“Woke” Democrat immediately regretted going after this top DeSantis official after getting embarrassed

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“Woke” Democrat immediately regretted going after this top DeSantis official after getting embarrassed

The COVID regime still has not seen a reckoning.

Instead, the regime is attempting to clean up its mess.

And one “woke” Democrat came for a top DeSantis official but immediately regretted it.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was attacked constantly by the Left for refusing to go along with all the decrees of the COVID regime.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo became the spokesman for the state’s handling of the pandemic, which allowed the Sunshine State to thrive while others destroyed their economies without saving lives.

Ladapo recently testified at a Congressional hearing, and the Democrats struggled to land a glove on him.

Credentials questioned

Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) from Bernie Sanders Land tried to discredit Dr. Ladapo and failed repeatedly.

Balint asked, “Are you a specialist in infectious diseases?”

Ladapo responded, “I am board-certified in internal medicine and internal medicine doctors take care of a wide variety of patients.

Balint continued, “Are you a specialist in epidemiology?”

“I have PhD training in epidemiology and biostatistics,” Ladapo replied.

Balint persisted, “Are you a vaccine researcher?”

Ladapo answered, “I am not a vaccine researcher.”

Balint then referenced a POLITICO article that falsely claimed Ladapo doctored a COVID study.

She asked, “I’m curious why you altered key findings in a state-driven study about COVID-19 in your state of Florida. Why did you alter the results of a state-driven survey?”

Ladapo said, “Thank you for your question. That is factually incorrect. I did not alter any findings in any study. And I have a record of multiple NIH grants as a professor at UCLA and a professor of Florida, and those are not easy to get. The study you’re talking about is a study that was very unpopular because we had a finding that actually was in sync with what you might expect from myocarditis, which is that we found that there was an increased risk of myocarditis and cardiac death in young people.”

Balint repeated the smear that Ladapo altered a study.

He reiterated, “I have never altered any study. We had a finding of increased cardiac risk. That translated into excess deaths in young men in particular. That was a very unpopular finding, but it’s very consistent with the finding that myocarditis is especially increased in young men. The study was performed by epidemiologists at the Florida Department of Health—not by me; I oversaw the study—and that was the finding, and I personally believe that that finding is accurate.”

Balint moved on and asked, “I have another question. You had said in multiple op-eds. . .[that you] spent time taking care of patients with COVID-19 at UCLA’s flagship hospital, and yet your colleagues at that institution said that was not true. . .Were you the person charged with treating COVID-19 patients?”

Ladapo explained, “I have taken care of, at UCLA hospital as the attending physician, many patients with COVID-19.”

Massie from the top rope

After Balint failed to undermine Ladapo’s credibility, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) flattened her.

Massie asked, “[T]he gentlelady from Vermont just questioned your credentials. Isn’t it true you have a PhD and an MD from Harvard?”

Ladapo quipped, “Yes, that’s correct, but apparently not enough.”

“I guess not,” Massie responded amid a chorus of laughs.

Massie then pointed out that many bigwigs of the COVID regime were not and are not specialists in epidemiology.

Massie detailed, “Well, I’m gonna say that the Pfizer CEO is a large animal veterinarian. Okay. And then the person who actually approved the vaccines at the FDA is a hematologist oncologist, who ran off the two top vaccine scientists at the FDA, Marion Gruber and Philip Krause, because they said that they would not skip steps to approve the vaccine.”

Democrats demand that people trust “the science,” yet they have tried to smear well-credentialed doctors who dared to question the edicts of the COVID regime.

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story. 

Chicago’s crime problem is so bad that officials are launching this one off-the-wall idea

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Chicago’s crime problem is so bad that officials are launching this one off-the-wall idea

When it comes to American cities with the highest violent crime rates, Chicago takes the cake.

And this troubled city continues to see skyrocketing crime, despite its attempts to tamp the numbers down.

But Chicago’s crime problem is so bad that officials are launching this one off-the-wall idea.

Chicago needs to increase police manpower

It’s no secret that Chicago, Illinois is one of the most crime-ridden cities in the United States.

And this city has seen robberies up by nearly 30% across the city compared to just two years ago.

Chicago Alderman Chris Taliaferro told The Center Square he wishes Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new plan designed to restore law and order focused more on what matters: ramping up manpower in the police department.

According to Taliaferro, a former Chicago Police Department officer and current member of the city’s Public Safety Committee, “We’re down over 2,000 police officers and how can you deter crime when folks know that there’s not enough police officers out here?”

“We’re not just putting the emphasis on policing and we’re letting police officers attrition out and not replacing them responsibly,” he added.

Now that summer is quickly approaching, Mayor Johnson has joined Police Superintendent Larry Snelling and other city officials to detail the department’s new four-pronged attack designed to keep residents safe from crime.

The plan includes deploying “focus missions” to prevent crimes and to deter suspects using technology like license plate readers and pod cameras while also increasing community engagement.

Some neighborhoods in Chicago have seen a spike in robberies as high as 155%.

These robberies include dangerous smash-and-grabs and other types of robberies where crews work as teams to target victims in repeat attacks.

The groups jump out of stolen cars that are used as getaway vehicles.

In response, CPD is hosting what it calls “Vehicle Safety Days” to give Hyundai and Kia owners software updates that are supposed to help slow the thefts of these vehicles.

Taliaferro says he sees some positive aspects to the mayor’s plan, but he also thinks one necessary change Johnson isn’t making is putting more boots on the ground.

A more comprehensive plan is needed

“We have to take that step further and make sure that this summer we have an adequate number of officers on the street that could deter crime. So, it’s a comprehensive plan, I think that we need to look at policing as well as public engagement,” Taliaferro said.

Johnson has attempted to re-emphasize his long-term goal, which is trying to solve the root causes of crime.

He plans to do this by bringing new opportunities and investments to the most underserved communities in Chicago.

However, Taliaferro says there needs to be immediate solutions due to the seriousness of the current crime crisis.

“We’ve been looking at the root causes of crime for 50-60 years without seeing success, so it’s an unproven approach. And then if you want to make those significant reductions in less than four years, it’s going to be almost impossible,” he concluded.

Blue State Blues will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.

One jaw-dropping video just proved how far Gavin Newsom’s state has fallen

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One jaw-dropping video just proved how far Gavin Newsom’s state has fallen

Gavin Newsom wants to be President.

Apparently he’s not interested in being Governor.

And one stunning video just proved how far Gavin Newsom’s state has fallen.

California is being ruined by pro-crime policies implemented by George Soros-funded district attorneys.

One of the consequences is that repeat violent criminals are allowed to roam the streets, which causes businesses to shut down and the taxpayer base to flee.

Over the last few years, California has experienced net negative migration out of the state for the first time in state history.

Crime on film

One video summed up the problem succinctly.

Conservative commentator Benny Johnson filmed a video of In-N-Out Burger shutting down in Oakland, which has been beset by rising crime over the past several years.

While filming the video, Johnson and his crew were robbed in broad daylight.

Johnson said in the video, “In-N-Out Burger is a beloved fast food franchise. They are wildly popular and expanding everywhere, except for in one location. Welcome to the only In-N-Out Burger that has ever closed. This is a historic location. You can see the iconic building, but there’s a fence around it. The signs have been ripped down, and the windows are all boarded up. Why did this In-N-Out Burger close? Well, because people were getting robbed in the drive-thru lane, 1,000 different criminal incidents of people being robbed while trying to get a burger in the drive-thru lane here. . .Yeah, In-N-Out got the f*** out of here.”

In-N-Out is one of several chains that have shut down in Oakland due to rampant crime.

Johnson continued, “The reason that California has descended into a third world criminal hellhole is because of Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies that defund the police and view the criminals as the victim, and not the taxpaying citizen. Speaking of being a victim, we were literally robbed while we were filming this video.”

Soros DA’s at work

Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price is the epitome of a Soros prosecutor.

Her refusal to put away criminals even angered the Oakland chapter of the NAACP.

The organization wrote in a letter, “Oakland residents are sick and tired of our intolerable public safety crisis that overwhelmingly impacts minority communities. Murders, shootings, violent armed robberies, home invasions, car break-ins, sideshows, and highway shootouts have become a pervasive fixture of life in Oakland. We call on all elected leaders to unite and declare a state of emergency and bring together massive resources to address our public safety crisis.”

Pro-crime policies are a disaster, but they will not stop until Democrats feel their political power in these areas is actually under threat.

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.

RFK Jr. just gave Biden a huge headache in the Wolverine State

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RFK Jr. just gave Biden a huge headache in the Wolverine State

Michigan is central to Democrats’ hopes of retaining the presidency in this year’s elections.

But an already perilous situation for them has just gotten even worse.

Now RFK Jr. just gave Biden a huge headache in the Wolverine State.

Democrats thought they had Michigan in the bag in 2016.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign, through incompetence or hubris or both, didn’t spend the time and effort needed to win here and, just like in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the traditionally blue state fell to Donald Trump on Election Night.

Four years later, in the midst of the Covid pandemic, Biden prevailed in Michigan by a narrow margin.

The state is closely politically balanced and it wouldn’t take much to tip things one way or the other.

For many months, polling has shown Biden losing the state to Trump in a rematch this year, citing inflation, crime, and that Biden is a generally uninspiring candidate.

The polls have been even worse for Biden when they included hypothetical third party candidates, as Trump’s support has been stronger among Republicans than Biden’s has been among Democrats.

Some of that can be attributed to pro-Palestinian Muslim Democrats in the state, unhappy about Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas.

For Biden in Michigan, three’s a crowd

This points to the increasing possibility that the left-leaning vote could be split, given a viable and palatable third-party candidate to that audience.

That’s where Robert Kennedy Junior comes in.

He now has the real potential to muck things up royally for Biden.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. secured a major victory on Thursday when he received word that he would appear on Michigan’s general election ballot.

He was nominated by the Natural Law Party, a small party with ballot access in Michigan.

Natural Law Party Chairman Doug Dern said in a statement released by the Kennedy campaign, “He’s the most qualified candidate in the modern-day history of America. We welcome Mr. Kennedy and [Kennedy running mate] Ms. Shanahan to the party.”

The news was confirmed by the Michigan Secretary of State’s office. 

Kennedy gaining steam across the country

Michigan marks the second state where Kennedy has officially gained ballot access.

He qualified for ballot access in Utah earlier this year.

Early Saturday it was also reported by CNN that Kennedy has qualified for ballot access in Hawaii.

This occurred after a ruling was issued that an objection filed by the Democrat Party of Hawaii “did not meet its burden of proof in this case” and the Kennedy campaign’s We the People Party will be allowed to appear on Hawaii’s ballot in November.

The Kennedy campaign is attempting to secure ballot access in as many states as possible, a costly and time-consuming process for independent candidates.

Kennedy is polling in or very close to double digits in some national surveys and key battleground states, usually pulling more support from Biden than Trump when those same respective surveys poll a two candidate race.

Kennedy has gained more support as a third-party candidate than other independent candidates since Ross Perot thirty years ago and could play a decisive role in this year’s presidential race.

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story. 

Biden’s border crisis just plunged one Democrat stronghold into this jaw-dropping scene of chaos

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Biden’s border crisis just plunged one Democrat stronghold into this jaw-dropping scene of chaos

Joe Biden is asleep at the wheel as America is in turmoil.

Even leaders in blue states are beginning to speak out.

And Biden’s border crisis just plunged one Democrat stronghold into complete chaos.

Democrats across the country defiantly proclaimed their jurisdictions as “sanctuary” cities or states.

The expected result is that those cities have been overrun due to illegal aliens taking these Democrats up on their offers.

The Left was content to virtue-signal when the immigration crisis was largely contained to red states in the South, but now Democrats in the North are experiencing the ramifications of their own ideology.

City Hall swarmed

New York City just experienced 1,000 illegal aliens from Africa showing up at City Hall.

Democrats and their media allies have attempted to obscure the fact that illegal aliens from all over the world are coming to America, not just people from Mexico and Central and South America.

The New York Post reported that roughly “1,300 African migrants gathered outside City Hall Tuesday morning hoping to appear at a hearing on the black experience in the city shelter system — with some saying they were promised work visas or green cards if they showed. . .The crowd was mostly made up of new arrivals from Guinea, in West Africa, and were apparently drawn to City Hall by an activist group. . .”

Unsurprisingly, an activist group stirred the pot in order to create chaos.

That is the southern border crisis in a nutshell.

Democrat politicians and NGOs are facilitating the invasion of the country.

Sold a bill of goods

Amadou Sara from Guinea told The New York Post, “They told me that they would help me to get a work permit and a green card if I came here today. . .There are many people here and we don’t know how to get the help they told us would be here. . .I came here for a green card. I’m looking for help.”

Untold numbers of illegal aliens have been told similar lies.

Dial Lochitlio, another arrival from Guinea, said that “[elders in the community] told us to be here at this time on this date and they would give us more information.”

Meanwhile, city officials are calling out Joe Biden for not addressing the illegal alien crisis.

One of the problems is that migrants are coming from all over the world, so there are not enough language services to accommodate all of the different people.

People are not simply coming from Spanish-speaking countries.

In fact, some arrivals from Mexico do not even speak Spanish; they speak indigenous tribal languages.

Manuel Castro, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office on Immigrant Affairs, said, “This is mostly an issue that belongs to the federal government. They need to do better at providing training in these languages.” 

Mayor Eric Adams confessed that the illegal alien crisis would “destroy New York City.”

So far, he’s been proven right.

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story. 

George Soros could soon see his California District Attorney go down in flames after this event

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George Soros could soon see his California District Attorney go down in flames after this event

The tide may be turning against far-left prosecutors who refuse to prosecute criminals.

That’s because the result of their rise to power has been nothing short of disastrous.

Now a George Soros-funded California DA may soon be sent packing early by the voters.

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price was hand-picked by far-left billionaire George Soros.

She, like other officials in solidly Democrat jurisdictions, came to power after a huge cash infusion from the foreign radical who is determined to completely undermine and change law and order in the United States.

During her 2018 district attorney campaign, she received an eye-popping $700,000 from the California Justice and Public Safety PAC.

That political action committee is nearly entirely funded by Soros.

While she failed in her first attempt to gain power in 2018, she would come back to win the race four years later.

Even though she was only just elected in 2022 she’s already made quite the mark – and not in a good way.

Since assuming office, Price has gone all in on supporting the far-left, criminal-coddling, woke agenda.

Soros DA completely betrayed her own community and could lose her job

A website opposed to Price called, Save Alameda for Everyone (SAFE) says, “Price has violated victims’ rights, ignored victim pleas and disrespected people who have been victimized by some of the worst crimes imaginable. She has told mothers that the lives of their children are worth less than the lives of the offender.”

She has even gone so far as to provide training manuals for employees in her office claiming “the carceral state grew out of chattel slavery” and that “modern policing grew out of slave patrols.”

Naturally, those manuals don’t favor punitive action for offenders, instead they propose “addressing the root causes” of criminal activity.

But her actions have landed her in hot water.

According to the Alameda County Registrar of voters, Price’s political opponents have collected 74,757 verified signatures to hold a recall election to remove her.

That number is over 1,000 more than needed. 

Crime has reached epidemic proportions

Brenda Grisham organized SAFE and told the Daily Caller last month, “The whole administration… I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve been in Oakland my whole life, and I’ve never seen the amount of lack of care for the people in this community like what the administration had. I’m gonna advocate for these families. If they need a recall, then I’m going to advocate for a recall.”

Since Price assumed office, over 14,001 burglaries and 6,101 incidents of violent crime have occurred in the city — a 36% and 21% increase, respectively, according to police data. 

Oakland averages 40 vehicle thefts a day, and at least 11,793 vehicles have been stolen since the beginning of 2023.

“Many of us seniors are afraid to walk down the street, and again, carjackings, businesses are closing, all due to crime,” Carl Chan, an Oakland resident told KTVU.

With the required number of signatures having been met, organizers expect a special election to be held in June.

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story. 

Alejandro Mayorkas is pale with embarrassment as this New England shoplifting hoax comes to the surface

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Alejandro Mayorkas is pale with embarrassment as this New England shoplifting hoax comes to the surface

Massive numbers of illegal aliens have flooded across America’s southern border with Mexico under Joe Biden’s watch. 

These illegal aliens have dispersed all across the nation, leaving border patrol agents in the dust. 

And Alejandro Mayorkas is pale with embarrassment as this New England shoplifting hoax comes to the surface. 

This shocking case shows that Joe Biden’s open border plagues Americans in all corners of the nation

Every day, thousands of illegal aliens from all across the globe bum-rush the border. 

It does not take long for these illegal aliens to spread across the nation, ending up in distant communities and towns. 

For example, federal officials recently arrested a group of illegal aliens in Maine and Rhode Island, who allegedly participated in an extensive shoplifting scheme. 

According to The Maine Wire, “Four Illegal Immigrants have been arrested and face federal charges for their involvement with a group which has stolen from Home Depots across New England and beyond, including in Rockland, Maine last year.”

“The men, Marvin Estuardo Morales De Paz, 33 ; Abraham Dayger-Enrique, 24; Sebastian Lajuj-Soloman, 30; and Jonathan Josue Amperez-Perez, 31, are being charged Rhode Island following a lengthy investigation from Special Agent Brendan Cullen from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,” The Maine Wire added. 

Special Agent Brendan Cullen spoke out on the arrests, saying, “Home Depot loss prevention personnel discovered that a group of individuals were attempting to steal more than $1,900 in electrical wire and other merchandise concealed in a box of another item.” 

He added, “Several of the same individuals were present in the van in Rockland as in Warwick and Providence.” 

Per Cullen, these suspects would allegedly find a large item such as a cabinet, and shove as much merchandise as possible into the item, concealing the goods from checkout clerks. 

The suspects would then allegedly sell the items on the black market. 

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, District Attorney Kevin Hayden addressed this operation, telling reporters, “This is no minor shoplifting operation. These men targeted specific products in large quantities and followed a patterned method for removing those items from the store without payment.” 

“This is the type of retail larceny that can drive stores out of communities and harm residents by removing convenient shopping options for them,” he added. 

The Department of Homeland Security spends vast resources on catching illegal aliens after they get into the nation

These arrests across New England represent a key flaw in the Department of Homeland Security’s crime prevention methods. 

Rather than secure the border, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has instead opted to try to catch these people once they have already entered the nation, committing crimes wherever they end up. 

These crimes could be prevented altogether if the Joe Biden administration would secure the border, keeping criminals such as these out of the nation altogether. 

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story. 

Alvin Bragg was sent into a tirade after Donald Trump made this powerful move

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Alvin Bragg was sent into a tirade after Donald Trump made this powerful move

Democrat elected officials across America have allowed crime to spiral out of control. 

Criminals are not held accountable for their actions in many American cities, creating a nightmare for business owners and law-abiding citizens. 

And Alvin Bragg was sent into a tirade after Donald Trump made this powerful move.

Radical District Attorneys like Alvin Bragg have their priorities out of sort

Rather than prosecute career criminals who wreak havoc on the Big Apple, New York City’s District Attorney Alvin Bragg has made it very clear that he will do anything to protect these career criminals. 

Lobbing legal attacks on Donald Trump, as well as giving criminals and illegal aliens get-out-of-jail-free cards has become a fixture for Alvin Bragg. 

However, on Tuesday Donald Trump sent a very clear message to Alvin Bragg during a visit to New York in relation to Alvin Bragg’s lawsuit against the former president. 

In a move that undoubtedly angered Bragg, Donald Trump vested Sanaa Convenient Store in Harlem, the location of a notorious attempted robbery in which store clerk Jose Alba used lethal force to protect his own life in July of 2022. 

Rather than protect Jose Alba, in what many legal experts regarded as a clear-cut instance of self-defense, Alvin Bragg initially charged Alba with second-degree murder. 

Public outcry ensued, forcing Bragg to drop the charges of second-degree murder several weeks later.

Although the charges were dropped, many New Yorkers viewed the initial charges as a strong signal to New York business owners. 

During his Tuesday visit, Donald Trump visited with the store owner, Maad Ahmed, and Francisco Marte, a fellow bodega owner and local small business activist.

Donald Trump released an official statement regarding the visit, saying “President Trump’s visit to one of New York City’s bodegas comes at a time when retail theft is skyrocketing and the New York City police force is on track to fall to its lowest numbers since the 1990s by 2025.” 

“Bodegas are a lifeline to underserved communities, and President Trump believes that only by undoing the Democrat party’s soft-on-crime policies can law and order be fully restored to every borough throughout New York City,” Trump’s press release added. 

On Tuesday, local reporter Karoline Leavitt posted on X, saying “HAPPENING NOW: President Trump visits Sanaa Convenient Store in Harlem.  This is where Jose Alba was robbed, attacked, and wrongfully accused of murder by D.A. Alvin Bragg after being forced to defend his life!  People chant ‘FOUR MORE YEARS’”

Alvin Bragg and others like him have turned their back on the people they are supposed to protect

Rather than protect the people of New York City, Alvin Bragg and his cronies have made attacking and prosecuting Donald Trump their top priority. 

Meanwhile, crime rates soar every day with no end in sight. 

On Tuesday, Breitbart News reported, “As of the week of April 8 to 14, there were 4,531 reported robberies in New York City, an increase from the 4,346 reported robberies during that time period in 2023, according to crime data from the New York City Police Department. There have also been 7,419 reported felony assaults so far in 2024, according to the data for the week of April 8 to 14, an increase from the 7,281 reported during that time period in 2023.”

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story. 

Residents in Gavin Newsom’s state are needing to exercise their Second Amendment rights for this reason

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Residents in Gavin Newsom’s state are needing to exercise their Second Amendment rights for this reason

Democrat-run states are in chaos.

Bad leaders have pushed policies to their breaking point.

And residents in Gavin Newsom’s state are exercising their Second Amendment rights for this reason.

The libertarian Cato Institute rated California 44th out of 50 states when it comes to gun rights.

The Golden State is notorious for gun control laws, but California residents are availing themselves of their gun rights nonetheless because of the mad rush of illegal aliens into the state.

Unmanageable problem

Since September 2023, approximately 125,000 illegal aliens have been dropped into the San Diego area.

Dealing with an influx of people that massive has obviously had an impact on the local community.

That’s why residents are buying guns to protect themselves.

Cory Gautereaux, owner of the gun store Firearms Unlimited California, told The New York Post, “The problem for people that live around the gun store is the street dropoffs. . .That’s driven business to us.”

Having thousands of unemployed military-aged men milling around the streets is not a good thing.

Keith Carnevale, one of the gun shop customers, told the press, “My wife and I have had home defense guns for many years. Recently, though, with all the stuff that’s happening south of the border and all the people coming over, my concerns have broadened. . .I don’t think it’s just the people that are coming over to try to find work, I think we have a lot of hostile people that are coming over with ill will, ill intent that will potentially cause chaos.”

Carnevale’s adult son Anthony purchased a gun and echoed his father’s sentiments.

He said, “I don’t think it’s just a matter of the numbers of undocumented people, I think a lot of people are concerned about the state of our own government to be just allowing this and why.”

Anthony is completely correct.

Even Democrats are no longer denying the flood of illegal aliens pouring into the country being allowed by government leaders like Governor Gavin Newsom and Joe Biden. 

On your own

Bill Wells, Mayor of El Cajon near San Diego, admitted, “We see the massive amounts of violence that is happening, a lot from the immigrant situation, but a lot from the homeless situation as well. . .People are frightened and I do believe they’re arming themselves more.”

Establishment politicians have chosen to allow illegal aliens to flow into the country while far-left district attorneys are implementing pro-crime policies.

The result is a toxic mix of lawlessness, so citizens are taking steps to defend themselves.

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.

This shocking new video out of Oakland shows one reason why businesses are fleeing in droves

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This shocking new video out of Oakland shows one reason why businesses are fleeing in droves

Nowhere in the country is the failure of far-left governance more obvious than in the Golden State.

That’s because the local laws are set up to favor criminals over the law-abiding.

Now this shocking new video out of Oakland, California shows why businesses are fleeing in droves.

Oakland, California is seeing a rash of criminal activity so severe that the city is at risk of becoming a ghost town.

In March, multiple Taco Bell restaurants in the city announced they would change their business model to drive-through only, citing an uptick in crime.

In January, the local Denny’s restaurant closed, also because of rampant criminal activity.

The situation in the city has gotten so dire that in February, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced the deployment of 120 California Highway Patrol officers to Oakland and the surrounding area.

Their task was to conduct a law enforcement surge operation, specifically to crack down on crime, including vehicle theft, retail theft, and violent crime.

In a statement, Newsom said, “What’s happening in this beautiful city and surrounding area is alarming and unacceptable.”

But those efforts notwithstanding, the crime wave in Oakland is still raging on.

A broad daylight brazen theft

Now, one of the oldest jewelry stores in the region has fallen victim to a brazen armed robbery in broad daylight.

Surveillance video at Phuong Jewelry in Oakland’s Chinatown shows eight armed suspects destroying the showcases and getting away with the merchandise on Wednesday afternoon at approximately 12:30 PM.

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According to the family that owns the business, 85-90% of the store’s inventory was taken.

While the suspects were gathering the valuables, Diane, the store owner, ran to the back of the store and alerted her 76-year-old husband. 

He emerged from the backroom with a firearm and scared the robbers away, but they already had the valuables in hand.

Tony Trinh, Diane’s son, told ABC 7 News after being alerted about the robbery, “We’ve been robbed a few times before but not at this level of brazen magnitude. Eight individuals and two getaway cars and guns drawn. I thought, did my mother get shot? Did my father get shot? Did any of our staff of community members?”

Owner’s son: If not for my dad’s quick action, they would have stolen more

Addressing his father’s action to scare away the suspects, Tony added, “If he hadn’t done that they would have kept going. My mom was devastated, and my dad was broken. It’s rough, my mom is the leader of the pack – when she suffers, I suffer the same thing from her.”

Sadly, because of an increase in insurance premiums, the business let their insurance lapse.

The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council started a GoFundMe to help the family with expenses.

But the family is undeterred.

Diane plans to go right back to work and Tony said, “We can’t let our fear overcome! The only way to reduce crime is to have more traffic, events, people to get more resources. A strong Oakland Chinatown is strong for every community in Oakland.”

According to police data, in the past year, robberies grew 38% last year in Oakland while burglaries increased 23% and motor vehicle theft climbed 44%.

Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.

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