She did not hold back.
During a recent press conference, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany chastised Democrats who were advocating for “defund[ing] the police.”
She stated, “I would like to end just by highlighting a troubling trend that I think we’ve seen play out across the country, and I believe we have a few graphics to illustrate this. It pertains to the ‘Defund the Police’ movement. And when you look at, across the country, the ties of defunding the police with increases in violence, it’s a cause for concern. As we saw in the beginning of this administration, violent crime was starting to come down, and then bring in the ‘Defund the Police’ movement.”
“In Los Angeles, you had L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti proposing a cut of $150 million from the LAPD. L.A. Mayor Garcetti said this: ‘It starts someplace, and we have to say we are going to be who we want to be, or we’re going to continue being the killers that we are,’ was his quote, in support of the defund movement. And as a result, we saw a 14 percent rise in homicides this year over last year.”
“In Minneapolis, the ‘Defund the Police’ movement was afoot as well, with a unanimous vote in Minneapolis City and their council to dismantle the police. And you had Minneapolis City council member Jeremiah Ellison saying, ‘This is one action of many that we need to take on the road to a more equitable and just system that keeps people safe.’ In fact, it did not keep people safe. We’ve seen a 94 percent increase in homicides compared to last year in Minneapolis.”
.@PressSec outlines the disturbing trend of crime increases in areas whose leaders have decided to “Defund the Police”. pic.twitter.com/ZU8DDSgbDl
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 4, 2020
Along with the “defund the police” movement, McEnany also slammed Democrats for stalling the next round of relief checks.
.@PressSec just completely obliterated Congressional Democrats 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xkCzrYlZXZ
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 4, 2020
She left nothing untouched and literally obliterated them.
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