“We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence . . . [Incarceration] is racist. It is immoral. It is unholy.” — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Monday
We say: Johnson believes locking up criminals “is not the way to drive violence down.”
Sure, just let them roam free to pounce on innocent victims. Is this guy nuts?
No wonder Chicago has averaged more than a murder a day this year, four times New York’s per-capita rate.
“We don’t have cashless bail in the state of New York.” — Gov. Kathy Hochul, Tuesday
We say: Of course New York has cashless bail — just not for every case.
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If defendants have no other open cases, judges must set them free with no cash required when they’re charged with drug sales, grand larceny, robbery, criminal mischief, arson, identity theft, public lewdness, riot, criminal trespass and numerous other crimes.
“This crusade, criminal crusade, against political adversaries is completely unprecedented in all of American history.” — CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin, Monday
We say: Toobin calls Team Trump’s probes into New York Attorney General Letitia James, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and others “unprecedented.”
Hello? What does he call four largely bogus criminal prosecutions of Joe Biden’s 2024 rival, Donald Trump?
And several civil cases against him, including one brought by James herself?
Plus the cases against Trump allies Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro, Rudy Giuliani and on and on. Talk about “crusades”!
“If Democrats talked the way Zohran Mamdani does . . . [they’d] be winning all over the country.” — Ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio, Tuesday
We say: Dems should beware advice from a guy who failed to get even 1% support in the polls from fellow Democrats in his 2020 presidential run and had to drop out before the primaries even began.
Radicals like Zohran Mamdani may do well in deep blue New York, but there’s a reason voters are registering Republican in far greater numbers nationally — and hard-left pols like Mamdani (and de Blasio) are a big part of the reason.
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board