Biden’s Crime Crisis

President Biden and Congressional Democrats have demonized our police and pushed for them to be defunded. Now, crime across America is skyrocketing, and our police officers are under attack from violent criminals.

BIDEN’S CRIME CRISIS:

• Under President Biden, more police officers were killed in the line of duty in 2021 than in any year since 1995.
  • In 2021, 73 police officers were killed – a 59% increase from 2020.
• According to the National Fraternal Order of Police, there have been 67 officers shot so far in 2022, 9 of whom were killed by gunfire.
  • There have been 13 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers this year, which have resulted in 24 officers shot, 4 of whom were killed.
• A new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows 2 in 3 voters, 69% of Americans, think more police funding would decrease crime.
  • A new Ipsos poll also found that 64% of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of crime.
• In 2021, over a dozen U.S. cities set new homicide records in 2021.
• In 2021, there were 346 officers shot, 63 of whom were killed by gunfire.
• In 2021, there were 103 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers, a 115% increase from 2020.
• Progressive prosecutors are in cities that represent over 20% of the nation’s population.

DEMOCRATS WHO SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE POLICE: 

• President Biden famously expressed support for the Defund the Police movement during an interview in 2020 but was forced to walk back his position after public backlash to his position.
• Vice President Kamala Harris applauded Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for defunding the police.
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “defunding police means defunding police.” Arguing the cuts to the NYPD weren’t enough.
• Rep. Ayanna Pressley said she supports efforts to defund police departments.
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib called for ‘no more police.’
• Rep. Ilhan Omar said “not only do we need to defund, we need to dismantle” Police Departments.
• Rep. Cori Bush said that she would “make sure” she has private security for her protection while simultaneously promising to defund the police for the rest of America.
  • In early February, Rep. Cori Bush doubled down in her support for defunding our police departments on Twitter.
  • Then, she again refused to go back on her support of the movement, even in the midst of skyrocketing crime.
• President Biden’s Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke supported efforts to “defund the police.”
• President Biden’s Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said officials must heed calls to “decrease police budgets and the scope, role, and responsibility of police in our lives.”
• President Biden’s Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, proposed a budget to divert funding from law enforcement.