Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently smirked his way through an appearance on Fox News as he defended Joe Biden’s record on crime by urging viewers to research crime statistics under Biden’s administration and compare them to Donald Trump’s.
To blame Donald Trump for the spike in violent crime in the run-up to the 2020 election, as Mayor Pete did, is a lie. The crime spike in the summer of 2020 was a campaign op conducted by the Democrats and corporate media that cost billions in private citizens’ property and many lives. What Mayor Pete did is disgusting.
Granted, I’m biased: my brother was shot during that 2020 Summer of Floyd in Mayor Pete’s South Bend — while he was mayor. My brother nearly died and became permanently disabled because Mayor Pete, along with all the rest of Democrat politicians, went soft on rioting, assault, and even murder (attempted and completed) for fear of appearing racist and to create a climate of unrest in order to beat Trump at the ballot box.
That said, let’s discuss how fundamentally wrong Mayor Pete is on crime. First, it is important to remember that arguments about crime levels are only arguments about crime statistics, that is, reported crimes. Everyone knows things have gotten woolier and friskier on our city streets under Biden. And everyone knows crimes are not being fully reported. Police don’t show up for hours to pressing, even violent, crime since 2020 (if they do at all).
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