The lawless streets of San Francisco struck again Thursday evening when Democrat Mayor Daniel Lurie's security detail was attacked by two suspects in the city's notorious Tenderloin neighborhood—just hours after Lurie finally admitted what every American already knew: his city's governance is completely "broken."
The violent altercation involving the mayor's protective officers happened in one of San Francisco's most crime-infested areas, where open drug use, homelessness, and violence have turned what was once a beautiful American city into a third-world hellscape under decades of failed Democrat policies.
"We are grateful that the officers assigned to the mayor's security detail acted swiftly and courageously to protect him in a dangerous and unpredictable situation," San Francisco Police stated—words that should never have to be spoken about protecting elected officials in an American city.
The timing couldn't be more telling. Just before his security team was attacked, Mayor Lurie admitted his city "needs a reset" and acknowledged that San Francisco's governance is fundamentally broken. Too little, too late? You bet it is.
This is what happens when radical Democrats prioritize criminals over law-abiding citizens, when they defund police while coddling drug dealers and violent offenders. San Francisco has become the poster child for everything wrong with Democrat-run cities across America.
While President Trump works to restore law and order nationwide through his America First agenda, Democrat mayors like Lurie are finally waking up to the disasters they've created. But will San Francisco's residents continue tolerating this madness, or will they demand the kind of real change that puts Americans first?
The answer may determine whether cities like San Francisco can be saved—or if they're too far gone under Democrat destruction to ever recover.
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Source: Next News Network