MSNBC tried to conduct a “reality check” on Wednesday on the remarks of Gov.Kristi Noem of South Dakota at the Republican National Convention on the ongoing violence in certain cities.
Noem kicked off the evening with speakers focusing on “cities run by Democrats” that were hit by violence after the death of George Floyd.
“From Seatle and Portland to Washington and New York, democratic cities across this country are being invaded by violent mobs,” Noem said. “The violence is violent. There’s looting, chaos, destruction and murder. People who can flee have fled, but the people who can’t, good hardworking Americans, are taking care of themselves.”
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However, those comments did not sit well with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who cut into the network’s RNC coverage to call Noem’s claims “very wrong”.
And her telephone call to respond to the remarks of the South Dakota governor was Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
“Her caricature of the big cities in America is not only wrong, it’s deliberately wrong,” Durkan said, encouraging Noem to visit her city. “Seattle is a city where I raised my two children and I would not have raised them anywhere else.”
Durkan claimed that violent crime in her city this year is “5%” “and that people” do not leave Seattle, “later taking a swipe at President Trump.
“He tried to make it sound like there were mobs in Seattle at all. That’s not the case,” assured Durkan Maddow, who agreed that Noam’s comments were “really, really wrong.”
The segment was pledged by right-wing commentators on social media, many pointing to the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP), the week-long autonomous zone set up by Protestants that later became the institution of violence.
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“This is full bulls —,” Townhall.com senior writer Julio Rosas respond. “You can scroll through my timeline and see the results of Democratic mayors and governors leaving their cities when things get tough with the mobs.”
“Summer of love!” Federalist correspondent David Marcus rôp, quoted Durkan’s remarks during this unrest in her city.
“This happened in Durkan’s Seattle earlier this week -> ‘Rioters attempted to burn Seattle police to life, sealing door by fire on East Precinct,'” RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway shared a recent headline from the city of Durkan.
