I'm going to caveat what I'm about to say by saying that this woman is a Tik Tok influencer masquerading as a politician and everything she says should be viewed through that lense. This is her muddled way of advancing the liberal proposition that crime can be stopped by addressing root causes like poverty and racism, etc. That is highly debatable too. I don't think this woman is stupid. I actually think she is smart and playing a role to gain fame and money. So she'll ride the liberal tropes of "address povrety to solve crime" as far as she can.
Her stupidity is all an act
AOC is truly stupid