The week in whoppers: DA Bragg’s laugher on crime, the WH’s balloon malarkey

The week in whoppers: DA Bragg’s laugher on crime, the WH’s balloon malarkey

 

NEW YORK POST

Diary of Disturbing Disinformation and Dangerous Delusions

This vow:

“We cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct.”

— Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Tuesday

We say: In his Day 1 memo, Bragg vowed not to prosecute numerous crimes or seek a prison sentence for any crime except the very worst, like murder.

In 2022, his first year as Manhattan DA, he busted down more than half of his felony cases to misdemeanors — declining to prosecute 35% more felonies than in 2019.

Just last week, he lowered a felony charge against a career criminal (with 90 arrests!) to a misdemeanor. He’s all about normalizing serious crime!

Bragg’s office charged Trump with 34 felonies related to an alleged hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.J Mayer/Shutterstock

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This tweet:

Leaders in the @GOP are trying to wipe away our history.

Spent a powerful morning at Montgomery’s Legacy Museum with Bryan Stevenson talking about real US history and how the deep rooted racism in our country continues to seep into our politics and institutions. pic.twitter.com/yfUBtB0Pnc

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 4, 2023

We say: Huh? What GOP leader is “trying to wipe away our history” — of racism or anything else?

Yes, some, like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, want to ban divisive, false school curricula like critical race theory.

But DeSantis also expanded African-American studies in Florida schools.

If anyone’s erasing history, it’s Newsom and his left-leaning allies, who’ve pushed to rename roads and buildings, rewrite politically incorrect books and remove statues of “bad” historical figures.

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This claim:

“The administration identified [the Chinese spy-balloon threat] and did something about it.”

— WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Tuesday

We say: Sure, it did.

It sat on its hands and watched the balloon fly over the entire US for a whole week — as it likely, per a new report, gathered sensitive information and transmitted it back to Beijing in real-time.

Continue reading…

Header featured image (edited) credit: Jean-Pierre/Bragg/ NY Post composite / istock/ Getty Images

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