On 9/26/2022, during White House Press briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not have a straight answer for whether or not U.S. cities are ‘safe’. ‘is complicated and multi-faceted,’ the press secretary said when asked about the safety of U.S. cities. ‘… inherited a rising crime rate from the previous administration,’ Jean-Pierre added. She noted that Republicans voted against the American Rescue Plan.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre, “So back to the original question, does President Biden’s think America’s big cities are safe?”. “It’s not a yes or no question,” she replied. “It is very much a question of, what is he done?,” Jean-Pierre continued. “What matters is that we have the funding and we have done the work, put the policy forward.”
Doocy: Thank you, Karine. Does President Biden think America’s big cities are safe?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Can you say more?
Doocy: Well, we know that thefts and robberies are up about 20 percent in the first half of this year. So, I’m wondering if he thinks Americans big cities are safe.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Are you talking about the New York Times story specifically? Or is that what you’re referring to?
Doocy: Yeah, they had some stats. The murder rate still 30 percent above its 2019 level. They’re all from the Council on Criminal Justice. So, we’ve seen some high-profile examples of this. The Washington Commander’s running back was being mugged. He got shot. Karen Bass, member of Congress, had her house robbed. These are high-profile people. So should everyday Americans who are not in the public eye feel safe in America’s cities?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So I’ll say this: That same story also stated that the crime is complicated and multifaceted. Look, this is a President who has secured historic funding to make sure that law enforcement has what it needs — is especially — and he was able to do this in the face of opposition from Republicans. During a time where — where he inherited a rising crime rate from the previous administration, the President put forth the American Rescue Plan. And in that very — in that very plan, there was more than $300 billion to go to local — local states and local cities to make sure that they were able to hire law enforcement — law officers. They were able to hire, you know, firefighters. They were able to hire people that were critical to their needs as they were dealing with a pandemic. Republicans voted against that.
Doocy: So, I guess — just the original question: Does President Biden think America’s big cities are safe?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It is not — it is not a — it is not a “yes” or a “no” question; it is very much a question of what has he done. That’s how we see the question is: What has he done …
On 9/29/22, Senator Cotton questions Colette Peters, Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons.
On 9/27/2022, Pennsylvania Republican senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz blasted Pennsylvania Democrat Senate candidate John Fetterman and said he “cares more about the criminals than the innocent,” during a Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police press conference endorsing Dr. Mehmet Oz for United States Senate.
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America’s cities are safe? WH: “not a yes or no question”, “complicated and multi-faceted”, “from previous Admin”