{"id":2474996,"date":"2025-08-15T06:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-fixing-their-crime-fiasco\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T06:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:15:46","slug":"dems-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-fixing-their-crime-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-fixing-their-crime-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Don&#8217;t Get To Act Thoughtful About Fixing Their Crime Fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-fixing-their-crime-fiasco%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2474996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article criticizes Democrats and mainstream media, especially the New York Times, for their handling of crime policy and societal issues in recent years. It argues that Democrats contributed significantly to the rise in crime through policies like &#8220;defunding the police&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyu-professor-if-youre-black-youre-not-safe-in-u-s-schools\/\" title=\"NYU Professor: \u2018If You\u2019re Black, You\u2019re Not Safe In U.S. Schools\u2019\">pandemic-related school closures<\/a> that undermined social cohesion. The piece contends that the media,especially the Times,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-senator-menendez-attends-classified-state-department-briefing\/\" title=\"Senator Menendez, indicted, attends classified State Department briefing\">previously dismissed concerns<\/a> about these policies while harshly criticizing opponents of strict pandemic measures and former President Trump. Now, as crime remains a pressing problem, the Times offers &#8220;lessons&#8221; on reducing crime that mostly reiterate what critics warned about earlier. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-told-aide-he-would-try-to-mount-her-report-claims\/\" title=\"Cuomo Told Aide He Would Try To \u2018Mount\u2019 Her, Report Claims\">article concludes<\/a> that democrats and their media allies lack credibility in addressing the crime issue thay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">helped create<\/a> and should not be seen as thoughtful problem-solvers.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rqtk1WV1l7A\" target=\"_blank\">channel 3000\/News 3 Now \/ YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/15\/democrats-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-solving-the-crime-problem-they-created\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Democrats%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Get%20To%20Act%20Thoughtful%20About%20Solving%20The%20Crime%20Problem%20They%20Created&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/15\/democrats-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-solving-the-crime-problem-they-created\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Democrats%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Get%20To%20Act%20Thoughtful%20About%20Solving%20The%20Crime%20Problem%20They%20Created&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/15\/democrats-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-solving-the-crime-problem-they-created\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/15\/democrats-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-solving-the-crime-problem-they-created\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Democrats%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Get%20To%20Act%20Thoughtful%20About%20Solving%20The%20Crime%20Problem%20They%20Created&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/15\/democrats-dont-get-to-act-thoughtful-about-solving-the-crime-problem-they-created\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Democrats and the dying media know they have no leg to stand on <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/13\/washington-d-c-feels-neither-safe-nor-clean-because-its-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">when it comes to crime<\/a>, but because they can never just sit still and be quiet, they&rsquo;re acting like they have deep thoughts on law and order.<\/p>\n<p>No, thanks! They don&rsquo;t get to adopt positions like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/30\/defund-the-police-was-always-a-democrat-scheme-not-a-republican-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;defund the police,&rdquo;<\/a> throwing the country into <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/12\/the-lefts-funny-new-lie-its-the-red-states-with-more-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a violent hell<\/a> for nearly half a decade, and then have a say in how we pull ourselves out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-718931640\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Times, effectively the conscience of the Democrat establishment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/14\/opinion\/crime-statistics-washington-dc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a lengthy editorial Thursday on the &ldquo;lessons&rdquo; of recent years &ldquo;that can help policymakers reduce crime even further and make progress against other societal ills.&rdquo; Those lessons naturally come after the Times repeats the prerequisite talking point among Democrats that <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/13\/yes-d-c-is-just-as-bad-as-trump-says-it-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;crime is down,&rdquo;<\/a> but more importantly, the lessons are the obvious things that Democrats and the media shut down and shamed people for saying aloud for years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2020, policymakers played a direct role in accelerating [societal breakdown] by shuttering services that promote social cohesion,&rdquo; the editorial said. &ldquo;Consider school closures. Whether to keep schools closed after the initial months of the pandemic was a difficult decision. But officials at least should have put more weight on obvious costs of closures, including learning loss, social isolation and the possibility that closures contribute to crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re not already in a seething rage, holding back violent temptations, continue reading.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Social cohesion is both valuable and delicate,&rdquo; the Times went on. &ldquo;America has much to lose when it undermines people&rsquo;s connections to institutions like schools, churches, government agencies and community groups. If we could find ways to restore confidence in those institutions, the rest of our problems would become easier to solve.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wasn&rsquo;t hysterically wrapped up in trying to deny President Trump a second term, even if it meant tearing the country apart, already knew this. They knew all of it and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/25\/the-lefts-anti-science-school-closures-are-killing-more-students-than-the-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they said so at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, the Times spent 2020 literally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/24\/opinion\/coronavirus-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lecturing everyone<\/a> that &ldquo;the most patriotic thing you can do&rdquo; was stay away from virtually all social gatherings and keep their faces covered. When President Trump fell ill with Covid in October that year, the Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/02\/opinion\/trump-covid-positive-test.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> it was &ldquo;so frustrating to watch as Mr. Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >flouted basic public health guidelines<\/a> and the advice of his own government&rsquo;s experts.&rdquo; By not wearing a mask and urging governors to relax social gathering restrictions, the Times said, Trump &ldquo;put not only himself but also all of America at risk.&rdquo; And by attempting to live what was formerly called a &ldquo;normal life,&rdquo; the Times said the president had &ldquo;failed to take this virus, or his own safety, seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now the Times has some &ldquo;lessons&rdquo; it wants us to heed. That paper can see itself to the nearest shredder. It doesn&rsquo;t get to pretend it has anything useful to say on the problems it helped create.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span 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