Political Quotes

“Mr. President, why is there such an increase in violent crimes in American cities? In New York City, the murder rate is up 37 percent from 2 years ago; in Atlanta, 53 percent from 2019. In Portland, OR, murders have increased over 500 percent. So everybody is asking: What is going on? Well, if you were to ask President Biden, he would say the usual rhetoric about how we need more gun control. The White House recently put out a so-called strategy to reduce crimes. What is the first thing that the President wants to do about this issue? Go after rogue gun dealers. Well, we all know gun dealers must follow the law, like doing background checks. We all agree on that. But I don't think anyone truly believes that legal gun dealers are responsible for the sudden spike in violent crime, including our own Department of Justice. Referring to a Department of Justice 2019 report, inmates who committed a gun crime most likely got their weapons from the black market--no background checks there. In fact, according to this report, only about 1 in 50 Federal inmates got a gun from a legal firearms dealer. Speaking of which, if Democrats really want to protect Americans from illegal gun sales, they should support my bill, the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act, which would actually do that. But getting back to the recent crime wave, the real problem is what everyone knows but many of my friends on the left dare not say.…”