric Adams have validated a hysteria over crime that is uninformed and that has been debunked.”
Guys, it’s been debunked.
I like how Jones combines condescending pandering “concern over crime is real” with it’s debunked hysteria.
This is watching ideological fanatics commit suicide in slow motion because they can’t recognize their own ideology is killing them.
Kind of like the USSR in the late 70s.
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