Posted on 07/12/2020 5:33:08 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The New York Democrat insisted that the uptick in crime is unrelated to the new NYPD budget cuts New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested over the weekend that the crime surge in New York City is likely because struggling residents are forced to shoplift in order to "feed their child."
In a virtual town hall meeting she hosted Thursday, some clips of which were shared by The Hill, the 30-year-old Democratic congresswoman was asked about the troubling uptick in violent crimes overtaking the city.
“Do we think this has to do with the fact that there’s record unemployment in the United States right now?" she responded. "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," Ocasio-Cortez continued, "so they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry.”
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I forgot that they keep the bread in TV boxes in NYC.
AOC (All Out Crazy) is encouraging looting and theft? Well, she is an anti-Capitalist.
Typical Democrat - makes excuses for aberrant behavior. “They can’t help it!” /s
I did not know that NIKE made bread!
stupid POS
The looters are not stealing bread but stealing high-end merchandise!
This woman is an idiot. A shame she won the primary. She is in a race with her constituents as to who is crazier.
so......’they’ don’t have money, so they steal and put the items on craigslist so that other people who are also unemployed and don’t have money can buy their stolen stuff?
that’s some twisted sister logic
AOC is certifiably insane. This is one of her biggest whoppers yet!
It’s amazing how some can function
with one brain cell.
Who is more of an idiot, AOC or the 71% of the voters in her district who voted for her in the latest primary?
She is probably the most useless person that has ever been in an elected office’’’and she’s from New York!!!!!
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