Just when you thought Price couldn’t get any crazier, she comes along with some truly offensive stuff.
Here she is, doubling down on her lie that Black people are being jailed in record numbers, not because they commit so much crime, but due to racism.
We’re used to dishonesty from Price—indeed, lying is her trademark. But now that she’s facing a Recall, she’s gone completely bonkers. Here are some juicy tidbits she fed The Intercept in an interview: “Unfortunately, there are many in this [Recall] arena who are not opposed to the racial inequities that have infected this system…Now I think there’s the racism associated with putting my face as the Black face of Oakland… [I]t serves a purpose.” And the final slurs: “The primary backers and funders of the recall are, in fact, real estate developers and investors that have no real interest in the manner in which justice is administered to the majority of people who live, work, and play in Alameda County. They are a handful of wealthy folks that have as their agenda to control the way that the district attorney’s office operates. They could care less about the victims that we deal with every day.”
Devious, no? See how she reverses the truth that she, Madame D.A., cares more about criminals than about victims by alleging that Recall supporters are actually the ones who don’t care about victims. Well, Madame, that’s a steaming load.
I am assuming that many if not most people reading this are Recall supporters. Tell me, then, are you a “wealthy real estate investor”? Are you a “racist”? Do you not care about victims of crime? Are you against Pamela Price because she’s “Black”? No, no, no and no. But allegations, smokescreens and outright fibs are all that Price has. She can’t possibly defend herself with facts, because the fact is that she is soft on crime and insensitive to victims, especially Asians, whom she resents because they’ve been so economically successful. So she insults those of us who have the temerity to speak truth to power.
Well, Madame, we’re not buying it.
BREAKING NEWS! This just in: "I am unequivocally opposed to the efforts to recall DA Pamela Price and Mayor Sheng Thao.” – Carroll Fife
Who knew? Of course you support Thao and Price, Madame Fife. You, Thao and Price are three peas in the racist woke peapod. Well, four, including Bas. You took a wrecking ball to the City of Oakland and now we’re all paying for it. Look what’s happened, Fife, since you were elected: Oakland has gone down the drain. More crime than ever. More encampments than ever. Lost businesses, shuttered shops, the flatlands more dangerous than Kabul. The middle classes leaving in droves. Downtown on life support. International embarrassment as the world learns of our demise. Oakland in its worst fiscal crisis ever. Nice going, Fife! You wanted to turn Oakland into a slum and you got it. This is on you and your insane woke sisters, Fife. You have done your own community irreparable harm. The people you claim to represent are suffering under your disastrous policies. Tell me, is West Oakland better in 2024 than it was four years ago? Is Fruitvale? Is Adams Point or Uptown or Piedmont Avenue or Montclair? We’re all hurting because of you.
Look, folks, if you know anything about the failed Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, you know it attempted to overthrow the U.S. government, punish White people for alleged racism, and establish a Black-led Communist country. As such, it was roundly repudiated by the American people, including most Black people themselves, and consigned to the dustbin of History.
Oakland, though, remained a breeding ground of Black nationalism. Here, people like Fife and Price found nourishing soil to continue their revolution. Don’t believe me that Fife is still committed to a Black Power overthrow of our existing institutions? Look at her web site. “We took power for the people.” Sound familiar? It was the Black Panthers’ rallying cry. “By any means necessary.” Sound familiar? It was Malcolm X’s urge to violence. “Divest from policing.” Sound familiar? It’s Cat Brooks’ demand to defund the police. Fife isn’t even trying to hide her anti-American, racist , pro-crime ideology. Liberals are rightly outraged by the blatant racism spewing from the extreme Right. But are Liberals outraged by the racism spewing from the Left? Their silence is telling.
Steve Heimoff