“I mean, we got so entrapped in our progressive values and talking about progressivism, that we weren’t taking stock of what was happening on our streets,” he told Bash. “We had 810 people die of overdose in San Francisco three years ago. There’s nothing progressive about that. There’s nothing progressive about 30,000 car break-ins. Everyone had to deal with whether or not their car was going to be broken into,” the mayor said<\/a>, adding that the number of car break-ins had dropped 90%.<\/p>\n SAN FRANCISCO STILL HASN’T RECOVERED SINCE PANDEMIC EXODUS: REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks during a postgame ceremony honoring broadcaster Mike Krukow at Oracle Park on Sept. 27, 2026, in San Francisco, Calif. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Bash asked Lurie about progressivism again, specifically how he defined the word. The mayor said he supported progressive values, such as taking care of the city’s immigrants, and the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n “But, we got to a point where we said, ‘Well, it’s that person’s right to be on the street using drugs,’ or is that person \u2014 it’s okay for someone to just go in and take what they want from a small business,” he said.<\/p>\n “In my mind, that’s not progressive,” Lurie continued. “There’s nothing progressive about small businesses having to shutter up because they’re a victim of crime over and over again. There’s nothing progressive, as I said before, about 810 people dying of overdose. I’m not going to walk by somebody on the street and not do anything anymore.”<\/p>\n NEWSOM BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR THEIR ‘VICTIM MINDSET’ THAT ENABLED HOMELESS CRISIS<\/a><\/p>\n San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at an event. (Christina House\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n President Donald Trump praised Lurie<\/a> during a cabinet meeting in March for “really trying” to improve San Francisco since taking office.<\/p>\n “I know they have a mayor who\u2019s trying very hard. He\u2019s a Democrat, but he\u2019s trying very hard,” Trump said at the time.<\/p>\n Socialism has been on the rise in the U.S., as several states have seen socialist candidates<\/a> win their primary elections. In some places, progressive candidates were rejected for more moderate voices as well.<\/p>\n Democratic strategist Kaivan Shroff told Fox News Digital that even more liberal voices were calling out progressivism.<\/p>\n “Lurie is right, and it\u2019s not just more moderate voices like his calling this stuff out \u2014 we\u2019ve seen AOC try to distance herself from \u2018Woke 1\u2019 as well,” he said. “Some on the left have absolutely allowed themselves to get bullied into silence and, as funny and extreme a case as it was \u2014 that is how you get stories like that Massachusetts lesbian bar with the masking debacle.”<\/p>\n “Progressive policies are increasingly popular across the country, particularly on economic issues in these hard economic times,” Shroff continued. “But there is also a sense that the DSA left can\u2019t get out of its own way and can never be satisfied.”<\/p>\n![\"San](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/daniel-lurie-mike-krukow-oracle-park_001.jpg\")
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