TODAY.
DANA, BACK TO YOU.
>> Dana: THOSE ARE STUNNING
STATISTICS.
BEHIND ALL THAT ARE FAMILIES.
LET’S BRING IN KELLYANNE CONWAY
AND MARK PENN.
LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS MARK,
I WONDER AS PEOPLE GO TO THE
POLLS TODAY IN SEVEN STATES,
ESPECIALLY CALIFORNIA, IN YOUR
EXPERIENCE DO VOTERS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING CRIME ESPECIALLY
IN CONNECTION WITH HOMELESSNESS.
DO THEY CONNECT IT WITH A PARTY
OR WHOEVER IS IN POWER?
>> GENERALLY THEY’LL CONNECT IT
WITH WHO IS IN POWER.
WHO IS IN POWER IS RESPONSIBLE
IN GENERAL FOR DEALING WITH
WHETHER IT’S GASOLINE PRICES,
IMMIGRATION OR IN LOCAL AREAS
CRIME AND TAXES AND SO I THINK
THEY WILL HOLD RESPONSIBLE
THOSE OFFICIALS THAT THEY
BELIEVE.
WHEN I ASK ABOUT CRIME NOW AND
WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
RISE IN CRIME, PEOPLE SAY FIRST
D.A.s THAT AREN’T DOING THEIR
JOB.
SECOND, MENTAL ILLNESS THAT’S
NOT TREATED PROPERLY AND PEOPLE
ARE LEFT ON THE STREETS.
AND THIRD, THEY SAY ENFORCING
GUN LAWS.
THAT’S THE ONE, TWO, THREE OF
WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT CRIME
AND WE’LL SEE WHAT THEY DO AT
THE POLLS TODAY.
>> Dana: KELLYANNE, IT’S
INTERESTING MARK SAYS THAT.
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUES THAT
VOTERS RESPOND TO HIM IS TO SAY
PROSECUTORS AREN’T DOING THEIR
JOB.
THAT’S A PRETTY INTERESTING
CONNECTION FOR PEOPLE TO BE
ABLE TO SEE.
IT IS NOT JUST THERE ARE
CRIMINALS, NOT JUST MAYBE THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS ABOUT
POLICE BUT VOTERS ARE ACTUALLY
SAYING OH, THE PROSECUTORS THAT
ARE IN PLACE IN THESE BIG
CITIES AND PUT THEM ON THE
BOARD HERE, CRIME IS UP IN ALL
THE BIG CITIES, LOS ANGELES,
NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO,
PHILADELPHIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
CONNECTING IT TO THE D.A.s.
IS THAT DIFFERENT?
WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS?
>> IT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT,
DANA.
MARK IS CORRECT.
WHAT IS MORE THESE D.A.s ARE
HOUSEHOLD NAMES NOW.
THEY ARE WELL-KNOWN BY THE
FOLKS AND PEOPLE STANDING
BETWEEN THEM AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
I’M STRUCK BY THE U.C. BERKEY
LA TIMES BOWL THAT CAME OUT
RECENTLY THAT ASKED PEOPLE WHAT
ARE THE TOP ISSUES IN LOS
ANGELES.
THE TOP 49% HOMELESSNESS, 40%
CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
THOSE ARE SEEN AS BENEFITING
THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE TOUGH
ON CRIME LIKE A NEW D.A.
CANDIDATE OR MAYORAL CANDIDATE.
LOWER DOWN THE LIST WAS CLIMATE
CHANGE, ABORTION AND
CORONAVIRUS.
ISSUES MANY OF THE DEMOCRATS
ARE RUNNING ON.
IN 2022 IF YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT,
REALITY BITES.
POLITICS IS OFTEN A GAME OF
PERCEPTION.
IN THIS CASE PEOPLE SEE 41,000
UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES.
THEY SEE A RISE IN CRIME AND
DRUGS.
WHAT BILL SAID AT THE BIG BOARD
IS SO IMPORTANT.
IN SAN FRANCISCO UNDER THIS
D.A., HE DID NOT PROSECUTE ONE
FENTANYL CRIME LAST YEAR.
640 OVERDOSE DEATHS.
MOST CREATED BY FENTANYL.
MORE PEOPLE DIED OF OVERDOSE
DEATHS THAN COVID LAST YEAR IN
HIS CITY AND HE DIDN’T
PROSECUTE ANY.
THREE DRUG PROSECUTIONS, NONE
FOR FENTANYL BECAUSE IT’S A
SANCTUARY CITY.
HE FEARS DEPORTATION FOR PEOPLE
INVOLVED.
PEOPLE ARE KNITTING THIS
TOGETHER.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY SEE NOT
WHAT POLITICIANS SAY.
THEY SEE PEOPLE GOING INTO
STORES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS
AND STUFFING BAGS.
ONE GUY LOOKED LIKE HE WAS
SHOPPING AND COLOR OF THE BAG
AND SHOES HE PREFERRED, NOT
JUST GRABBING AND GOING.
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY SEE.
LAST THING, IN 1994 CRIME AND
ECONOMY WERE THE TWO MOST
IMPORTANT ISSUES GOING INTO THE
BIG REPUBLICAN SWEEP AND THE
CONTRACT WITH NEWT GINGRICH.
WE’RE SEEING THAT AGAIN.
17 OF 20 CITIES ARE LED BY
DEMOCRAT MAYORS AND I THINK
THEY HAVE A LOT TO ACCOUNT FOR
AT THE POLLS.
>> Dana: DO YOU THINK BIDEN
WILL BE CONNECTED TO ALL OF
THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHO
IS IN POWERS AND DEMOCRATS IN
THESE CITIES?
>> OH, I THINK BIDEN WILL BE
CONNECTED TO THAT.
THE QUESTION IS, IS HE GOING TO
EXERT LEADERSHIP?
WHAT DOES HE HAVE THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT DOING?
ARE THEY OUT THERE ROUNDING UP
GANG MEMBERS AND GETTING
HANDGUNS AND YOUNG KIDS DOING
THOUSANDS OF MURDERS IN THE
CITIES?
OR ARE THEY OFF DOING BASICALLY
POLITICAL WORK RATHER THAN WORK
THE PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT
WITH CRIMINALS ON THE STREETS?
I THINK BIDEN COULD MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE IF HE DIRECTED THE
POLICY MACHINE TOWARDS THESE
PROBLEMS DIRECTLY IN THESE
CITIES.
>> Dana: WE’LL SEE IF HE DOES
THAT.
SO FAR NOT SO MUCH.
KELLYANNE AND MARK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.