This tip:
“[Free buses work] because . . . if people are given a quality alternative they can afford, they’ll use it.”
— Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Tuesday
We say: Sure, offer folks something good, charge them zilch, and it’s a safe bet many will take it. But how’s that proof Zohran Mamdani’s free-bus idea “works”? Especially since the MTA would lack funds to keep the buses running. No wonder he’s known as Mayor Putz.
This assertion:
“There is no [crime] emergency.” — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Tuesday
We say: Chicago has seen nearly 300 murders this year, with 54 shot — seven fatally — over Labor Day weekend alone. “No emergency,” says Pritzker — apparently meaning that off-the-charts murder rates are the norm in Chi-Town, so they’re . . . OK. Which raises the question: How many must die for Pritzker to start caring?
This claim:
“The closest Mr. Mamdani gets to socialism is in his belief in treating people more equitably.” — The New York Times’ Jeffery C. Mays, Saturday
We say: Mays desperately tries to distance Mamdani from his socialist past and paint his ideas as based on fairness, in a bid to make him more palatable. Yet, if Mamdani’s idea of fairness is when everyone shares the wealth “equitably,” that’s pretty “close” to the definition of socialism.
This charge:
“The mainstream media will not touch these questions about Donald Trump’s obviously declining health.” — Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid, Tuesday
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We say: In Reid’s Opposite World, the press harped nonstop on Joe Biden’s decline, rather than helping cover it up. And now she sees it ignoring Trump’s “obviously” failing health. Sorry: Trump (like anyone his age) surely has some medical issues — but they get reported and the public sees him nearly every day: The guy makes the Eveready Bunny look lazy. How can anyone honestly claim Trump’s physical or mental condition compares even remotely to Biden’s? Then again, Reid wonders if Trump was truly shot last year. Getting fired from MSNBC did nothing to tether her to reality.
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board