As conservatives, we’re all too familiar with being unjustly smeared as hateful lunatics only to be vindicated — often to disastrous effect — later on. From Hunter Biden’s laptop from Hell to the origins of COVID-19, Townhall reported the truth of what was happening without concern for the mainstream media and Big Tech overlords’ preferred narrative thanks to direct support from Townhall VIP members. 

Right now, another narrative-shifting change is occurring, however slowly and tragically at the cost of innocent lives, when it comes to the border crisis and the significant dangers created by Democrats’ open-border, sanctuary city policies. 

In January, continuing months of coverage on the ground at the U.S.-Mexico border, from the nation’s capital, and everywhere in between, our investigative reporter Mia Cathell published a revealing exposé on the effects of New York City’s embrace of sanctuary policies that has seen more than 10,000 ICE detainers defied by Big Apple authorities in recent years, meaning more than 10,000 fugitive aliens were let loose by those tasked with protecting residents and upholding law and order. 

The dangers of such policies have been clear since Biden took office, but the cost of Democrat immigration policies has become even more devastating in recent weeks. NYPD officers beat up by illegal aliens in Times Square. Multiple cops in the nation’s capital shot by an illegal alien. The tragic murder of Laken Riley in Georgia allegedly at the hands of an illegal alien from Venezuela. These are just a few of the notable, foreseeable, and preventable tragedies that have resulted from the left’s radical immigration schemes. 

As Guy reported last week, an “outrageous cascade of ‘progressive’ failures precipitated the murder of Laken Riley. Noting that “step after step,” the illegal alien suspect’s “lawbreaking was accommodated and indulged.” And even though he “should never have been in the US to begin with…his additional crimes came with little to no repercussions” until “he graduated to murder.”

Townhall has been warning of such dangers for years and continues to cover the natural outcome of a borderless America. Meanwhile, the mainstream media still won’t cover such tragedies honestly. They pretend they have a monopoly on the “truth,” which is just their warped version of events prescribed to them by ruling Democrat elites.

After the Venezuelan illegal alien was arrested, mainstream networks and outlets couldn’t bring themselves to report the inconvenient-to-Democrats truth about the suspect. As our friends at MRC noted, “ABC, NBC, and CBS had three underwhelming, yet widely varying approaches to the news that a released illegal immigrant has been charged with the murder of a Georgia college student on the respective editions of Good Morning America, Today and CBS Saturday Mornings.” Specifically, “ABC mentioned the illegal immigrant part, but not the released part…NBC mentioned the murder but omitted the illegal immigrant angle, and CBS ignored the story altogether.”

Mary Katharine Ham, a University of Georgia alumna herself, noted even more egregious coverage of the tragic murder of Laken Riley. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution referred to the alleged killer as merely an “Athens man” and then attacked Republicans who “quickly tied the killing of a student on the University of Georgia campus to President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.” The disgust with the truth’s emergence and scrambling to reframe the narrative to a friendlier-to-Democrats story was palpable.

The Associated Press decided to frame the story as being about “the fears of solo female athletes,” because of course it couldn’t be about the dangers of open-border and soft-on-crime policies enacted by Democrats. AP also chose to describe the illegal alien suspect as just an “Athens resident.”

Since the initial feigned ignorance displayed by the media, such outlets have only gotten more outrageous with their attempts to protect the Democrat narrative. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for example, jumped into the fray this week with a story not about the dangers of an unsecured border, but about how it’s “not fair” for Venezuelans in Georgia who now “worry about a backlash” as a result of Laken’s violent murder. 

Without conservative media like Townhall, these egregious attempts to conceal the truth and spin a narrative helpful to Democrats and their exceedingly dangerous policies would be all there is. Thanks to Townhall’s loyal VIP members, we are able to provide the real story — the truth — and break the mainstream media’s blockade. 

Outlets that can’t bring themselves to admit basic facts about court cases and criminal suspects in the wake of horrific murders can’t be trusted to cover the policies that enable such tragedies. While the mainstream media and its Big Tech allies seek to silence the truth about the border crisis and its tragic effects, Townhall has been telling the truth. The border is open, criminals are turned loose on the streets by the hundreds each week, sanctuary cities refuse to allow dangerous aliens to be deported, and tragic consequences predictably follow. 

If you care about the truth, want conservative opinions to be freely heard, and expect to get the real story of how surging illegal alien crime is endangering Americans across the country, join Townhall VIP today to ensure we’re able to continue our truth-telling reporting. Use promo code SAVEAMERICA to get 50% off your VIP membership.

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Spencer Brown
Managing Editor, Townhall