Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to talk about the rising crime in America and specifically in Democrat-run cities. This year, 12 American cities have already broken records for murder, and the year isn't even over. Every one of those cities is run by Democrats. Last summer, Democrat cities adopted a rallying cry, and that cry was ``defund the police.'' Joe Biden said America was ``systemically racist.'' He said police funding should be ``redirected.'' Nancy Pelosi talked about ``shuffling . . . money around.'' Kamala Harris, our Vice President, said America should ``reimagine public safety.'' Well, lots of Democrat cities put those slogans into practice. Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, cut the New York City Police Department by $1 billion. The Los Angeles City Council voted to cut police funding by $150 million. San Francisco cut $120 million from police over 2 years. Nearly two dozen cities across the country defunded the police. Again, these are all cities run by liberal mayors and administrations. As a result, last year, America experienced the largest surge in homicide ever recorded. According to the Major Cities Chiefs Association, 63 of America's 66 biggest cities saw at least 1 category of violent crime go up last year. Minneapolis cut police funding, and homicide nearly doubled. New York City police funding and homicide went in opposite directions: The funding for police went down, and homicide went up by half.…”