Democrats Claim Public Schools Mostly Run By Democrats Are Deeply Racist
The knee-jerk reaction that disparities are caused by discrimination is an all-too-common political argument. And in this case, it is not supported by the evidence.The knee-jerk reaction that disparities are caused by discrimination is an all-too-common political argument. And in this case, it is not supported by the evidence.Is Walgreens Racist Or Is Ayanna Pressley Just Ignorant?
Roxbury is the second most unsafe neighborhood in the Boston area, but Pressley says Walgreens is closing its doors because of racism.Ayanna Pressley blames racism for pharmacy closure in crime-ridden neighborhood
Businesses continue to flee various Democrat-controlled cities in the face of unrelenting crime and ruinous leftist policies.
Israel critic and gun-control activist Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) recently figured out who to blame for this unfortunate trend: not the criminal elements directly responsible or the leftist in the mirror who championed "unrest in the streets," but rather the very businesses forced to pull up stakes on account of persistent risks to their workers and the guarantee of financial ruin.
According to Pressley — a member of "the Squad" who in recent years supported defunding the police while blowing taxpayer money on her own private defense — at least one business is fleeing on account of racism contra desires to survive and thrive.
Walgreens recently announced that it is permanently shutting down its location on Warren Street in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, one of the most dangerous areas in the city. The Roxbury closure is the fourth Walgreens branch to shutter in Boston since November 2022, reported WBUR-FM.
"With Walgreens' goal to be the independent partner of choice, not just in pharmacy but also in health care services where we can improve health care, lower costs, and help patients, we need the right network of stores," a spokesman for the company said in a statement obtained by WHDH-TV.
Walgreens is reportedly planning to shut down 200 stores nationwide.
"When faced with the difficult decision to close a location, several factors are taken into account, including our existing footprint of stores, dynamics of the local market, and changes in the buying habits of our patients and customers, among other reasons," added the spokesman.
Areavibes indicated on the basis of FBI data released in September 2023 that Roxbury's rate of violent crime is 214% higher than the national average. Its property crime rate is 48% higher than the national average. The region has a overall crime rating of F (the lowest possible rating).
The local Walgreens appears to have been a popular target for robberies and shoplifting.
The Boston Globe indicated that by late 2022, Walgreens and similar stores had resorted to locking up everything from toothpaste to bigger-ticket items on account of massive spikes in theft. This appears to be a problem affecting businesses in Democratic cities across the country.
The National Retail Federation's latest security survey indicated that "retail crime, violence and theft continue to impact the retail industry at unprecedented levels," adding that shrink represented $112.1 billion in losses in fiscal year 2022.
Pressley took to the House floor Tuesday to condemn the DEI-captive company's decision.
"Walgreens is planning to close yet another pharmacy in the Massachusetts 7th. This time on Warren Street in Roxbury — a community that is 85% black and Latino," said Pressley. "This closure is part of a larger trend of abandoning low-income communities like the previous closures in Mattapan and Hyde Park."
"These closures are not arbitrary and they are not innocent," continued the radical leftist. "They are life-threatening acts of racial and economic discrimination. ... Shame on you, Walgreens."
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Democratic Massachusetts Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren joined Pressley earlier this month in injecting race into the matter, claiming that Walgreens was partaking in a trend of pharmacies "moving away from black and Latino neighborhoods to mostly white, higher income areas."
"These closures reflect a larger legacy of historic racial and economic discrimination, which has created pharmacy and food deserts and a lack of access to reliable transportation," added the race-obsessive Democrats.
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'Miss me with your thoughts & prayers,' Ayanna Pressley declares while advocating for gun control
In a tweet advocating for gun control, Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts declared, "Miss me with your thoughts & prayers."
Pressley called for "universal background checks," an "assault weapons ban," "comprehensive red flag laws," increasing "the purchasing age," "closing the boyfriend loophole," "& more," and then went on to claim that "gun violence is a public health crisis and we must legislate to save lives."
The post earned pushback on social media.
"No," Ryan Petty wrote in response to the Democrat's comments. Petty's daughter Alaina was one of the victims killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
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"Because things always get better when the government gets involved," Dr. Mark Young wrote with apparent sarcasm.
"Translation: The existing 10,000 gun laws and regulations on the books have done exactly nothing to stop violent crime in this country. So let's do some more gun laws and regulations," someone else wrote, adding, "Why am I skeptical?"
"It's hard to always be wrong about everything, but Ayanna’s efforts have been unstinting," someone else wrote.
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
In addition to promoting gun control, Pressley is also a climate alarmist who has claimed that "climate change is an existential crisis and environmental justice is racial justice."
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Ilhan Omar explodes when reporter confronts her with truth about Hamas attack on Israel: 'Burned, tortured, killed their babies'
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) blew a gasket on Friday after a reporter confronted her and her far-left Democratic colleagues with the truth about Hamas' savage attack on Israel.
Five Democratic lawmakers — Omar and Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Greg Casar (D-Texas), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) — held a press conference on Capitol Hill demanding a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza.
But the press conference turned sour when a reporter asked the lawmakers if they would support a ceasefire if America were in Israel's position. Pressley, who stood at the lectern, did not answer the question, prompting the reporter to follow up, "So is that a yes or a no?" Pressley tried to ignore the reporter, who then reminded the lawmakers of Hamas' brutality.
"I do have another question: why don't you want Israelis to go after the terrorists that burned, tortured, killed their babies and children, and still have them hostage? Why don't you want the Israelis to go after the terrorists that did that?" the reporter asked.
That's when Omar lost her cool.
"How many more killings is enough for you? Is it 1,000 more? 2,000 more? 3,000 more? How many more Palestinians would make you happy if they died?" Omar screamed.
"Will you be fine if all of the people of Gaza were gone? Would that make you happy? Would that be the thing that makes you proud?" she continued. "And maybe that's the question you should ask [Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.)]: Is he OK? How many more Palestinian lives is he comfortable with? Because I'm not comfortable with any more."
And with that, Omar stormed off, and the press conference concluded.
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The outburst came on the same day that Omar ran away from Fox News correspondent Hillary Vaughn, who asked Omar if she is OK with Hamas continuing to exist despite the terrorist group's "entire mission" being to "wipe out" Israel's existence.
Omar, however, refused to answer the question. Instead, she ran away and called Vaughn a "crazy lady."
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