Republicans and conservatives criticizing the current state of Gavin Newsom's California is not new. Even Ron DeSantis used it to his advantage during his re-election campaign when he contrasted Florida with the Golden State. However, in the last few hours, a progressive political analyst called out the Democrat's mismanagement of the city of San Francisco and the state in general.
Ana Kasparian is a 37-year-old journalist and analyst and is very popular on social networks due to her participation in the program "The Young Turks (TYT)." During the last episode of the show, the panel addressed the situation in California, particularly the insecurity faced by its citizens.
Kasparian described the state as "a nightmare," the result of "some policies implemented that have been disastrous." As for Newsom, she commented that both he and the Democratic Legislature "have embarked on this trend of decriminalizing everything and refusing to regulate things."
Ana Kasparian says that San Francisco is "terrifying" and that you'll get robbed and your car broken into if you go there.
She then says that Los Angeles spent $13 billion on giving crackpipes to people on Skid Row, paid for by California's "incredibly high taxes". pic.twitter.com/hAHxw0RPQG
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As for San Francisco, the analyst highlighted the growing insecurity and stated simply, "Your car's going to get broken into, okay? You're going [to] get robbed." Months ago, the owner of Gump's, a historic store in the city, had complained about the problem in an opinion article.
John Chachas openly spoke of abandonment by the authorities, which allowed the increase in crime, dirt, vandalism and the spread of drugs. "Retail businesses in San Francisco and California in general are harmed because thieves know that shoplifting is rarely prosecuted, and even when it is, the penalties are low," he wrote.
Kasparian expressed herself along the same lines in the aforementioned episode of TYT. "No one is safe, everyone's angry, and you see all sorts of terrible stuff happening right there in broad daylight, in the middle of the street. They did the same thing with drugs. So what do you see in California? A lot of people shooting up, OK? And smoking crack all over the place," added the journalist.
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in seeing that! I don't think we should be, you know, dealing with that on the metro system. Why do taxpayers have to deal with that? " Kasparian said.
