White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt absolutely smoked the Democrats' new claim that red states are actually the ones with higher crime rates and brought the receipts to prove it's the left's failed crime policies that show blue states/cities lead the pack.
During a White House Press Briefing on Tuesday, Leavitt was asked by a reporter about the Democrats' latest argument that it's the red states that have higher crime rates, while they have overlooked high crime in blue cities.
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"Of course, there is crime in ALL states, but the crime in these [blue] cities is all in cities that are run by Democrats," Leavitt said. If you look at the list of the top 20 high-crime cities in the United States, EVERY SINGLE ONE [of the cities], with the exception of one (in Louisiana), is run by a Democrat."
"And these Democrats have supported the same policies that I spoke about at the beginning of this briefing," she added, listing things like "cashless bail."
"If you look at a red state like Mississippi, but the Democrat run city in that state, Jackson. In 2019, Jackson, MS, eliminated cash bail for virtually all misdemeanor cases," Leavitt continued. "And while Jackson is not formally a sanctuary city, the state of Mississippi formally banned sanctuary cities, and this city has acted as a de facto sanctuary city for criminals and illegal aliens since 2017."
And then she mentioned what has happened in the red state of Alabama, with the high crime city of Birmingham being run by Democrats.
"In 2017, the Birmingham city council unanimously passed a resolution 'committing to establish sanctuary policies,'" Leavitt said. "So if you actually look at the facts, from these Democrat run cities…these are blue cities. And they have all supported these disastrous policies, which allow repeated career criminals back onto the streets to further commit acts of violence."
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At one point during the briefing, the White House Press Secretary dropped the number of arrests in places like Washington, D.C., since President Donald Trump's federalization of the local law enforcement to crack down on crime.
In a post from our sister site, Townhall.com, it noted the following.
There have been a total of 2,177 arrests made since August 7.
- 57 arrests made last night:
- 14 illegal aliens
She also noted that just last night, D.C. enforcement made an arrest on a warrant for "assault with the intent to kill."
Here are other arrests:
- Carjacking
- Second degree theft
- Possession of a substance
- Possession of controlled substance
- Felon in possession of illegal firearm
As RedState has reported, President Trump is done playing with Democrat governors and mayors and has begun the surge of law enforcement in places like Chicago, too, with "Operation Midway Blitz."
In a post on Monday on X, Leavitt announced, "Trump admin launches 'Operation Midway Blitz' in push to target illegal immigrants, fight violent crime in Chicago."
Sorry, Democrats, facts just don't care about your feelings.
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