As Vice President Kamala Harris fumbles her way through the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election campaign, Democratic mayors in big cities are offering the nation a snapshot of the party’s ability to govern, and it isn’t pretty.

From New York City to Chicago, Illinois, and Oakland, California, blatant corruption has taken hold of administrations charged with governing America’s largest cities. Chaotic and disastrous governance has made the people of these cities less prosperous and less safe.