Where were the Dems complaining about crime, migrants and decay when it MATTERED?
NY Post
Well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of their own actions.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is furious Walgreens is closing in a predominantly black neighborhood in Boston, saying it’s a “life-threatening act of racial and economic discrimination.”
But it’s not racism that’s driving Walgreens out, it’s crime. In 2018, the state passed a criminal justice “reform” bill, backed by progressives like Pressley, that raised the threshold for felony theft from $250 to $1,200.
What happens when you decriminalize shoplifting? You get a lot of shoplifting. And for retailers like Walgreens, the cost is just too much.
It’s a story being repeated again and again and again across the country in recent weeks. Democrats furious at the disasters they themselves created.
Portland declares a state of emergency for the fentanyl crisis, after decriminalizing drugs and fueling the epidemic. Oakland panics over the death of its downtown, after deciding that prosecuting crime was racist. Chicago, Denver, New York — all bearing the huge cost of migrants because of their Sanctuary City promises and President Biden’s open border.
