Psaki on crime: "what does that even mean"

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Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki seemed confused over the weekend about what “soft on crime consequences…even mean[s].”

Jen Psaki mocks people discussing the “consequences” of “soft-on-crime” policies: “What does that even mean?” pic.twitter.com/C1KEnXVIQI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 31, 2022

Psaki may be so out of touch that she doesn’t know what the consequences of rising crime are, but for Americans across the country they are very real:

In 2021, violent crime spiked across the country, with fourteen major Democrat-run cities setting all-time high homicide records:
- Philadelphia had over 550 killings, breaking its 1990 record.
- Chicago had its deadliest year in a quarter century.
- Atlanta saw 158 homicides, the highest number in over three decades.
- Oakland had 148 killings, the highest in 15 years.
- Austin saw 89 killings, the highest number since Austin police began recording over six decades ago.
The number of brazen carjackings surged from 2020 to 2021:
Chicago saw a 44% increase.
Washington, D.C. a 45% increase.
New York City an 81% increase.
Organized retail “smash-and-grab” robberies have plagued retailers throughout the country.
Ambush-style attacks on law enforcement increased 115% from 2020.
346 law enforcement officers were shot in 2021, including 73 who were intentionally targeted by heinous criminals.
As crime surged in 2021, so did attacks on law enforcement:

Or maybe she was confused by what “soft on crime” policies are. Here are just few examples of what Democrats have been pushing in our nation’s cities:

Defunding the police.
Vaccine mandates that force first responders off the job in states like New York, California, and Illinois.
Weakened bail policies.
No prosecutions for brazen criminal thieves.
Refusing to prosecute crimes like resisting arrest, and broadcasting that policy to criminals.
Downgrading crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.
Anti-police rhetoric.

This is what happens when an administration is so determined to deny reality that they seem to believe that a symptom of COVID is the sudden urge to loot Home Depot. It’s time the Biden administration stopped laughing. The American people aren’t.