People are exiting blue states in hoards and can you blame them? High crime, tyrannical leaders, out-of-control taxes, and poverty? You would be hard-pressed to find anyone TRYING to move to LA or San Francisco right now.
Conservative commentator Dave Rubin told Fox News Monday that ditched California for the free state of Florida and he couldn’t be happier. The two were discussing crime in LA and the DA poor job of prosecuting criminals.
“This is exactly what’s been going on in L.A. for a couple of years now,” Rubin said of California’s penchant for tolerating far-left governance and criminal justice policies. “And let’s not forget that George Gascon’s previous job before being district attorney of Los Angeles, he was district attorney, I think, for seven years in San Francisco.”
Rubin said that in the time since Gascon left the Bay Area, the “dystopian nightmare” there has only gotten worse under left-wing District Attorney Chesa Boudin, son of the late Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin.
“What happens in the world of progressive politics, especially in California, is you export that from San Francisco and now it’s down in Los Angeles,” he said.
“And unfortunately until the people of Los Angeles and California more broadly decide to start voting for some other people — until California decides that it can no longer be a one-party state, then this is going to keep happening.”
“There is going to be more crime. There are going to be lighter sentences and more chaos on the streets… I now live in the free state of Florida, and this is a perfect example of why.”
Rubin said there are still some common-sense officials in California’s liberal enclaves, praising Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villaneuva for pushing back on Gascon at times.
When Gascon’s office reportedly claimed the sheriff’s department was on board with the light sentencing of the juvenile driver, Villeneuva forcefully pushed back.
“We were never consulted as we were not the investigating agency,” the LACSO said, resulting in Gascon’s office correcting its original statement.
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It’s the catch and release for me. I couldn’t imagine living somewhere that didn’t prosecute violent criminals. Did you flee a blue state for greener pastures? Lets hear about it in the comments below.