The White House blames democratic policies for crime in the cities of the red state

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The white house’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that left -wing policies such as the surety without species have triggered violent trends in the cities of the country, including cities managed by Democrats located in the states managed by the Republicans.
“There is a crime in all states, but crime in these cities is entirely in cities led by democrats. If you are looking at the list of the 20 best cities of crimes raised in the United States, each – with the exception of one in Louisiana – is led by a democrat. And these Democrats have supported the same policies.
The press secretary answered a question on the question of whether the administration would also work with republican governors to address the cities shaken by crime, instead of focusing on the courts managed by Democrats in the Blue States. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened repression on crime in Chicago and Baltimore, which are located in democratic states, while cities riddled by crime such as Memphis, which is located in the Republican Tennessee, have not received the same level of attention for its criminal trends.
Leavitt argued that current trends in violent crimes are due to left -country justice policies that affect cities, whether in a republican or democratic state, stressing Jackson, Mississippi and Birmingham, in Alabama, as examples.
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The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that democratic policies in the cities located in the red states have led to an increase in crime. (Win McNamee / Getty images)
“If you look at a red state, the Mississippi, but a city led by Democrats in this state – Jackson. In 2019, Jackson, Mississippi, eliminated the cash deposit for almost all she said.
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“Same thing: Birmingham, Alabama. A city led by Democrats in a red state in 2017, the Birmingham municipal council unanimously adopted a resolution, citing, committing to establish sanctuary policies. So, if you really look at the facts of these cities managed by the Democrats. Repeated career criminals come back to the streets to make more acts of violence. “”
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Trump’s presidential campaign included repeated wishes to bring crime Through the United States, according to the bloody trends in the country that started in 2020 in the midst of the police demonstrations and riots that summer. On August 11, he federal Washington, DC, under article 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which was part of his campaign wish, which allows the president to assume emergency control of the capital forces for 30 days.

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After the homicides dropped and more than 2,000 arrests, Trump celebrated the repression of DC crime as an example for other cities and has since floated on several occasions by sending the National Guard to cities like Chicago. The local leaders, including the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson and the Democratic Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, avoided discussions and unnecessary and a form of “authoritarianism”.
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“The president wants to work with anyone through this country which wants to end these horrible policies and bring public order to our streets. And I think that is proven by his formidable cooperation with the mayor of Washington, DC, and the capital of our nation. And it is enough to look at the results,” continued Leavitt.