Lidia Curanaj — now a familiar face to conservative viewers on Newsmax — laid out a stark warning that should stop the complacent among us in their tracks: maybe the once greatest city has to fall for the country to finally see what radical Democrat policies truly produce. Her bluntness is welcome because too many in the mainstream prefer comforting lies to hard truths, and a proud nation deserves honest reporters who will call out failure where they see it.
On Newsmax’s programming she’s not afraid to say what many hardworking Americans already feel in their bones — that left-wing governance in our cities has often meant permissive crime policies, runaway homelessness, and bureaucratic paralysis. Call it provocation if you like, but calling attention to the consequences of policy is not fearmongering; it’s accountability.
Look at the hard numbers and the human wreckage on our streets: homelessness has surged in parts of New York and California in recent years, and families and small businesses pay the price as once-thriving neighborhoods degrade. Conservatives aren’t celebrating anyone’s pain — we’re demanding that mayors and state leaders stop excusing failure and start restoring safety, order, and property rights for citizens who actually pay taxes and keep the lights on.
San Francisco’s Tenderloin and other neighborhoods have become poster children for what happens when soft policies meet addiction and mental illness without enforcement or real solutions, and city officials’ rosy PR about outreach comes across as tone-deaf when tents line the sidewalks. The grieving truth is this: offering services is noble, but enabling lawlessness is not a strategy — and taxpayers will not keep paying for leaders who won’t protect their own communities.
Yes, national crime data shows some improvements in recent analyses, but statistics don’t erase the daily terror of residents who live with open-air drug markets, brazen theft, and violent recidivism because judges, prosecutors, and city halls have prioritized ideology over enforcement. If a city’s streets are unsafe for a child to walk to school, the victory in a spreadsheet means very little to that family; our policy debates should center on restoring real public safety, not arguing over which soundbite wins another liberal press cycle.
Patriots know what must happen next: elect leaders who will rebuild law and order, fix broken immigration and shelter systems, and hold accountable the officials who presided over decline. Lidia’s hard words are a rallying cry — if a fall wakes the nation to demand competence, then let that fall teach the lesson quickly so Americans can get back to rebuilding secure, prosperous cities that reflect the values we cherish.

