Stuart Varney: Democrats have run New York City into the ground
If Trump were a Democrat he would not be fighting political persecution in a NYC courtroom, Varney argues
Stuart Varney: Democrats have run New York City into the ground
Varney & Co. host Stuart Varney argues Trump's trial and Columbia's anti-Israel protests are another black eye for New York City.
During his "My Take," Monday, "Varney & Co." host Stuart Varney called out Democrats over former President Donald Trump's New York criminal case and Sen. Chuck Schumer's silence over anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.
STUART VARNEY: There are two events of national significance taking place in New York City today.
Neither makes New York look good.
TRUMP TRIAL: OPENING ARGUMENTS TO BEGIN AS TRUMP FLOUTS GAG ORDER, ATTORNEY PREVIEWS DEFENSE
At the courthouse, opening statements are due in Donald Trump's hush money trial.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024 in New York City. (Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images / Getty Images)
This is a political trial, deliberately timed to keep Trump away from the campaign.
They've gagged him. They threaten to put him in prison for speaking out.
They want a conviction before the election.
TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY TRIAL IS A ‘SHOW’ PUT ON BY DEMOCRATS
It's hard to believe that judicial persecution like this is taking place in an American courtroom, but it is, and it is in a New York courtroom.
Across town, we have Columbia University. All classes will be virtual today. Yes, that’s right.
The college cannot guarantee the safety of its 4,700 Jewish students.
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Anti-Israel demonstrators have taken over the campus. It's come to this.
Jewish students, chased by mobs, chanting antisemitic slogans. Shades of Germany in the 1930s.
You have to ask where is New York Sen. Chuck Schumer?
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The highest ranking elected Jewish official in the land. He is a Democrat.
At this point, he has not condemned the gross antisemitism at Columbia, which, by the way, is spreading across the city.
If this were White mobs, chasing down Blacks or Muslims, you know the National Guard would be out in force, and every politician would be demanding action.

Pro-Palestinian activists protest outside Columbia University in New York City on April 20, 2024.
But with Jews, in New York, it is apparently different.
If Donald Trump were a Democrat, you know he would not be sitting in a New York courtroom fighting political persecution.
Democrats run New York. They've run it into the ground.