politics
April 3, 2026
Blue cities have ‘deep sympathy to offenders’: Guy Benson
Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson said that Democrats and blue cities are soft on crime and struggling to contain violence on Fox News’s Hannity on Thursday.
TL;DR
- Democrats and blue cities are perceived as soft on crime.
- "Anti-prosecution and pro-criminal" prosecutors are a bad combination.
- Public disorder is seen as a policy choice.
- Mayors in cities like Seattle and New York City have "deep sympathy to offenders."
- Repeat offenders are cycling through the justice system without accountability.
- Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's actions were seen as less problematic than alternatives, but her not running for reelection raises concerns about the future.
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