Democratic Cluelessness Hits New Height

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A few days ago, former Democratic US Senator Barbara Boxer was physically assaulted, and robbed of her cell phone on the street in Oakland , CA. Then, interviewed about it on liberal-friendly CNN, the show host Erin Burnett, noted that Oakland has been experiencing a rise in crime, with robberies up 14%, assault with firearm up 58%, and homicides up 69%.

The show host then noted that the Oakland City Council just voted to move $18 Million AWAY from the Police Department, to other programs (mental health, et al). She mentioned that President Trump commented on the Boxer robbery and the defunding, saying "Our once great cities like New York, Detroit, San Francisco, and so many others, have become a paradise for criminals because of Democrats."

When the show host asked Boxer "What do you have to say to that, in the context of what is happening in Oakland ?" Not too suprisingly, Boxer DODGED the straightfoward question, and instead of confronting it, she deflected to attacking President Trump, saying that he had a "horrible record as president". She claimed that under Trump "the murder rate went way up, under Trump, crimes with guns went way up, hate crimes surged 20%."

Actually, under Trump, >>>

• U.S. murder/homicide rate for 2018 was 4.96, a 6.77% decline from 2017.
• U.S. murder/homicide rate for 2017 was 5.32, a 1.37% decline from 2016

These Trump declines came after large increases in murders in the previous 2 years under Obama >>

U.S. murder/homicide rate for 2016 was 5.39, a 8.91% increase from 2015.
U.S. murder/homicide rate for 2015 was 4.95, a 11.37% increase from 2014.

Interesting, how in the beginning of the interview, Boxer praises the area in Oakland where she has had a home since 2005. She says >> "We've never had a hint of any kind of problem. Jack London Square is beautiful by the Bay, wonderful restaurants, wonderful greenery, but this day was a different day for me, and so unexpected."

Well, maybe in the cloud of distortion that Democrats seem to live with daily, it was "unexpected" for Sen Boxer, but to conservatives, and probably just any average person, a street mugging like this was very much TO BE EXPECTED, after the defunding of $18 Million from the Police Dept. That's what happens when you do moronic things like defunding your police and expecting mental health programs to be a suitable revision.

So did Barbara Boxer ever answer the question that the host asked about defunding the police ? Not in the video that I saw. Click it here and see for yourself.

Senator recounts being attacked in broad daylight - Bing video

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U.S. Murder/Homicide Rate 1990-2021
Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does...

www.macrotrends.net

 

[protectionist]

One might also note that Barbara Boxer could have been carrying a gun to defend herself. If so, the mugger probably would have froze at the sight of the gun, and turned and jumped in the car, as he did, but in this case, without the cell phone.

Boxer was lucky. She could have been killed. If she experiences a future attack, it could be a lot worse.

 

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A few days ago, former Democratic US Senator Barbara Boxer was physically assaulted, and robbed of her cell phone on the street in Oakland , CA. Then, interviewed about it on liberal-friendly CNN, the show host Erin Burnett, noted that Oakland has been experiencing a rise in crime, with robberies up 14%, assault with firearm up 58%, and homicides up 69%.

The show host then noted that the Oakland City Council just voted to move $18 Million AWAY from the Police Department, to other programs (mental health, et al). She mentioned that President Trump commented on the Boxer robbery and the defunding, saying "Our once great cities like New York, Detroit, San Francisco, and so many others, have become a paradise for criminals because of Democrats."

When the show host asked Boxer "What do you have to say to that, in the context of what is happening in Oakland ?" Not too suprisingly, Boxer DODGED the straightfoward question, and instead of confronting it, she deflected to attacking President Trump, saying that he had a "horrible record as president". She claimed that under Trump "the murder rate went way up, under Trump, crimes with guns went way up, hate crimes surged 20%."

Actually, under Trump, >>>

• U.S. murder/homicide rate for 2018 was 4.96, a 6.77% decline from 2017.
• U.S. murder/homicide rate for 2017 was 5.32, a 1.37% decline from 2016

These Trump declines came after large increases in murders in the previous 2 years under Obama >>

U.S. murder/homicide rate for 2016 was 5.39, a 8.91% increase from 2015.
U.S. murder/homicide rate for 2015 was 4.95, a 11.37% increase from 2014.

Interesting, how in the beginning of the interview, Boxer praises the area in Oakland where she has had a home since 2005. She says >> "We've never had a hint of any kind of problem. Jack London Square is beautiful by the Bay, wonderful restaurants, wonderful greenery, but this day was a different day for me, and so unexpected."

Well, maybe in the cloud of distortion that Democrats seem to live with daily, it was "unexpected" for Sen Boxer, but to conservatives, and probably just any average person, a street mugging like this was very much TO BE EXPECTED, after the defunding of $18 Million from the Police Dept. That's what happens when you do moronic things like defunding your police and expecting mental health programs to be a suitable revision.

So did Barbara Boxer ever answer the question that the host asked about defunding the police ? Not in the video that I saw. Click it here and see for yourself.

Senator recounts being attacked in broad daylight - Bing video

www.bing.com
U.S. Murder/Homicide Rate 1990-2021
Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does...

www.macrotrends.net

Your link shows the lower murder rate under Obama...in 2014. So what, exactly, did Trump do to lower the crime rate? Not much.

 

[Dawg]

One might also note that Barbara Boxer could have been carrying a gun to defend herself. If so, the mugger probably would have froze at the sight of the gun, and turned and jumped in the car, as he did, but in this case, without the cell phone.

Boxer was lucky. She could have been killed. If she experiences a future attack, it could be a lot worse.

Yep

 

[protectionist]

Your link shows the lower murder rate under Obama...in 2014. So what, exactly, did Trump do to lower the crime rate? Not much.

That post looks like the thought from someone habituated to leftist OMISSION media. Anyone having experienced conservative media over the past few years, easily knows why crime increased under Obama, and dropped under Trump.

2015-2016 - the "Ferguson effect" (exacerbated by various anti-police actions - Michel Slager, Betty Shelby, Jeronimo Yanez, Derek Chauvin, the Baltimore 6, etc.)

President Trump’s actions and policies—combining support for law and order with public safety-focused criminal justice reform, is what caused crime decrease.

2017-2019 - major policy shift by the Trump Administration that has largely gone unnoticed.

1.) The Obama administration’s frequent resort to consent decrees, a coercive measure where the federal government oversees local policing operations, was reversed upon this administration’s taking office.

“When federal bureaucrats in Washington set standards for a police department under threat of sanctions, they set not only a floor but a ceiling. No police agency is going to innovate in its policing operations while under the watchful eye of an antagonistic Department of Justice—they will simply check the boxes and move along until the time runs out. The people closest to the community, who understand its needs, will instead defer all judgement calls to a distant and insensitive federal government."
(Randy Petersen - Senior Researcher in the area of policing at the Texas Public Policy Foundation)

2.) Trump reduced recidivism with the federal First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill signed into law by President Trump in 2018, was inspired by successful criminal justice reform measures pioneered by lawmakers in Texas, Georgia and other conservative states. Specifically, the new law boosts efforts to prepare inmates for employment, while in prison as well as post-release.
The law also expanded alternatives to prison such as home confinement for low-risk offenders, while implementing evidence-based treatment for opioid and heroin abusers.

3). Trump also signed the "Juvenile Justice Reform Act" further reducing violent crime.



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