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What California governor Newsom said after an Alabama senator called LA ‘a third world country’ (www.masslive.com)

submitted 6 days ago by undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch to c/usa@midwest.social

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“Lock him up,” Tuberville told the news website about Newsom. ”LA looks like a third world country — anarchists are in charge, law enforcement is being attacked, and the rule of law is nonexistent."

An hour later, Newsom took to X to reply to the Alabama politician.

“Alabama has 3X the homicide rate of California,” Newsom wrote. “Its murder rate is ranked third in the entire country. Stick to football, bro.”

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[–] seanom@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Tried to search for "Alabama third world." Seems the UN investigated that a few years ago.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alabama-black-belt-un-poverty-expert-extreme-developed-country-sewage-crisis-roy-moore-philip-alston-a8105886.html

https://www.newsweek.com/alabama-un-poverty-environmental-racism-743601