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Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee led a hearing Monday to address the skyrocketing violent crime plaguing New York City thanks to Democrat soft-on-crime policies.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) convened the hearing on “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” at the Jacob Javits Federal Building in Manhattan, with Democrats calling the event a political stunt.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for focusing on political endeavors like prosecuting former President Donald Trump on a process crime rather than tackling real violent crime in the city.
Rep. @MattGaetz goes SCORCHED EARTH on Soros-Backed DAs like Alvin Bragg for failing to enforce the law against violent criminals in the city. pic.twitter.com/zmiRxfcTQb
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 17, 2023
Rep. Jordan likewise highlighted the political tone-deafness of the Democrats for ignoring the violent crime before several New Yorkers testified as witnesses to the crime spree.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) April 17, 2023
House Democrats of course dismissed the hearing as a political “charade” and a “production” for Republicans to use against them, but New Yorkers shut them down.
“Don’t insult my intelligence,” a black woman whose Army vet son was killed in NYC told Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.). “This is why I walked away from the plantation of the Democratic Party.”
Rep. Daniel Goldman tries to say the violent crime hearing is a “charade” and witness Madeline Brame, whose Army vet son was killed in NYC, tells him “Don’t insult my intelligence… This is why I walked away from the plantation of the Democratic Party.” pic.twitter.com/2OBrEmvYQY
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 17, 2023
Rep. Hank Johnson says that the witnesses criticizing Alvin Bragg in the New York City hearing who lost family members to violent crime are “props in a MAGA Republican production.” pic.twitter.com/4uOuHILYzM
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 17, 2023
“The only people I hear talking about politics or President Trump is from the other side,” she noted.
Watch this powerful exchange between a New Yorker and Rep. @Lancegooden about how crime is out of control in NYC but the democrats don’t care, they only care about “getting Trump.”
Share this far and wide.
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— Alex Bruesewitz
(@alexbruesewitz) April 17, 2023
“We don’t care…about your statistics. You cannot convince us to not believe our lying eyes with your numbers because we see it with our very eyes day in and day out,” she added.
BRAME: “We don’t care…about your statistics. You cannot convince us to not believe our lying eyes with your numbers because we see it with our very eyes day in and day out.” pic.twitter.com/c8KAVooCGb
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 17, 2023
One man in the audience called Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) a “scumbag.”
“You’re a scumbag!”
Man insults Adam Schiff during a hearing on crime in NYC.pic.twitter.com/ASltRhlFEk
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) April 17, 2023
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) pointed out how Democrat colleagues even admitted that New York City is being terrorized by violent criminals.
Even Democrats are admitting how unsafe NYC has become. @RepDanGoldman (sitting at this hearing now) has admitted on numerous occasions that the city is dangerous and his constituents are afraid of it.
He is welcome to support pro-law and pro-victim policies at any time! pic.twitter.com/cfDFxIVdwh
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) April 17, 2023
Paul DiGiacomo, president of the New York City’s Detectives’ Endowment Association, blamed the DA for refusing to enforce the law in NYC.
“Two young men were executed in…Manhattan. And I strongly believe it was because of the memos put out by the DA’s Office that they were not going to enforce assaults on police officers.”
"Two young men were executed in…Manhattan. And I strongly believe it was because of the memos put out by the DA's Office that they were not going to enforce assaults on police officers."
-Paul DiGiacomo, President of the New York City’s Detectives’ Endowment Association. pic.twitter.com/BYzLLtUaPW
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) April 17, 2023
One witness named Jose Alba, a NYC bodega clerk, lambasted DA Bragg for charging him after stabbing a man in self-defense thanks to backwards Democrat policies.
“I believe that law enforcement and the DA’s office didn’t investigate the case fully. They rushed to judgement and I suffered because of it,” he said.
Jose Alba, NYC bodega clerk who was charged for stabbing a man in self-defense, tells his story at House Judiciary hearing
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 17, 2023
Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Mike Johnson (R-La.) also weighed in on the out-of-control crime.
“We have a recidivism problem… Hundreds of 1000s of criminals have been released just since 2020″
“88% of prisoners are incarcerated in the state systems for murder, rape, robbery, and assault”
“this isnt about some libertarian worldview of letting out a few potheads”
MORE: pic.twitter.com/hg2CQ9IRED
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) April 17, 2023
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