Since the start of this year, DeSantis has visited Philadelphia, New York City, and Chicago to speak with police officers about the soft-on-crime policies in those cities. In a separate set of appearances, he spoke about the dangers of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s pro-criminal worldview in a visit to Long Island in New York City and about Democratic governance in Illinois in a visit to Peoria.
“We saw people defecating on the street. We saw people using heroin. We saw people smoking crack … I’ve seen so much riff-raff just running around.“ pic.twitter.com/obzZSAagbP DeSantis is showing the GOP exactly how to move forward as a serious party. Mocking liberal cities from afar does not help Republicans or conservatism win. Visiting those failing cities, and offering residents an alternative to years upon years of Democratic control, does. Republicans shouldn’t simply allow Democratic monopolies to go unchallenged, whether they be in liberal cities or even blue states such as California and Illinois.