Rep McCarthy Lets Dems Know Exactly How They Screwed The Country Over

Dem leaders like NYC’s de Blasio bowed to BLM and their demands to defund the police. De Blasio in particular not only cut the NYCPD budget he also upped his pander and had “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street in front of Trump Towers. But all of the pandering and buckling showed that these leaders are unfit. They let their constituents down as the police took a big hit, and without the police, crime rates have skyrocketed. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called Dems out for foolishly listening to BLM and their defund the police movement.

“Over the past year, Democrats’ sustained movement to defund, dismantle, and demonize our cops is taking a toll on our communities,” McCarthy said. “It has manifested in the crime crisis our nation faces today, yet President Biden remains soft on crime and silent on Democrats’ radical policies.”

“Supporting the police and striving for safe communities should not be partisan objectives – they are shared values of the American people,” McCarthy added. “It’s troubling that Democrats continue to vilify the police at a time when they truly need our support.”

New York Times posted startling statistics showing just how damaging BLM’s Defund The Police movement was.

“New York City saw 2,600 officers retire in 2020 compared with 1,509 the year before,” The New York Times reported. “Resignations in Seattle increased to 123 from 34 and retirements to 96 from 43. Minneapolis, which had 912 uniformed officers in May 2019, is now down to 699. At the same time, many cities are contending with a rise in shootings and homicides.”

The crisis at police departments, which followed months of demonization by Democrats who called the police “cancer” and pushed for “no more policing,” comes as homicide rates increased 30% last year and have already increased 24 percent this year, the Times reported separately.

The Police Executive Research Forum released the following damning numbers from 194 law enforcement agencies this month that highlight the crisis in policing across the U.S. (emphasis added):

• HIRING: There was a 5% decrease in the hiring rate for the 2020-2021 period, compared to the previous year. America’s largest police agencies, those which have more than 500 officers, experienced a 36% decrease in the hiring rate for the 2020-2021 period, compared to the previous year. Law enforcement agencies that had 250-499 officers experienced a 29% decrease in the hiring rate for the 2020-2021 period, compared to the previous year.
• RESIGNATIONS: There was an 18% increase in the resignation rate for the 2020-2021 period, compared to the previous year.
• RETIREMENTS: There was a 45% increase in the retirement rate for the 2020-2021 period, compared to the previous year.

Who did the defund the police help? It looks like it was just the criminals. Your everyday lawful citizen didn’t benefit as they were the victim of crime far more often. BLM was protesting because of George Floyd and their claim of police brutality. But all they did is make it so police stations are going to have to drop their standards in order to get more boots on the ground.