Speaker 1: Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis posted a very bizarre video where he's standing in
San Francisco next to a wall with some graffiti on it, talking about how San Francisco is collapsing.
It's gone to hell, and it's all terrible because of leftist policies. He looks noticeably confused,
disoriented, talking about this subject, and will dive more deeply into this subject
after taking a look at this. Speaker 5: Look around. This
city is not vibrant anymore. It's really collapsed because of leftist policies. And
these policies have caused people to flee this area. They don't prosecute
criminals like they do in most parts of the country. And the wreckage has really,
really been sad to see. And so I've seen so many businesses boarded up. I've seen so much
riffraff just running around. And it just shows you these policies matter. Leadership matters.
They are doing it wrong here. Look around. Speaker 1: Okay, So upfront I'll say to San
Francisco, have its problems like all places. Absolutely. Are there specific
policy decisions that have probably been made that I would disagree with? Sure.
But what I really wish that a lot of these GOP politicians that talk about New York City is has
gone to hell and Los Angeles and San Francisco. It's all terrible because of Democratic policies.
I wish they would answer for the fact that when you look nationwide, the trend is actually
Republican policies fail people on all of these different metrics. And why is it that you're now
over here in San Francisco concerned about the leftist policies when there are places far closer
to home you could be concerned about under your leadership? Ron DeSantis And what I mean by that,
this is an interesting piece from CNN that was put out in the wake of the murder of Bob Lee.
That points out the point that I'm now making here will read from this. The stabbing death of Cashapp
founder Bob Lee has prompted comments perpetuating the notion that San Francisco is dangerous and
crime riddled. But data shows violent crime, especially homicides, are well below that of many
other cities of similar size. And if you jump down here, San Francisco recorded 56 homicides each in
2022 and 2021. But when you skip down to or jump down to a place near Ron DeSantis, Jacksonville,
Florida, meanwhile, saw 129 homicides in 2021 and 154 in 2022. Not to mention countless other places
we could talk about with higher crime rates or higher homicide rates specifically there. It's not
to say San Francisco doesn't have its problems or other places don't have the problems. All of them
matter. But the dishonesty of this notion that is pushed by many Republicans that Democratic
policies lead to high crime, Democratic policies lead to high poverty or whatever it might be. It's
just not accurate. We talked about or I should say I've talked about my own show previously
countless times. The study that was done that I know Pacman has mentioned as well, that looked
at in 2020 homicide rates in states that voted for Trump, typically red states that also have
red governance and, um, states that voted for Joe Biden in 2020. And what it found was states that
voted for Trump have a 40% higher homicide rate. And that's something DeSantis is never going to
post a little video about, right? He's never going to go on the ground. One of those red to one of
those red places to discuss that fact. And then also, when you look at the top states in ranking
for poverty, you have Mississippi, New Mexico, Louisiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia,
District of Columbia, West Virginia, Tennessee. What you'll notice they're almost all red states.
And again, I'm not saying that because ha ha ha, absolutely not. I'm not saying that because
we shouldn't also care about problems in blue areas. I'm saying that because it highlights
the dishonesty coming from people like Ron DeSantis. And it's important to realize, actually.
Investing more in communities as Democrats are more willing to do, investing more in
those who need the help. It benefits everyone. It benefits the community. It lifts people up
in all places, in all levels of the economic ladder. And that's why
these types of policies yield better results. And I wish Ron DeSantis would make a video about that.