DEFUND
While some on the Left may be chastened as a result of the backlash against defund the police, true believers in prominent positions remain, particularly at the local level. crimes (which never made sense – lockdowns result in less human interaction, and other countries have seen substantial violent-crime reductions). Then they turned to their allies in the media to spin a narrative about the wave of gun-buying as the real cause of the violence surge. 2021, the level of shootings and murders is already outpacing the record year before it. Philadelphia is on track to end up with the most violent year in its history. Initially, the “defund the police” Democrats tried to downplay these horrific statistics... When that didn’t work, they tried to blame the pandemic for causing more violent To those who prefer to live in reality and deal with facts... This is the direct result of “defund the police.” The only thing the Democrats can do now is slowly walk back their most insane positions on law enforcement from a year ago. With no small amount of assistance from the deeply dishonest media, their plan is to change the subject. Democrats will hope that enough swing voters forget their pandering to BLM in 2020 that led to such terrible crime spikes in cities nationwide. Of course, there’s still plenty of time for the Biden White House and a contingent of
moderate Democrats to pivot toward a more police-friendly posture. That’s certainly part of their messaging strategy right now... But the problem of crime rising in major cities isn’t something that can be easily turned around. The staggering increase in homicides and shootings nationwide in 2020 and its continuation in large part into 2021 means the public’s mind will be focused on this issue for months to come. While some on the Left may be chastened as a result of the backlash against defund the police, true believers in prominent positions remain, particularly at the local level. There are Left-wing district attorneys in places like Philadelphia and San Francisco who simply don’t care how awful the situation in their cities becomes – as long as they remain welcome guests on MSNBC and receive positive coverage in the Washington Post . Some of the most radical, destructive public officials in America run the largest urban prosecutors’ offices. Larry Krasner, the Soros- approved district attorney of Philadelphia, thinks that the best way to ensure justice in his city is to stop enforcing a whole host of crimes entirely. The absurd Marxist in charge of prosecuting criminal acts in San Francisco, Chesa Boudin, decided that many crimes would no longer be punished on his watch as well. Unsurprisingly, both cities have seen substantial increases in crime. The same is true in Chicago, where the shockingly inept Mayor Lori Lightfoot has resorted to saying recently that 99% of her critics are motivated
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