Focus groups of Democratic voters out of Philadelphia have indicated that crime and safety are a top concern going into November’s midterm elections, MSNBC reports. And that network’s own “Morning Joe”Joe Scarborough, co-host of the show, had some words to say on Friday.
Railing on the city’s “woke DAs”Who are they? “saying they don’t have a crime problem” and the progressives at large saying that residents are exaggerating the truth of the city’s crime rate, Scarborough lamented that “progressives on crime in places like Philadelphia and New York are so extraordinarily clueless. It’s maddening.”
Sitting with a focus group of Black voters from Philadelphia, MSNBC correspondent Elise Jordan reported with footage aired on Friday’s “Morning Joe”That she “was taken aback by just how strongly participants felt about what they perceive as the rise in crime.”
“And it’s also not just a perception,”Jordan spoke. “You can look at the numbers, specifically, in the city of Philadelphia.”
Jordan asked four diverse voters to pose for Jordan a question. “Who thinks that crime potentially impacting you or your family is the greatest fear you face right now?”The unanimous response from the audience was unanimous “absolutely.”
“To me, it’s outrageous, the number of people being killed to the number of politicians that won’t pass civil gun laws,”One participant was a male. “And you know why it’s happening because they’re being paid to look the other way when it comes to passing gun laws. But we end up and our children end up paying the price.”
One female voter said that the group included “We don’t even know going home today how we’re gonna feel, whether you’re driving or on public transportation, what’s gonna happen.”
Back to the studio, Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are the hosts. “Morning Joe” team was clearly riled up from the group’s feedback.
“That is dark,” Brzezinski said.
“That is so jarring, and we hear it everywhere,”Scarborough stated. “We hear it from Philadelphia to New York to San Francisco.”
The Democratic candidate in Oklahoma said that crime is higher in Oklahoma than it was in New York City. He then cited a debate in Oklahoma earlier in the week. “and was laughed off the stage,”Despite this, it is true.
“There’s a massive crime wave, and, you know, yes it does fall on both parties,”Scarborough made these remarks before getting into the weaknesses of the left. “But when you have woke DAs in Philadelphia basically saying they don’t have a crime problem, when you have cops quitting left and right in Philadelphia because … they’re not going to risk their lives so they can arrest people who are going to be out on the street the next day. Then you have Philadelphia progressives telling people to tell these people. ‘Oh, you’re wrong, don’t believe your lying eyes, Don’t believe the fact – there’s something wrong with you for being afraid to go to work. There’s something wrong with you for being afraid to go home,’ as they were talking about right there.
“Progressives on crime in places like Philadelphia and New York are so extraordinarily clueless,”He concluded. “It’s maddening. And yet, you see it in these focus groups.”
Jordan agreed with Scarborough and said that it was condescending to try to blindly accept the increase in crime in places like Philadelphia.
“To tell people who feel the threat and live the threat on their day-to-day going to work trying to just live their lives, it’s condescending to tell them that what they’re imagining really isn’t so bad,”She said.
The video below shows the complete segment and the focus group.
