NY Times columnist slams Dems over denials about crime, migrants and inflation across US cities: Shut the fk up
New York Times columnist Ezra Klein slammed Democrats over their stubborn denials that US cities are plagued with rising crime, out-of-control migration, and skyrocketing prices, saying they need to “shut the f–k up.”In Donald Trump’s blowout election victory last week, the president-elect won a 6.5% gain in the most populous urban counties across the country, which outpaced the 3.3% swing towards Trump in suburban counties, the Washington Post reported.A voting district in Manhattan even went red for the first time in at least a decade, The Post reported exclusively this week.Klein, 40, cited anger that has built up among residents of major blue cities like New York and San Francisco, saying Dems who try to explain away the worsening conditions in these cities need to “talk to some people who live near you.”“The thing that surprised me least about the election was the sharp red shift in these big cities,” Klein said on Pod Save America Wednesday.
“If you just talk to anybody who lives in them, they are furious.”“The rage I just hear from people in New York… the sense of disorder rising, not just crime, but homeless encampments, trash on the streets, people jumping turnstiles in subways, crazy people on the streets.You just talk to people and they’re mad about it,” Klein said.“In San Francisco, the fury is overwhelming.”“And this idea that the economy is actually good, or crime is actually down, this is all just Fox News, shut the f–k up with that,” the Vox co-founder continued.“People don’t follow politics, but they live in the place they live.
They see if prices have gone way up and a bunch of economists telling them no, no, no, no don’t worry about the price of everything… is not gonna do it,” Klein said.The “Why We’re Polarized” author said part of New York City residents’ ire was due to Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott’s busing of migrants to blue cities, but went on to warn that Dems have their heads in the sa...