Ezra Klein, a progressive commentator and columnist for the New York Times, reportedly criticized liberals for their failure to acknowledge voter concerns regarding the “economy” and “crime.”
Klein’s explanation of President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory was delivered during his appearance on the Pod Save America podcast.
He also delivered a startling rebuke of the liberal dismissal of the key issues as right-wing media fear mongering.
“This idea that, like: ‘Oh, no, the economy is actually good or crime is actually down.’ This is all just Fox News. Like, shut the f**k up with that! Like, talk to some people who live near you.” Klein said.
Rather, he argued that it was the appropriate course of action to report on immigration and inflation.
“I come from outside Los Angeles. I lived in San Francisco until 18 months ago. And I live in New York City. The thing that surprised me least about the election was the sharp red shift in these big cities. Because if you just talk to anybody who lives in them, they are furious…” Klein added.
“The rage I just hear from people in New York, this is partially [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott busing huge amounts of migrants here. But that does mean, by the way, there are enough migrants that Greg Abbott could bus actual human bodies to New York City. And it was a big enough problem that New York City was not able to effectively deal with it. Right? It does show that what was going on on the border was much worse.” he concluded.
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