Dems Crime Stats Delusion…Alex Thompson Of 'Axios' Goes On CNN To Call Out Their Reality-Free Bubble

Posted • August 12, 2025: Alex Thompson is a journalist for 'Axios' and a frequent CNN contributor. Today, he went on CNN to add his thoughts about crime in DC. He thinks the Democrat Party is once again disconnected from reality, much like they were last election cycle when it came to the economy. —— Alex Thompson: “What’s striking is that national Democrats are not following Mayor Bowser’s lead on this, and that national Democrats have been insisting, ‘just look at the statistics. We have 30 year, 30 year low, you know, violent crime’...I’ve talked to Democrat strategists today that think that, you know, national Democrats saying, ‘look at the statistics’ is sort of a tone deaf way to react.”

Kristen Soltis Anderson: “And it’s very much — isn’t this the exact same problem that Democrats had last year? ‘Look at the statistics! We promise you the economy is great’ while people are going, ‘it doesn’t feel great to me.’ That feels like a lot of this conversation around crime that you can point to statistics all day long that say, ‘hey, D.C. is safer this year than it was last year,’ but do people feel safe? Bottom line, if they don’t, they may be more okay with something that would otherwise be considered extraordinary.” —— It's like the Democrats think if they proclaim something enough times, the public will automatically believe them instead of what is in front of our lying eyes. That's not how it works. Democrats can’t win because people don’t believe stats. The end result of populism. They apparently no longer believe in 'the Science' or 'The Math'. (…)

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