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Sept. 18, 2020 - Dennis Prager Show
04:55
60 Years of Democrat-Run Failure
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That the defeat of Donald Trump is the end of violence.
Yeah.
Clearly, they do.
But these, you know, they kind of relate to the rise of the so-called progressive prosecutors in so many cities.
Those prosecutors, Dennis, did not seize power in any way.
They were all elected.
Yes, that's my point.
Yes, that's right.
And the liberal mind now has gotten to the point where...
It actually believes things such as that reducing the police function and replacing it, and this is explicit in their plans, replacing it with sociologists, social workers, interveners, and so forth, is going to reduce crime in those neighborhoods.
And I have to say, I've written about this before, Dennis.
To me, this is one of the greatest, most morally reprehensible issues.
Of our time, which is to say, for 60 years, liberals, Democratic cities have been in charge of neighborhoods like the Bronx, Brownsville and Brooklyn, Compton, Watts, East St. Louis, South Side of Chicago, on and on.
60 years of failure, because those neighborhoods have not changed all that much, and we know what's going on every weekend in places like the South Side of Chicago or the Bronx.
And I think what's been going on here is that liberalism is so appalled and so embarrassed at this catastrophe that they now are trying to simply explain it away as something that doesn't exist.
In other words, these aren't real crimes.
These are behavioral problems.
Right.
That is irrational.
Or a result of Donald Trump.
That's what your colleague—well, they're not your colleagues.
Quote-unquote journalists.
I don't think that the New York Times deserves that term, but you don't have to react to that.
But that's what they are saying down the street, as it were, from the Wall Street Journal at the New York Times.
All of this is a result of Donald Trump, and I believe a serious percentage of Americans believe that.
The animosity towards Trump, whatever one may think about Trump, Personally, or his policies, the level of animosity towards him has obviously reached, I think, seriously, a clinical neurosis.
We talk about Trump derangement syndrome.
Well, I hope someday psychologists are actually writing about it explicitly.
But as you know, we now have the spectacle, really, of articles being written in the mainstream media, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, suggesting that Democrats Somehow may not be able to emotionally accept a possible Trump victory.
They themselves suggesting there may be violence in the street over that.
That is just unbelievable in my mind.
And I think that's really why Attorney General Barr yesterday suggested the prosecutors consider prosecuting people for sedition.
Because I think he's seen the situation coming after the election.
A lot of Democrats simply won't accept it or are going to engage in violent, violent civil demonstrations against a legitimate presidency.
That's the reason, and this was not a challenge.
It was truly an open question.
I think there is an element of insanity, but I also think that there is a moral element, which you do too, obviously.
You said it's morally reprehensible.
So what you're saying, though, I mean, let's be clear.
If the left, and I always distinguish between left and liberal, if the left is insane, then the Democratic Party is insane because it's run by the left.
Yes.
I mean, I suggested as much in my column that the Democrats are tipping over into a kind of irrationality.
And one's hope.
And I'm with you, Dennis.
I do try to make that distinction between liberals and the left.
And one keeps hoping that the liberals will do the same.
All right, let me tell everybody.
Your column is up, of course, at our website.
Thank you for writing it.
And let's pray for the best.
Thank you, Dan Henninger.
Okay, Dennis.
Good to talk to you.
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