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Anyone planning a trip or move to New York City?


Just a tip. NYC Gun violence is spiking AND they are cutting or transferring their police budget by a total of almost 900 million bucks. What the heck are they thinking? Back to Taxi Driver and Death Wish times I guess.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/nyregion/nyc-shootings-surge.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-city-mayor-says-cut-185716655.html

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Does anyone know the homeless situation in Syracuse? Are there homeless people in Syracuse because if there are... that is just pathetic, Tom Cruise.

Will NYPD be nicer to homeless people if they go homeless too?

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Nice non sequitur.

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I don't believe in cuts (I believe in retraining) but maybe they'll weed out the bad ones and keep the good ones. Anyone with obvious issues against black or homeless people, let them go.

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You think it's a good time for all these adjustments to Law Enforcement, with crime increasing so drastically in NYC?

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No - I thought 20 years ago was a good time for it.

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Ah. Back in the 1990s when the crime situation was bad like it is today. Why do you think it's a good idea to tinker with police amid a period of high crime?

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I don't. That's your twisted spin on it.

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I can only base my opinion on what you are telling me and you are telling me you wanted the police reformed 20 years ago when crime was at the same high levels it is reaching today.

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You can be wicked if you want to be, and you can condone wickedness if you want to.

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As in condoning the fact that a city loses its law enforcement capabilities during a crime wave, huh? Can't get much more wicked than removing the protection from law abiding citizens.

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Just the wicked ones who abuse their power. Is that okay with you??

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You bought into the myth, I see. Truth is, there is no evidence of systemic police racism. The people killed by cops have in the vast majority of cases invited it by resisting and fighting. The whole police brutality scam is a lie cooked up by Liberal media and politicians to try to boost the Democrats' chances in the upcoming election. Ever wonder why this BLM stuff only comes up in election years? Here is a Wall Street Journal debunking the "police racism" nonsense.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883

Wickedness, in fact pure EVIL is what the Left is doing. Trying to destroy a country with falsehoods and place thousands and thousands of lives in jeopardy to win political points.

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But how do you weed out the wicked ones? Does anyone think the 3 cops fired in Wilmington, NC recently put an end to that kind of thing?

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They will have excessive citations and arrests reports for the same person. Their "gunning" for someone based on some form of discrimination will be seen by documentation. THOSE are the wicked ones.

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So habitual repeat offenders should be left alone, because it is discrimination and wickedness to focus on them. Whoa! Great idea, Einstein!

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So, you don't even believe that bad cops exist?
And if not, then what do bad cops do??

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There are indeed bad cops, but I do not define a bad cop as a cop who shoots a criminal attacking him with a taser. To you, every cop is a bad cop. Every criminal is a saint. Like in the Rolling Stones song, "Sympathy for the Devil". That's the Leftist creed right there.

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This thread is getting thin.

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A taser will not kill you. And you are definitely not someone to judge me.

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A taser incapacitates you and allows an enemy to grab your gun. And I think you have revealed enough about yourself for anyone to be qualified to render judgement.

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From so far and pointed upward? That is truly amazing.

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Yeah a taser can kill but the cop that shot Brooks, his life was not in danger when he fired. I'm not excusing Brook's series of poor decisions but he didn't need to die.

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More like Hawaii for a month . Since they have very few covid cases. If I have to do the 14 day quarentine, so be it.

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As long as they cut the ones with superiority complexes, then that's righteous.

Proverbs 21:18

Proverbs 25:5

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Proverbs 21:18

Proverbs 25:5


Your first Biblical quote describes the way the Left is trying to demonize the protective forces of good and upholding criminals as saints.
Your second quote describes the evil Democrat leadership attempting to sabotage the works of Trump every single day since 2016.

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Really? The left is responsible for police abuse and brutality?

That is so smart... you should start a college.

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The Left is responsible for provoking riots and anarchy that negatively affect the lives of thousands of law-abiding people. "Police abuse" and so-called "brutality" is nothing but a Liberal-created straw-man that exists only in the eyes of criminal sympathizers.

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And you think it's a myth? Obviously you're not living out here in the real world.

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I live in the law-abiding world where the only reason I come in contact with police is if I need them to help me because I am being victimized. I do not put myself in positions where I would be in opposition to police, and if I found myself in such a circumstance, I would behave in a sensible manner and thereby avoid death or injury.

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Well thank you for sharing your sickness on the internet. My heart goes out to all of those who have been victimized by the police.

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So not committing crimes or disrespecting police is a "sickness" to Liberals? Just... WOW! What freakishly, perversely WEIRD and deviant people you are.

You know, I am not really religious at all. More of an agnostic, but comments like yours make me wonder if what the fundamentalists say about Satan using Liberalism as a tool to harvest souls isn't absolutely correct.

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This racist woman called the police because a guy was bird-watching in a park. BTW, she was breaking the law because she didn't have her dog on a lease.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeDxw7VOYrw

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This racist black sex criminal knocked down a 92 year old white woman on the sidewalk. She was doing nothing to offend him. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/thug-arrested-punching-92-year-old-woman-knocking-ground-convicted-sex-offender-100-prior-arrests/

If cops killed him would he become a martyr to BLM too?

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Three racist white men killed a black jogger for fun. It took a protests to have them charged with murder. Racism exists. Black Lives Matter.
https://www.france24.com/en/20200605-white-defendant-used-racial-slur-after-shooting-black-jogger-in-georgia

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FBI stats tell the real story. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-3.xls

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"Brookings Institute Study Finds Direct Connection between Poverty and Crime Rates
That extreme poverty leads to increased crime rates."
https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2018/dec/7/brookings-institute-study-finds-direct-connection-between-poverty-and-crime-rates/

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/es_20180314_looneyincarceration_final.pdf

"Since 2000, the imprisonment rate among African-American women has dropped 47 percent, while the rate among white women has risen by 56 percent. These trends have combined to shrink the racial disparity in women’s imprisonment by two-thirds.

A similar pattern emerges for men, who compose a much larger share of the prison population. The rate of imprisonment among African-American men remains very high, but nonetheless it has tumbled 22 percent since 2000. The rate for white men in contrast is 4 percent higher than it was in 2000. As a result, the racial disparity has shrunk by nearly one quarter."

Adam Gelb, who directs the public safety performance project of the Pew Charitable Trusts, suggested that “changes in drug use and enforcement over the past 15 years could be at play.” Gelb said the methamphetamine, prescription opioid and heroin epidemics have affected whites more than did the crack cocaine epidemic, which increased incarceration among blacks in the 1980s and 1990s but has since waned.

Stanford Law School Professor Joan Petersilia noted another possible cause: “sex offenders, who are disproportionately white and tend to receive long sentences, are a new target for the war on crime.” Consistent with this explanation, a larger proportion of white inmates have been convicted of sex crimes (16.4 percent) than have black inmates (8 percent)."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/10/almost-nobody-is-paying-attention-to-this-massive-change-in-criminal-justice/

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Don't give me that crap about crime being caused by poverty. I grew up in a 3 room low-rent apartment with my mother who worked sporadically in retail sales for years. We were dead-broke. Yet I never was arrested once, never did drugs, never broke the law. I used to read and play games with my friends for fun, not do drive-bys. I made it to college and today I own a home and have a family. That is a crutch to excuse criminal behavior. Crime is caused by a personal deficiency of character.

And when a white criminal gets killed by cops, I don't feel a need to march and burn down my neighborhood. Getting shot by cops is an occupational hazard when you choose a career in crime. If you play stupid games, you can expect stupid prizes.

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Yet the white prison rate is going up while the black prison rate is coming down.

You should be able to identify with these racists. Don't forget to wave your flag of treason while you watch.

4 Year Old Spoils Plot To Blame Black Neighbor For Home Robbery Done By White Teens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1U706i1U5o

Lying White Woman Phones Police on Black Neighbor"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2h4CVt1f2I&list=LLeZlyqDzQV3JW2HuYYU3nXw

White Cop Stops Black Couple for Driving a Car on a Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVYmbELMasQ

Five Innocent Black Teens Arrested and Spent Years in Prison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_jogger_case

Innocent Black Man Spent 36 Years in Prison
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-exonerated-wrongful-rape-conviction-36-years-prison/story?id=61865415

Anti-Hispanic Killing Leaves 20 Dead
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49221936

Synagogue massacre led to string of attack plots, Jewish group says
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/20/jewish-attacks-pittsburgh-052868

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You are wasting your time posting all these. I told you. I DO NOT CARE about white criminals any more than I care about black criminals. Once a person violates their covenant with society, I have no concern for their well-being. They took that risk on themselves. I hear about a criminal, white, black, yellow, red, brown, purple, green or what have you, getting killed by cops, and I say "Well at least they won't harm anyone else in the future." I don't try to turn them into Jesus and set fire to Target over it.

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Obviously, you do care since you brought it up. You're obsessed with race and proving that you're above other people based on skin color.

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Show me exactly where I said that? You are the one who brought up race. And your use of the "racist" card shows me that you know your arguments are utterly failing and you are now falling back in desperation on the Leftist "Ace-In-The-Hole" of screaming RACIST to shut down opposition. When all else fails you, that is what you Commies always do.

Sad and pathetic and it won't work.

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Scroll up for your own comment:
"You bought into the myth, I see. Truth is, there is no evidence of systemic police racism. The people killed by cops have in the vast majority of cases invited it by resisting and fighting. The whole police brutality scam is a lie cooked up by Liberal media and politicians to try to boost the Democrats' chances in the upcoming election. Ever wonder why this BLM stuff only comes up in election years? Here is a Wall Street Journal debunking the "police racism" nonsense."

Like I said, you brought up race before I posted.

You're a racist and ideologue. You're also a regional bigot and ingrate for not thanking blue states for supporting you.

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SO I suppose the FBI and the Wall Street Journal are racist too? That's where I got the stats and the article that debunk your conspiracy theories.

And my state could function perfectly well without the help of your Sani-Flush Blue state.

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Your self-esteem must be really low it's based on your melanin instead of accomplishments.

I doubt if your state functions with the high-rate of coronavirus. "Liberate" indeed!

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You're just another sad Leftist playing the "RACIST" card.

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"You bought into the myth, I see. Truth is, there is no evidence of systemic police racism. The people killed by cops have in the vast majority of cases invited it by resisting and fighting. The whole police brutality scam is a lie cooked up by Liberal media and politicians to try to boost the Democrats' chances in the upcoming election. Ever wonder why this BLM stuff only comes up in election years? Here is a Wall Street Journal debunking the "police racism" nonsense."

Like I said, you brought up race before I posted.

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But what I posted is true. The whole BLM movement is a political gambit based on a lie that is easily debunked with a minimum of research. If anyone is racist, it's the Leftists who are exploiting black people for political means.

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Stop deflecting!

You brought up race before I posted!

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Don't even visit! Nobody wants you in New York or any other state where science and facts rule. Stay in your own states where the coronavirus is out of control because you are too undisciplined to wear a mask.

Please stay in your own "liberated" state!

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July 2nd article. https://news.yahoo.com/ny-no-longer-track-contain-144705044.html But... I thought you had it all under control...? :(

And have no fear. I wouldn't venture into the crime-riddled cesspool of New York if you paid me. Your "science and facts" seem to be fatal.

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Deflection much? You're crying about New York when Florida, Texas, Arizona and other "liberated" states are seeing record high numbers each day. I suggest you worry about your own behavior and stay in your state.

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New York has had far more problems with COVID and for far longer than my state. No plans to visit any of your nasty Democrat-misled lawless anarchies, thanks.

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Please stay where you are. New York and the rest of the northeast doesn't want you. You'd be a fish out of water here - stay down south! Visit Mar A Largo !

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You idiots keep telling me to stay where I am and not to visit your corrupt, violent stinkholes, and I keep telling you I value my health and personal safety too much to ever go within smelling distance of a Liberal state.

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Seems to me, you loons are so worried about declining tourism revenues due to your moronic policy mistakes, you are trying to use reverse psychology to tempt me there.

Sorry, but my idea of fun does not involve touring burnt-out ghettos and crime scenes. If I want to see your cruddy environments I'll watch Escape From New York.

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Red state? Then you do live in a backward state which refused science and data. Your increasing infection rate is why the United States has been banned from the E.U..

Continue to inject disinfectant and sit under a light magically-thinking the virus away. It's only a hoax which will be gone by last April.

New York isn't the only state that doesn't want you. Just stay within your own borders.

BTW, New York, New Jersey and other blue states support you with their federal tax dollars. Start rejecting that money so it can be used by the people who actually work for it.

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Yet cases in New York, California etc, are also rising. So much for your 'science and data'. Going to the beach is heinous, but rioting and screaming shoulder to shoulder in the street is perfectly safe... Yeah, right.

And how many old people did Cuomo murder by sending infected people back into the rest homes? And the only people I ever read about ingesting harmful chemicals were a firm Democrat couple in AZ.

Yet again, I AM NOT visiting Liberal S--t-Holes. NO MATTER how much you try to taunt me into it, you will not be getting my tourist dollars.

And talking about people who work for money... Kindly explain the gross imbalance between tax-payers and non-tax payers in California?

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How many people did Trump murder by calling it a hoax since January?
128,024 dead Americans

You have to be very backwards to believe it's perfectly normal for a president to tell Americans to inject disinfectant.

Unlike that lazy SOB Trump, who only golfs, steals, lies or tweets, at least Cuomo has made the attempt to stop coronavirus which is still very low. NYC is planning to start their 3rd stage opening on Monday. Other parts of the state are in their 3rd and 4th stage of opening.

Meanwhile, your state's rate is increasing like the other red states!

Keep your food stamp dollars which New Yorkers and other blue states support. Stay in your state and keep your cooties to yourself!

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Your state's rates are rising too, so what argument do you have? Trump certainly did not tell people to inject chemicals. That was a wilful Liberal misinterpretation. Cuomo's nickname should be "The Butcher of Brooklyn" for all the New Yorkers he has killed. Meanwhile, NYC has a massive wave of crime and violence and you are drastically slashing the police budget. Kind of like shutting off the water when your house is on fire, huh?

How many people did Pelosi kill in California by inviting everyone to Chinatown for a meal, or De Blasio in NY by telling you chumps to see Broadway shows and ride the subway?

And why are you always telling me to stay in my state? Who do you think is so eager to come to the hellpits of New York where criminals are a protected species and cops are in danger of going to prison for doing their jobs? You. Are. NUTS.

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"Your state's rates are rising too"

Nope. Most people where I am wear masks and social distance. Places are slowly reopening.

If there was national leadership in January, many lives would've been saved. Instead, Trump played golf.

54 million Americans welcome Cuomo's leadership and updates. BTW, nice to know that Fox, Pence and the republicans have finally joined us and are recommending masks. Trump is still out to lunch, though.

"And why are you always telling me to stay in my state?"
Because I want you to stay in your state.

BTW, Trump said he would fix inner city crime. Thanks for the reminder of yet another broken promise.

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Did you see Mark Cuban on 'Hannity' last night ? WOW - did he knock Hannity out. Hannity was stuttering and turning red when Cuban - a republican - called him out for ignoring COVID for the first few months the pandemic was raging like wildfire, telling people not to wear masks, etc. Hannity tried to say it wasn't true, but Cuban nailed him- he wouldn't let him get away with that shit.

Not the interview Hannity was hoping for.

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But I thought Fox was a biased propaganda channel? Now you are saying they aired a segment unfavorable to Hannity? Which is it? You can't have it both ways.

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It is a biased propaganda channel - one which unexpectedly got caught red-handed by Hannity's guest. Heads will roll...

Notice I said, "Not the interview Hannity was hoping for." ?

I bet Cuban will never be welcome on the show again. How dare he expose the propaganda and conspiracies Hannity spews every night ! LOL

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But surely a sinister propaganda station would have claimed 'technical difficulties' and ceased broadcasting if, as you claim, things 'turned against' the host? I guess this is yet another example of overstatement and distortion on Leftists' part.

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Why are you starting arguments when you know the truth?

For months, Fox repeated Trump's nonsense about coronavirus being a "hoax" until someone warned them about lawsuits. They encouraged people to not wear masks nor social distance even though their employees are. Turn on Fox now and observe how many of them are talking from home or in an isolated studio. Anyone can go to youtube and watch old Fox news reports.

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Just tell me how you feel about New York slashing police budgets at the height of a violent crime wave that hasn't been seen in 20 years. THAT is the original topic of the thread.

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Your article says much of the budget isn't really being cut, but shifted. Instead of a worker being paid through the NYPD, they are paid through a different agency. You're getting worked up over political smoke and mirrors.

The recent crime rate is likely due to bail reform. Perhaps releasing some prisoners because of the covid-19 spread in jails? Anyway, they decided to rollback bail reform in April and it took effect yesterday.
https://gothamist.com/news/what-new-rollbacks-bail-reform-mean-new-york

Some funds are being redirected to youth jobs and social programs which I support. A kid with a job is likely to stay out of trouble.

Why do you care so much if you're not in New York nor plan to visit?

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I care because I don't want to see the whole country go that way in the future.

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Trump promised to stop crime. Of course, he and his cronies are their own mega crime wave.

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Hyperbole. And as I said, it's impossible to stop crime in a city when the city's leadership does not want it stopped.

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Nope. Trump promised.

Don't vote for bad leaders.

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Bad leaders... Like the Democrats who allow anarchists to take over their cities and burn and loot and run amok and who want to remove law enforcement, or are just senile, befuddled old men who cannot string a simple thought together without sounding like Grandpa Simpson.

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Trump is a senile befuddled old man who cannot string a simple thought together without sounding like Grandpa Simpson.

But I was talking about your local leaders.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-eD2n2dD2Y

LOL!

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deepfake video

You're easily fooled.

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And you're deluded. Plenty of proof he did unleash that babbling torrent.

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"Plenty of proof"
Link?

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Surely, they didn't. But Hannity did cut the interview short.

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Saw the interview just now, and you have definitely arrived at a very... How shall I say... 'Creative interpretation".

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Hannity can't say Trump's unemployment record is low, nor crime rate is low, nor the economy is growing, nor the GDP is high, nor farmers have benefited from China, nor N. Korea gave up nukes, nor the wall was built and paid by Mexico, nor the deficit is low, nor contained the virus like other nations.

So Hannity brings up Obama who hasn't been president for 3 1/2 years.

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I take it you are in New York. Your government has given up on trying to track and contain covid cases, because you are beyond hope. https://news.yahoo.com/ny-no-longer-track-contain-144705044.html

Stay out of my state. Even when you are running for refuge when your state is unlivable due to crime, I am afraid you will be unwelcome here. Maybe you can try Canada. We don't need your destructive socialist ideas here.

How can Trump fix crime in your states, when your governments are encouraging it? Why even bother? Apparently, you enjoy it.

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Which state are you in? We'd like to know so we can obey your wishes and stay out.

Are you in one of the states which has shown a decrease in COVID cases over the past week ? (I am). Do tell...

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Sorry. I don't share personal information online. You and your sock ('we') will have to use your imagination.

And continuing to tell me to stay out of your state is like telling me not to stick my face into your toilet full of diarrhea.

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Well when you say...

"Stay out of my state. Even when you are running for refuge when your state is unlivable due to crime, I am afraid you will be unwelcome here. "

...it helps to know which state you are living in, so we can stay out of it. I mean really...Trumptoads are not known for any level of intelligence, but this is really setting a new low.

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If I told you, you would try to come here. Just stay out of Red states in general.

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LOL! Delusional much?

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You're fishing. I don't reveal personal info online either nor have I said I was in New York.

Your reading comprehension is horrible because the article says New York is doing fine.

"... the disease's spread in the state is "slow and controlled" — which is still better than most of the nation.

"... New York’s COVID preparedness meets international standards," the group said.

In New York City, phase three of reopening is expected to start Monday, though a plan to include indoor dining in that was scrapped as the national resurgence of the virus continued. New York has mandated travelers coming from 16 states to quarantine."

Trump broke yet another campaign promise because all he does is golf and tweet. Lazy, inept and stupid.

Canada has coronavirus under control unlike your state of "liberators".

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New York still has the highest number of deaths in the country. It will take some time for any red state to equal the devastation suffered there. All your arguments are based on distortion and untruths.

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Of course. Millions of travelers from Europe entered New York helping to silently spread it in a very dense area.

New Yorkers complied with medical advice and closed the state, wore masks and social distanced. On Wednesday, there were 10 deaths, and 875 more cases in a population of 19.5 million.

On the same day, Florida had 67 deaths and 10,109 more cases while the governor still refuses to close or do anything to stop this in a state where many people are elderly. I personally know someone who died there and I have family who live there.

55,220 new cases today in the U.S..

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Just tell me how you feel about New York slashing police budgets at the height of a violent crime wave that hasn't been seen in 20 years. THAT is the original topic of the thread.

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Scroll up! I answered that question.

I get it! You've been watching Faux News. It figures.

Trump can't run on how he helped the country because the economy is in the toilet and 128,000 Americans are dead from an out-of-control pandemic which he has mismanaged unlike other western countries, therefore Fox and Trump's racist talking points are used. Their old racist standby of "Only Trump can protect white America from rioting black people." Find new material! Trump used that one in 2016. You must have forgot.

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I didn't get that information about the slashed budgets and the rising crime from Fox. All your talking points just give more credence to the Left's exploitation of the virus for political points. If Hillary had won, the situation would be many times worse. Electing a laughable old dementia patient like Biden would be suicide for America. You people just want to burn the whole country because you can't have it. You are like a disturbed kindergarten child who crushes the class hamster because the teacher won't let him take it home.

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Fox and right-wing media have the same talking points.

"the Left's exploitation of the virus "

That is literally a right-wing talking point! it's purpose is to deflect blame from Trump's coronavirus mismanagement to China, Democrats and anyone else. Sorry, the buck stops with the president!

Everything else you say is opinion. I prefer facts.

Fact 1: Out-of-control pandemic on Trump's watch!
Fact 2: Bear market on Trump's watch!
Fact 3: 40 million unemployed and underemployed on Trump's watch!
Fact 4: 132,000 American dead on Trump's watch
Fact 4: N. Korea nukes on Trump's watch!

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New York City is a cesspool run by a communist moron. The Giuliani Renaissance is over. The city is back on an indefinite decline.

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