>> FIRST OF ALL, THAT WAS
NORTH LONDON FOREVER, THE
ANTHEM OF MY SOCCER TEAM,
ARSENAL.
WE ARE TOP OF THE PREMIER
LEAGUE FIRST TIME IN 18
YEARS, AFTER 18 YEARS OF
PAIN AND TORMENT AND
TORTURE.
FINALLY WE’RE WINNING.
NONE OF YOUR VIEWERS CARE.
I’LL MOVE ON TO WHAT YOU
DO CARE ABOUT.
DEMOCRATS LOOKING FOR WAYS
TO DEFLECT BLAME ON
SURGING VIOLENCE ON
AMERICA’S STREETS.
IN LOS ANGELES, A HOMELESS
WOMAN STABBED A WOMAN IN
THE HEAD WITH SCISSORS.
SHE’S RECOVERING FROM
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
IN NEW YORK, A MAN PUSHED
TO HIS DEATH IN FRONT OF A
SUBWAY TRAIN AFTER HE
ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED INTO
ANOTHER RIDER AND KNOCKED
OVER HIS CELL PHONE.
THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY
ERIC ADAMS ARGUES THE IDEA
THAT NEW YORK CITY IS UP
SAFE IS AN ILLUSION.
>> WE’RE DEALING WITH
ACTUAL CRIMES, EIGHT
HOMICIDES AND THE
PERCEPTION OF FEAR THAT
PEOPLE ARE FEELING.
I AM GOING TO DEAL WITH
THAT PERCEPTION AND THE
ACTUAL CRIME.
WE CAN’T GET AWAY FROM THE
FACT WE HAVE 3.5 MILLION
PEOPLE USING OUR SUBWAY
SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT
THAT.
THOSE AVERAGE OF SIX
CRIMES A DAY IS NOT GIVING
THE IMPRESSION OUR SYSTEM
IS OUT OF CONTROL.
>> WELL, JUDGE, DELUSION
MAY BE THE THEME OF
TONIGHT.
THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAYOR
COMPLETELY DELUDED ABOUT
WHAT FEAR OF CRIME
ACTUALLY INVOLVES.
>> Jeanine: PIERS, THE
REAL PROBLEM IS NEW
YORKERS ARE DESPERATE AND
VOTED FOR THAT MAN BECAUSE
HE WAS A FORMER POLICE
CAPTAIN.
EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS
DONE HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT
WITH THAT PRIOR CV.
I STILL WANT TO SEE THIS
GUY WITH HIS SLEEVES
ROLLED UP OUT THERE AT THE
SCENE OF A HOMICIDE BAD
MOUTHING ALBANY FOR THE
LAWS THAT WE HAVE.
I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE BLAME
CRIME ON CIRCUMSTANCES, ON
THE PANDEMIC, ON POVERTY,
BLAME IT SOMETIMES ON THE
CRIMINAL, SOMETIMES ON THE
VICTIM.
THIS GUY IS BLAMING CRIME
ON OUR PERCEPTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT WE SEE IT
AS A CRIME.
HE’S WRONG.
THE STATS BELIE EVERYTHING
THAT HE SAYS AND YOU KNOW
WHAT, IF THE MAYOR OF NEW
YORK CITY IS GOING TO GET
UP AND MAKE A STATEMENT
ABOUT STATISTICS, HE OUGHT
TO BE RIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, CRIME IS UP
ON THE SUBWAY, THE HIGHEST
IT HAS BEEN IN 25 YEARS,
AND THE PEOPLE RIDING THE
SUBWAY NOW, IT IS LESS
THAN HALF WHAT IT WAS TWO
YEARS AGO.
SO WE’VE GOT DOUBLE,
TRIPLE THE CRIME WITH HALF
THE PEOPLE RIDING THE
SUBWAY.
HOMELESSNESS IS OUT OF
CONTROL.
CRIME ON THE SUBWAY IS OUT
OF CONTROL.
ALL OF US HAVE SEEN IMAGES
OF WOMEN BEING RAPED ON A
PLATFORM.
PEOPLE PUSHED IN FRONT OF
A TRAIN, ASIAN BEATEN AT A
SUBWAY STATION, AND I’M
JUST TALKING ABOUT CRIME
ON THE TRAINS.
DAMN IT, YOU KNOW, EVERY
TIME SOMEONE IS INJURED,
HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
PERCEPTION
PERCEPTION.
WHY DON’T YOU DEAL WITH
THE VICTIMS AND REALITY.
>> YOU WRERE -- THIS STAT,
22 MURDERED ON NEW YORK
SUBWAY SINCE THE START OF
2020, INCLUDING EIGHT THIS
YEAR.
I DON’T CARE WHAT PART OF
THE WORLD YOU’RE FROM, IF
22 PEOPLE ARE MURDERED ON
THE SUBWAY IN TWO YEARS,
THAT’S NOT A PERCEPTION
ISSUE, THAT IS A REALITY.
>> Greg: AND YOU KNOW
THAT’S REALITY WHEN YOU
COMPARE TO PREVIOUS TIME
AND SEE THE INCREASE.
YOU COME UP WITH
STATISTICS.
THE CITY IS A BARREL, WE
ARE THE FISH.
THERE WAS A PROMISE FROM
THE NEW MAYOR.
I THINK IT HAS RUN OUT.
NOT ENTIRELY HIS FAULT,
THIS IS THE FAULT OF ONE
PARTY RULE.
THERE’S NO RESISTANCE WHEN
BRAKE LINES ARE CUT.
THIS IS A SINGLE PARENT
HOUSEHOLD AND THE SINGLE
PARENT CAN’T TAKE CARE OF
THE KID.
YOU’LL END UP LIKE
MINNEAPOLIS, LOUISVILLE,
SAN FRANCISCO, L.A., THE
ONLY WAY IT WORKS IS IF
PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER.
THE PROBLEM IS A CERTAIN
NEW LEADER, PROGRESSIVE
LEADER WHO DOESN’T BELIEVE
THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
ACTUALLY FAIR, THAT
ACTUALLY LAW AND ORDER IS
OPPRESSION
OPPRESSION, YOU LOOK AT
HOMELESSNESS, YOU LOOK AT
DRUG ADDICTION, CRIME, THE
BORDER.
WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN
COMMON?
NOTHING IS BEING DONE.
WHEN YOU TALK TO THESE
LEADERS, YOU GET THE
FEELING THAT THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.
SO IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE
YELLING, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
BUT MAYBE THIS WILL COME
TO A HEAD AND WE’LL BE
ABLE TO REMAKE SOCIETY IN
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY
BECAUSE EVERYTHING SUCKS.
>> THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE,
BURNING ISSUE FOR NEW
YORKERS NOW ACCORDING TO
NEW POLL WAS CRIME.
EVEN MORE THAN INFLATION.
I FOUND THAT STAGGERING,
ENLIGHTENING.
>> Dana: SEEING IT WITH
THEIR OWN EYES, SEEING
THERE NEEDS TO BE A
CHANGE.
PERHAPS THIS IS THE STRAW
THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL’S
BACK AND MAYBE GETS SOME
CHANGES.
FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE THAT WORK IN
POLITICAL CONSULTING
BELIEVE THAT REPUBLICANS
ARE GOING TO PICK UP ALL
OF THE SEATS ON LONG
ISLAND AND MOST OF THE
SEATS IN HUDSON VALLEY ARE
PROBABLY THEIRS AS WELL.
THAT’S A BIG CHANGE.
ONE OF THE REASONS YOU
HAVE A PERCEPTION IS BASED
ON YOUR OWN TWO EYES.
AND IT IS BASED ON THE
THING YOUR HUSBAND SAYS,
YOU’RE NOT TAKING THE
SUBWAY, YOU’RE NOT WALKING
HOME.
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE AN HOUR
EARLY BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS
SO BAD, NOBODY IS ON THE
SUBWAY.
NOBODY IS ON THE SUBWAY,
NOBODY IS PAYING TO BE ON
THE SUBWAY AND IT WILL GO
BANKRUPT.
TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO
BAIL OUT NEW YORK CITY
SUBWAY SYSTEM, YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A SUBWAY SYSTEM IN
THE NATION’S CAPITAL, AND
INFLATION BORDER CRIME
ISSUE, THE THEME, IT IS
REMARKABLE.
EACH OF THESE INSTANCES,
DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING
INFLATION IS TRANSITORY,
NOT HAPPENING, NOT THAT
BAD.
THE ECONOMY IS STRONG AS
HELL.
WHAT?
OH, THE BORDER IS SECURE.
CRIME IS JUST YOUR
PERCEPTION.
>> Greg: I HAD A STINK
DINNER.
THERE WAS NO CRIME.
>> THIS IS A RUNNING THEME
I THINK OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND PEOPLE
SEEM TO NOT WANT TO
BELIEVE WHAT WE’RE
WATCHING WITH OUR OWN
EYES, HEARING WITH OUR OWN
EARS.
IT IS DELUSION.
>> Jesse: IT IS.
I AM AFRAID OF RATS.
SAY I GO TO YOUR CASTLE,
DURING DINNER A RAT
SCURRIES ACROSS MY PENNY
LOAFER.
YOU COULD SAY JESSE,
CHANCES OF YOU BEING
BITTEN BY A RAT ARE
INFINITESIMAL.
I DON’T CARE.
I WANT YOU TO SET A RAT
TRAP AND I WANT A DEAD
RAT.
THAT’S WHAT THE COUNTRY
WANTS.
THEY WANT ACTION.
THEY DON’T WANT TO BE
EXPLAINED HOW IN CONTEXT
IT MAY NOT BE THAT BIG A
DEAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
IS A BIG DEAL.
IMAGINE THE WAR ON TERROR
AND PEOPLE WERE AFRAID OF
DOMESTIC TERROR ATTACKS.
BARACK OBAMA OR ANYBODY
DIDN’T SAY THE CHANCES OF YOU DYING FROM A DOMESTIC
YOU DYING FROM A DOMESTIC
TERROR ATTACK BY ISIS IS
SMALL.
WE WANTED TO KILL
TERRORISTS.
THE LEADERS NOW ARE AFRAID
TO TAKE ACTION, AFRAID OF
THE CONSEQUENCES OF TAKING
ACTION.
>> BEING TOUGH ON CRIME IS
A SURE FIRE ELECTION
WINNER.
ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE
ACTUALLY HAVE A PERCEPTION
THERE’S A LOT OF CRIME.
>> Greg: WHO ARE THEY
SCARED OF.
THAT’S WHEN YOU FIND OUT
WHERE IT LEADS.
>> Jesse: THEY’RE SCARED
OF THE LEFTWING BASE,
RATHER TALK ABOUT IT THAN
TAKE ACTION.
>> I WOULDN’T USE RATS, I
WOULD USE A FOX.
NEED A BIG TRAP FOR A FOX.
YOU LIKE IT.
THE FOX GETS THE FOX.
>> Dana: ROAD TRIP.
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