Welcome to Joe Biden's America and Andrew Cuomo's New York.
pic.twitter.com/rO2QXEr3aj— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) June 28, 2021
Posted on 06/28/2021 10:55:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made another attempt to convince Americans that rising crime in New York City and elsewhere in the country is a non-issue over the weekend while alleging those pointing to the violence in America's streets are engaging in "hysteria."
"We are seeing these headlines about percentage increases" in crime, Ocasio-Cortez admitted before saying "any amount of harm is unacceptable and too much. But I also want to make sure that this hysteria — you know that this doesn't drive a hysteria — and that we look at these numbers in context so that we can make responsible decisions about what to allocate in that context."
AOC says she want to make sure rising levels of crime don't "drive a hysteria." pic.twitter.com/if2iJWtGQa— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 27, 2021
This "hysteria" that Ocasio-Cortez apparently fears is, of course, a natural reaction to the spike in shootings and other violent crimes in cities across the country in the wake of the Democrats' police-defunding agenda.
In Midtown Manhattan alone this year, robberies are up more than 170 percent, felony assaults are up more than 200 percent, and hate crimes are up 800 percent over last year.
Welcome to Joe Biden's America and Andrew Cuomo's New York.
pic.twitter.com/rO2QXEr3aj— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) June 28, 2021
On the same day Ocasio-Cortez was accusing those alarmed by triple-digit crime increases of "hysteria," a tourist in Times Square was struck by a stray bullet.
The NYPD is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man in connection with a shooting that wounded a 21-year-old marine who was visiting Times Square. https://t.co/i01dhXcI78 pic.twitter.com/AjbOHUtSa1— ABC News (@ABC) June 28, 2021
Sunday's shooting isn't the first Times Square has seen this year, either. Near the same corner in May, two women and a four-year-old were shot in May.
LIVE: Officials deliver an update to the Times Square shooting that injured three female bystanders, including a young girl. https://t.co/pxOSqgvWh6— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) May 8, 2021
Violence in New York is not contained in tourist centers, either. Chilling videos of violent attacks with children in the line of fire from other boroughs pop up nearly every week.
??Please Share@NYPDDetectives need your help identifying & locating the 2 men seen in this video shooting another man near 1551 Sheridan Ave. in the Bronx.
Yes, those are children with the victim, who were very fortunately not injured.
Call @NYPDTips at #800577TIPS with info. pic.twitter.com/jiQE9MdKep— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) June 18, 2021
Apparently for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, concern over women, children, and tourists being shot in broad daylight in Times Square is now "hysteria."
A major reason for AOC and her fellow Democrats to suggest there's nothing to glean from surging crime is because the radical Left's policies are to blame for the lawlessness. As Katie explained, rising crime "has been bolstered by the Left's efforts to defund the police in cities across the country. Leftist prosecutors, many backed by George Soros, are letting violent criminals out of jail and dropping charges against rioters."
Additionally, "Democrat 'bail reform' laws are putting criminals back on the streets and they're committing additional crimes."
She is prolly right to some extent. The media sells fear because it creates viewership.
that said, defending the police, stirring up race hate, and letting Antifa and BLM go unpunished will tend to have a real substantive impact on crime.
this coming from a woman who claims to be undergoing therapy for having been blocks away from the January 6th incident. She is such a pathetic liar.
the LEFT has always been soft on crime but now they are pro-crime in order to push gun control.
and how many body guards and or fed security does she have 24/7 and she want to take my guns.
Hey! Stupid! The stats don’t lie no matter how they are presented. You and your Democrat cronies are doing a piss-poor job of protecting its citizens. End of story and, I hope, end of your tenure.
Libs don’t like the word “hysteria” as the word has roots in out of control women.
hysteria (n.)
nervous disease, 1801, coined in medical Latin as an abstract noun from Greek hystera “womb,” from PIE *udtero-, variant of *udero- “abdomen, womb, stomach” (see uterus). Originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. With abstract noun ending -ia.
Since AOC is using the word I take it as one more example of her being clueless and lacking any sense of irony.
Of course she doesn’t consider it a big deal, she doesn’t have to actually live there..put her in the crime riddled neighborhood and see how she likes it..I bet she wouldn’t last 1 week without crying and running to her tesla to get out of dodge
Yes. One of the most powerful women in the history of the world is just another victim.
Which is odd in and of itself.
More violent crime would tend to make people want a means to defend themselves.
Gun ownership.
Her talking about hysteria? The one who was fearful of her life from people not even in the building she was in. Banging on her door where is she where is she?
“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,” Ocasio-Cortez continued, “so they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry.”
--July 12, 2020
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"so they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry."
--AOC
Former NYPD detective Harry Houck called on New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea to resign Monday, hours after Shea announced that he was scrapping the department’s plainclothes anti-crime unit.
“I tell you, the plainclothes officers that are out there, the anti-crime units, are out there in plain clothes trying to watch criminals and catch them in the act,” Houck said on “The Story with Martha MacCallum.”
“Now, you [have] the perpetrators out there in the street saying, ‘Hey, listen, we don’t have to worry about undercover officers any more. We only have to worry about uniforms. So we see no uniforms. There’s no cops around.’ And believe me, they will take advantage of that.”
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The New York City Police Department on Monday announced it is disbanding its anti-crime unit and reassigning hundreds of plainclothes officers to other divisions amid widespread criticism over the department’s handling of protesters.
Commissioner Dermot Shea said roughly 600 plainclothes officers from the anti-crime unit will be reassigned to other teams. ...”
But people walking through the capital building pushed her into PTSD.
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And I could be speaking ... figuratively. I could be speaking literally.
It’s a matter of interpretation. ...”
—Victor Garcia | Fox News | June 24, 2020
Leftist prosecutors, many backed by George Soros, are letting violent criminals out of jail and dropping charges against rioters.”
Additionally, “Democrat ‘bail reform’ laws are putting criminals back on the streets and they’re committing additional crimes.”
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That’s the crux of the issue.
Refusing to lock up the criminals is why there is more crime.
AOC has permanent menstrual cramp of the brain....
Stupid little commie twat... err, twit...
New York deserves her.
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