Detroit Basher Says 'Tough Sh*t!' And It Only Gets Worse From There

"In an article this week in New Yorker magazine, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson is quoted as making a series of inflammatory remarks about Detroit — including, "Any time I talk about Detroit, it will not be positive ... the truth hurts, you know?"

The headline — "Drop Dead, Detroit!" — set the tone for a profile of Patterson that was published online Monday and described him selling the merits of Oakland County while repeatedly bashing the state's largest city. A Patterson spokesman said the article was the product of an agenda against Patterson and that it cast Patterson "in a false light."

Patterson also is quoted as saying "Before you go to Detroit, you get your gas out here (Oakland). You don't, do not, under any circumstances, stop in Detroit at a gas station! That's just a call for a carjacking."

The article was written by Paige Williams, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and GQ magazine."* Ana Kasparian, Dave Rubin (Rubin Report) and Desi Doyen (Green News Report) break it down.

*Read more here from Matt Helms and Bill Laitner / Detroit Free Press:

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