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PolitiFact dragged for begrudgingly admitting DeSantis was right about
Bragg: 'We regret to inform you'
Gov. Ron DeSantis is correct that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin
Bragg downgraded most felonies
By Lindsay Kornick | Fox News

Ron DeSantis goes after Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Biden in New York speech
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin
Bragg over former President Donald Trump's indictment and ripped
President Biden as "controlled" by leftists in a recent speech in Long
Island, NY.

PolitiFact got piled on for a tweet attempting to add context to Gov.
Ron DeSantis’, R-Fla., true assertion that Manhattan District Attorney
Alvin Bragg downgraded most felonies in his city.

The fact-check, which was published on Saturday, faced public scrutiny
after the organization’s Twitter account promoted the story on Tuesday.
While the tweet acknowledged that DeSantis’ claim that over 50% of
felonies were downgraded to misdemeanors under Bragg was accurate, it
added that the practice was "common."

"Yes, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has downgraded felonies as
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said, but it’s a common practice among peer
counties," the account tweeted.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives a political speech
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has criticized Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg
over his indictment of Former President Donald Trump. ((Photo by Andrew
Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images))

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DeSantis press secretary Bryan Griffin replied to the tweet, attacking
PolitiFact’s compulsion to contextualize DeSantis’ comment.

"Yes, @GovRonDeSantis was correct. But @PolitiFact feels compelled to
note it's simply ‘common practice’ to refuse to hold criminals
accountable in NY," Griffin tweeted.

DeSantis deputy press secretary Jeremy Redfern retweeted Griffin's
comment from his account.

Other social media users blasted PolitiFact for begrudgingly admitting
that DeSantis’ comment was correct.

"’We regret to inform you that Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is
correct,’" radio host Joe Cunningham wrote sarcastically of PolitiFact's
tweet.

"In short, @GovRonDeSantis was right," National Review contributor
Pradheep Shanker remarked.

RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway tweeted,
"PolitiFact's rulings start to make sense when you realize it is a
political disinformation organization for Democrats."

"The ‘yeah-but everybody's-doing-it’ fact-check..." Fox News contributor
Joe Concha joked.

PolitiFact logo
PolitiFact rated the claim that Bragg downgraded more than half of the
felonies in his district to misdemeanors as "True." (iStock/Logo)

Minnesota House Republicans executive director Andrew Wagner explained,
"Most of our public safety problems in Minnesota and nationally would be
solved by judges and prosecutors enforcing sentences pursuant to state
law. Insane that it's become ‘common practice’ for half of felonies to
be downgraded. #mnleg."

"That's sort of the problem right? New York and those ‘peer’ cities have
rampant crime problems," Media Research Center associate editor Nicholas
Fondacaro agreed.

"PolitiHacks," RNC digital strategist Alec Sears tweeted.

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The fact-check, written by Jill Terreri Ramos, rated DeSantis’ comment
as "True" despite adding that Bragg’s practice was "done more often"
within the area.

"DeSantis claimed that Bragg has downgraded ‘over 50% of the felonies to
misdemeanors.’ Data from Bragg’s website confirms that 52% of felonies
that were screened by prosecutors were downgraded to misdemeanors in
2022, the first year Bragg was in office. 2023 data show that so far,
54% of felonies have been downgraded to misdemeanors," Ramos wrote.

She continued, "Experts said that downgrading charges is a common
practice and that it was done more often in three of New York’s other
boroughs, according to state data from 2021. We rate this claim True."

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference
following the arraignment of former U.S. President Donald Trump
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference
following the arraignment of former U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo
by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

DeSantis has frequently criticized and attacked Bragg since reports
broke that he would indict former President Trump.

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"The Manhattan district attorney is a Soros-funded prosecutor, and so
he, like other Soros-funded prosecutors, they weaponize their office to
impose a political agenda on society at the expense of the rule of law
and public safety," DeSantis said in March.

Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips
can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.

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AmenBrother
12 April, 2023
"While we acknowledge that, essentially, Gov. DeSantis is fundamentally
correct, we continue to look for context that lessens the impact of the
truth."

notblackenoughtovoteforbiden
12 April, 2023

Only 25% of the felons arrested are convicted for their crimes. THAT is
the problem. When 51% of the felons are reduced to misdemeanors and of
the 49% that is left, he only gets convictions for 50%, that leaves 25%
being punished for their crimes. The other 75% are out on the streets
victimizing someone else.

29thscroll,6thverse
12 April, 2023

Bragg downgraded 51% of felonies and then only got a conviction rate on
50% of those felonies according to the NY post. So it's really 75% of
felonies that walk away with a lesser or no conviction.