Posted on 07/13/2020 12:50:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed the skyrocketing violent crime in New York City can be attributed to out-of-work parents who are desperate to “shoplift some bread” for their children.
The Bronx Democratic socialist, an avid supporter of the defund the police movement, said during a virtual town hall that the significant uptick in shootings and homicides is due to millions of New Yorkers being newly unemployed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Why is this uptick in crime happening? Well, let’s think about it,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said, according to remarks shared by The Hill on Sunday. “Do we think this has to do with the fact that there’s record unemployment in the United States right now? The fact that people are at a level of economic desperation that we have not seen since the Great Recession?
“Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren’t paying their rent and are scared to pay their rent and so they go out, and they need to feed their child and they don’t have money,” she continued, “so they’re put in a position where they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry that night. Maybe it’s the fact that unemployment provisions have not been given to everyone. Maybe it’s because of the fact that some people still haven’t gotten their stimulus checks yet.”
The New York City Police Department recently reported a 130% increase in the number of shooting incidents across the city during the month of June, as well as a 30% increase in murders compared to the same time last year.
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The woman has the IQ of a kumquat.
True, but that's not why she was selected as a candidate. She's a natural performance artist. And that's important these days in politics, especially leftist politics.
It wasn't your fault. You just needed to get laid.
She’s stupid, Jim.
People shooting fathers in the street walking their daughters, yeah its all about wanting to steal bread for their starving family
This woman is an imbecile. She’s an absolute idiot.
This is the mentality of today’s younger generation of Democrats.
Who knew that violent crime and sharp increases in shootings are because people need to shoplift to feed the family?
Even if you want to say she’s right for the sake of argument, why is there an increase in violence? Where is the increase in shoplifting?
I need a loaf of bread, and to shoot these two dudes looking at me funny.
But which kind of bread?
Like so many Democrat rioter, oh sorry voters they are just dumb and ignorant.
And to think this country’s future rests with people like her. Just damn.
As mentioned before, I think she watched Les Miserables Friday night. Went to bed, and woke up Saturday morning with a brand new political idea.
Seems she saw the Broadway show Les Misreables too many times.
Yeah you need to go shoot a father walking with his little daughter in the street (like happened last week) so you can eat.
AOC is not the brightest bulb in the room.
Was she just watching Les Miserables?
OC should just advise them to move to San Francisco - for all intents and purposes, you can shoplift up to a thousand dollars worth of stuff there with no serious legal consequences.
That must have been where the shooter was going after he shot that father in the head and terrified his daughter....
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