Tourists casually destroy Fox News' narrative of crime-ridden NYC in live interview

Tourists casually destroy Fox News' narrative of crime-ridden NYC in live interview
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In a live television interview on Fox News, two tourists refuted the network's characterization of New York City as crime-ridden.

During her Wednesday program on Fox News, host Martha MacCallum issued a Fox News Alert to report that the NYPD was preparing for pro-Palestinian protests at the Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony Wednesday night.

"This is an added element of potential tension," MacCallum warned viewers, noting that protesters could be covered in "fake blood."

After providing some background on previous protests, the host asked for a report from national correspondent Bryan Llenas, who was at Rockefeller Center with two tourists from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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"Now I know you have seen, like the rest of the country, these protesters," Llenas told the two women. "Are you concerned at all about protesters trying to disrupt an event like this tonight?"

"No," one tourist said. "Not at all."

"Do you guys feel safe walking around the city?" Llenas asked.

"Absolutely," the first tourist said.

"Yes," the second tourist agreed.

For years, Fox News has pushed the narrative that cities run by Democrats were unsafe because of violent crime, looting, and homelessness.

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Mary Trump argued that Republicans’ habit of branding opponents “groomers” and “predators” clashes with cases of GOP officials accused or convicted of sex crimes involving minors, in her “Under the Radar” Substack episode.

The president's niece opened with a California governor’s race ad from Republican Steve Hilton, noting there’s no evidence the actors are minors and Hilton says they’re real, but calling its content “a remarkable choice” for a party that accuses others of sexualizing children.

Her list began with former Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn, who pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child sexual abuse material after a 2025 sting where an officer said she was 17, and received 16 months in prison. West Virginia Delegate David Pritt resigned after being indicted on federal child exploitation charges and lost his teaching job. Former South Carolina Rep. Robert R.J. May III pleaded guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material and got 17.5 years.

She also revisited ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who admitted abusing boys he coached but was convicted only of financial charges tied to hush money.

She faulted Fox News for saying nothing more than that his reputation was “tainted” when he died.

Turning to her uncle Donald Trump, she described journalist Katie Phang’s lawsuit over DOJ’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case files. The records at issue include a woman’s FBI statements that Epstein introduced her to Trump when she was around 13, and that Trump tried to force a sex act and hit her when she resisted. A federal judge has ordered the DOJ to hand over redacted agent notes for review in private.

“We know that a jury has found Donald liable for rape,” she writes. Her post includes no response from the White House or the Justice Department.

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President Donald Trump issued a stark warning about Minnesota’s election Monday, declaring that the federal government would be watching for cheating as he unleashed a flurry of Republican endorsements ahead of the midterms.

“Don't allow them to play with the Votes after the race is over,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform while endorsing Republican Senate candidate Michele Tafoya.

“The Federal Government will be watching closely,” he added. Trump went on to claim that Tafoya could lose only if the election were rigged.

“The only way she can lose is if they cheat by playing games with the Ballots as they come in,” he wrote Monday.

The president also repeated his unfounded claim that he won Minnesota three times, despite losing the state in all three of his presidential campaigns.

“I won Minnesota three times, but they didn't give me the Victories,” Trump declared.

The ominous warning came amid a spree of more than two dozen endorsements posted by Trump, including one for House Speaker Mike Johnson, just eight days before the high-stakes midterms.

“Michele Tafoya has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Senator from the Great State of Minnesota — She will not let you down!” he concluded.

President Donald Trump's top economic adviser was brutally ridiculed Monday after he bashed a "myth" that many voters care about during an interview.

Kevin Hassett, the White House national economic adviser, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the Trump administration's economic record ahead of the midterm elections. Hassett claimed that Americans are much better off than when Trump took office for a second time, even though gas and grocery prices have both skyrocketed as a result of the administration's war against Iran.

Hassett also took time to describe the affordability crisis that many voters are suffering through as a "myth," a comment that left several political analysts stunned.

"All of the things that have made the economy great mean the affordability crisis is a myth," Hassett said, citing increased capital spending and wage growth for some workers. "Sure, they can talk about gasoline. But Trump's right. It's gonna drop like a rock soon."

Observers reacted to Hassett's claims on social media.

Molly Jong-Fast, a political commentator and MS NOW contributor, sarcastically mocked Hassett's talking points in a post on X.

"Yeah, that should do it," she wrote.

Joe Walsh, a former Republican lawmaker from Illinois, panned the White House adviser's poor messaging ahead of the midterms.

"One heck of a closing argument," Walsh posted on X.

Thomas Pain, a frequent Trump critic who posts on social media as "Tea Pain," also piled on.

"Way to bring it home, losers!" he posted on X.


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