As Matt highlighted yesterday, the left-wing mayor of Boston once again demonstrated how insanely out of touch many so-called "progressives" who run major American cities continue to be. Bear in mind that Boston is also a notorious sanctuary city, whose priorities are so demented that some of the worst violent criminal offenders have been protected by their policies -- under which being an illegal immigrant confers something of a special privileged status. We've seen the resulting consequences over and over again, with public safety and common sense taking a back seat to a radical agenda. It's cartoonish. It's backwards. It's outrageous.
Now, in case you missed it, watch as that city's leader reacts to a righteous police shooting of a dangerous, deranged, knife-wielding assailant. The priorities are just breathtaking:
An off duty police officer “neutralized” a man who was attacking people with a knife at a Boston Chick-fil-A
— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 2, 2025
The mayor offered condolences to the assailant 🤡
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On the opposite coast, we're being treated to yet more evidence of failed left-wing leadership. This should be unacceptable in one of the largest cities in the most advanced and powerful nation on earth. But the failures of the leftist governance experimentation continue to manifest:
Los Angeles family comes home to find their house had been burglarized. Then they call 911 and wait on hold for 59 minutes.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 1, 2025
If you don’t understand this is a direct reflection of the city and state political leadership, I don’t know what to tell you.
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Maybe the mayor will get on this problem as soon as she wraps up her investigation into how she was in Africa while her city burned down. Meanwhile, here's the former Mayor of Chicago blasting this entire approach to governance, in a less than subtle shot at the historically unpopular current mayor of Chicago:
Bill Maher asks Rahm Emanuel why Chicago's mayor has such a low approval rating, and the panel agrees that Democrat policies have ruined large American cities:
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) March 1, 2025
Bill Maher: "I read that the current mayor of Chicago has an approval rating of 6.6%. What's going on in Chicago?"
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Maher: "I read that the current mayor of Chicago has an approval rating of 6.6%. What's going on in Chicago?"
Emanuel: "We've gone through 5 years where people became way too permissive as a culture. Which is why everything is locked up at CVS and Walgreens, that's a disaster. I don't want to hear another word about the locker room, I don't want to hear another word about the bathroom. You better start focusing on the classroom. In 7th grade if I had known I could have said 'they' and got in the girls bathroom, I would have done it."Zakaria: "This is a huge Democrat party problem. Democrat cities are terribly run. Cost of housing is crazy. The budget of New York state is twice that of Florida. Lots of taxes, lots of regulation, but nothing gets done. Democrats have to own this. The answer to everything is not more taxes, more regulations. People are fed up with it, and feel that it isn't working."
But even with Mayor Brandon Johnson wallowing in the single digits on personal favorability among Chicagoans, the left-wing city council keeps bowing to his policies, from reaffirming the city's catastrophic 'sanctuary' status, to approving his latest reckless spending scheme:
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A plan to borrow $830 million to finance infrastructure improvements in Chicago narrowly passed the City Council on Wednesday afternoon. The City Council passed the measure by a 26-to-23 margin, approving a plan introduced by Mayor Brandon Johnson to help finance projects that will address infrastructure concerns, roadways and more in the city. Johnson had faced criticism from lawmakers not just about the size of the borrowing plan, but also the 40-year repayment schedule, which won’t see the city begin making principal payments until 2045.
What could go wrong? Urban voters can continue returning these sorts of people, and their lunatic policies, to power. And if they choose to keep doing so, they'll continue to suffer the ramifications. I'll leave you with a reminder of the deadliest gubernatorial legacy of the man who now wants to rehabilitate his image, present himself as a sensible moderate, and get himself elected to lead the largest city in the country:
Here is then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order forcing nursing homes to accept Covid-infected patients. Cuomo would then be praised by media, write a book on Covid leadership in midst of a pandemic, get a primetime DNC slot, & win an Emmy before resigning amidst sexual harassment claims. pic.twitter.com/vGULad2iJ8
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) March 1, 2025
Can New York City really not do any better than Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo?
