Trump's hate rally proves he's lying about big city crime

A New York subway entrance in Brooklyn. Trump made the absurd statement that if you walk down those stairs you have a 75 percent chance of being killed. None of his 20,000 attendees at the Madison Square Garden rally were among the dead. Subway crime and crime in general have declined significantly in New York. | Wikipedia (CC)

They came to Madison Square Garden to tell a city home to more than a million Puerto Ricans that even though they are U.S. citizens, they are still “trash.” They came to declare that New York and all major cities in America are plagued by crimes committed by dangerous marauding gangs of immigrants.

They came to Madison Square Garden to tell New Yorkers that several million of them will be deported if their great leader is elected president next week. They came to Madison Square Garden to tell New Yorkers that if elected, Trump will dramatically reduce the chance of them being killed if they go on the subway to 75%. They came to Madison Square Garden to tell New Yorkers that if Trump is elected, he will unleash the National Guard and military on them if they participate in protest demonstrations.

Despite all this, none of the Trump supporters were attacked while in New York, which would have been expected if their leader had been telling the truth about America's major cities. Not even when they left the garden late in the evening and made their way to one of the countless restaurants to enjoy dishes from all over the world. Thousands tasted the best pizza in the country without even a thought about the criminals who didn't come to attack them.

Nobody attacked the Trumpites. Nobody robbed them. Nobody raped her. Nobody did anything to them that Trump had assured was the crowd of people in big cities.

If they get lost while navigating Manhattan, chances are the people who gave them directions to their desired destination were some of the evil immigrants Trump had told them about.

Many of the 20,000 people who attended the hate rally learned firsthand, if they even cared to think about it, that they were actually in one of the safest places in America. The crime rate per capita in New York is lower than many cities in rural America. The fear that Trump has instilled among the nation's people has prevented millions from exploring and experiencing the positive aspects of life in our major cities.

As they left Madison Square Garden, Trump supporters found themselves in a city full of huge, multi-ethnic and multinational crowds heading home from work or looking for entertainment. Hopefully some of the positive sentiment has rubbed off on at least some of the Trump supporters. The thinkers among them must have realized that the alleged horror show that Trump said was affecting America's urban areas was nothing more than another of his big lies.

If they had stayed in New York a day longer, they would have learned the truth about the subway system and how widespread and safe it is. The trains were packed with people heading to the World Series game at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Tickets for these games are extremely expensive, so many of these people were quite wealthy. In New York, the subway gets you anywhere faster than a private vehicle, so everyone, rich and poor, takes the train – none of them expecting to be killed on every ride, as Trump would have us believe.

The reality of New York, in which its natives and immigrants live, has nothing to do with the false and dark image that Trump paints, an image that he conjures up to instill fear and win votes for his fascist program. It is the tried and tested way fascists gain support for their policies. They spread hatred aimed at division and domination.

In just a few days we have the chance to take an important step in a long struggle against fascism in America. The first step is to vote to keep Trump out of the White House and elect Kamala Harris instead. There will be a lot more to do after this, but let's start with this important first step.

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