Proving how MSNBC isn't a news organization but a propaganda arm for the Democrat Party, Chris Hayes used his platform as the host of All In to suggest that New York Republican Gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin colluded with the Monroe County district attorney to have his attacker released without bail so he could use the controversy to paint his Democrat opponent as soft-on-crime.
On July 21, Zeldin was almost assassinated by a man while giving a campaign stump speech. Naturally, Hayes made the incident political while accusing Zeldin of being political. “In the aftermath of this generally scary incident, Zeldin’s campaign saw an opportunity to take lemons and make political lemonade,” Hayes proclaimed.
Hayes recounted how on “the night of the attack, Zeldin makes this bold prediction. He gets on Twitter and he says quote, the attacker will likely be instantly released under New York’s laws. And my gosh, wouldn't you know it, Zeldin nailed it. Totally got it right. In fact, the very next day, his attacker was charged with attempted second-degree assault, and released from jail without bail.”
Since Hayes is a leftist propagandist, he immediately tied the fact that Zeldin and the prosecutor for the county in which the attack took place are friends, and suggested the two worked together to release the man who attacked him for political gain:
Sandra Doorley was at the rally where Zeldin was attacked. She's a supporter. She's a friend. Zeldin apparently spoke with Sandra Doorley, the DA in Monroe County, just minutes after the incident. And it was Doorley’s office which made the affirmative decision to charge the attacker with a crime that would be eligible for release without bail.
"So you might see how it might look?" Hayes asked. “Like Doorley’s office worked to gin up a politically convenient narrative for Zeldin’s campaign, which he is listed as co-chair.”
Hayes ended by telling an unintentional joke: “our job as journalists regardless of ideology or politics is just to separate the real story, from the cynical hysteria and to call out the flagrant propaganda when we see it.” He’s the furthest thing from a journalist, and wouldn’t know the difference between facts and “flagrant propaganda” if his life depended on it.
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MSNBC’s All In
July 26, 2022
8:45:52 p.m. EasternCHRIS HAYES: But in the aftermath of this generally scary incident, Zeldin’s campaign saw an opportunity to take lemons and make political lemonade. You see Lee Zeldin has been running a kind of old-school tough-on-crime lock ‘em up campaign. With the primary focus of his ire being New York state’s bail reform laws which make it so that some misdemeanor and non-violent offenders don't have to sit in a cell awaiting trial simply because they don't have the money to afford bail. Remember, bail is fully adjudicated based on your ability to pay. Right?
So the night of the attack, Zeldin makes this bold prediction. He gets on Twitter and he says quote, the attacker will likely be instantly released under New York’s laws. And my gosh, wouldn't you know it, Zeldin nailed it. Totally got it right. In fact, the very next day, his attacker was charged with attempted second-degree assault, and released from jail without bail. Zeldin immediately went on the offensive. He held press conferences about bail reform. He did an interview with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity where he again blamed, New York's criminal justice laws.
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First of all, he is wrong there, the attacker was not charged with a violent felony, which is kind of the point actually. But a narrative was already set. Even Donald Trump mentioned it during his speech today, just another example of a soft-on-crime approach from the libs. Too worried about making nice with the BLM folks to keep our streets safe. As you might have, guessed the story is a little bit more complicated than Lee Zeldin initially led on. Because people naturally started asking, well wait a second, who is the prosecutor who only charged this guy with attempted second-degree assault?
Well, the district attorney from Monroe County, New York, where the attack happened, is a woman named Sandra Doorley. As it turns, out Sandra Doorley is a personal friend of Lee Zeldin. Just three months ago, she was listed as official co-chair of his gubernatorial campaign. Position she is now trying to distance herself from and it gets better. Sandra Doorley was at the rally in where Zeldin was attacked. She's a supporter. She's a friend. Zeldin apparently spoke with Sandra Doorley, the DA in Monroe County, just minutes after the incident. And it was Doorley’s office which made the affirmative decision to charge the attacker with a crime that would be eligible for release without bail.
Although Doorely says she did not make the decision personally and that her office was just deferring to what the sheriff's department recommended. But it's a little odd. You see, Monroe County prosecutors are known for pressing more serious charges for requesting bail more often than other New York counties. Sandra Doorley’s law & order politics are in line with Lee Zeldin. So you might see how it might look?
Like Doorley’s office worked to gin up a politically convenient narrative for Zeldin’s campaign, which he is listed as co-chair. Now Doorley announced she would be recusing herself from the Zeldin case yesterday. And the whole controversy is somewhat moot anyway because his attacker is not roaming the streets of New York. He's currently being detained on federal assault charges. Goes without saying that attacking a sitting congressman is a crime, the federal government takes very seriously.
But again the damage has been done. Just an absolute perfect example of the way that we discuss, law and order, crime and justice in this country. Because yes it was a serious crime. And it's also true that in a larger sense, we’ve seen an increase in violence. Right? We need answers to that problem. We need to talk about it and clear up in a rigorous faction.
But then on top of those real issues, Zeldin really was attacked. We also have Republican politicians, conservative propagandists, opportunistically attempting sometimes false, other times disingenuous arguments against the small amount of criminal justice reform that we do have in this country. Which by the way folks, still the most heavily incarcerated country on Earth. Our job as journalists regardless of ideology or politics is just to separate the real story, from the cynical hysteria and to call out the flagrant propaganda when we see it.
