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Opinion
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The week in whoppers: Lightfoot’s blame game, AOC’s selfishness and more

By
Post Editorial Board
Published Dec. 9, 2021, 8:06 p.m. ET

This statement:

“I’m disappointed that [Downtown Chicago retailers] are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority.”

— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Monday, Dec. 6, on the smash-and-grab thefts plaguing her city

We say: Mayor Lightweight, er, Lightfoot presides over a city that leads the nation in murders, with nearly 800 this year (up 60 percent from two years ago and more than five times New York’s own ballooning per-capita homicide rate). State’s Attorney Kim Foxx refuses to prosecute crimes, and cops have felt under attack for years. It’s the city’s job to protect the public, but this pathetic city leader is now blaming the victims of brazen smash-and-grab attacks for her own failures. That’s chutzpah!

Spot the difference:

We say: Lies, damn lies and . . . charts. Note how the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stretches a 2-cent/gallon drop in gasoline prices (0.5 percent) over two weeks into what looks like a long decline — while ignoring a steady rise of more than $1 (40 percent) over the 10 months since Joe Biden became president.

This statement:

“I’m 32 years old now. I have over $17,000 in student-loan debt . . . This is unacceptable.”

 — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Dec. 3.

We say: Right, AOC. Someone else — who lacks the college degree you have, who doesn’t hold a seat in Congress earning $174,000 a year, who slaves away at a tough job with little chance of the kind of advancement you’ve enjoyed thanks to your college education — that’s who should pick up your tab, right? Even as other families scrape and save for college to avoid borrowing. What a spoiled brat.

This headline:

The New York Times erroneously reported on an alleged criminal burning down the Christmas tree outside Fox News’ offices.
The New York Times painted a different picture after Craig Tamanaha allegedly burned down the Christmas tree outside Fox News’ offices. NY Post Illustration

We say: “Caught fire”??? All by itself? Really? Try: A lunatic with a long rap sheet freed repeatedly (thanks to policies the Times supports) purposely ignited the Christmas tree in front of Fox News’ offices. Yes, the Times’ subheadline meekly noted that “a man was in custody in relation to the blaze,” and the paper later tweaked its main headline. Still, we wonder: Was it the paper’s hatred of Fox News or its love for arsonists that motivated it to mislead readers and ludicrously suggest the tree spontaneously combusted?

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board