{"id":1029962,"date":"2024-03-07T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029962"},"modified":"2024-05-13T17:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:09:48","slug":"crime-rates-have-fallen-under-president-biden-while-trump-and-maga-republicans-side-with-violent-criminals-over-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/crime-rates-have-fallen-under-president-biden-while-trump-and-maga-republicans-side-with-violent-criminals-over-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Rates Have Fallen Under President Biden, While Trump and MAGA Republicans Side With Violent Criminals Over Law Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere\u2019s the simple truth: The murder rate skyrocketed under Donald Trump and crime rates have fallen under President Biden. Trump tried to defund law enforcement programs every year he was in office and continues to side with January 6 insurrectionists over law enforcement who defended the Capitol. Trump and MAGA Republicans are now running on a dangerous agenda that would make our communities less safe and roll back the progress President Biden has made to bring down crime rates \u2013 but voters won\u2019t let Trump put our communities at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FACT: Under Donald Trump, the murder rate SKYROCKETED while crime rates have decreased under President Biden.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cCrime in almost every category went down across U.S. in 2023, FBI reports\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cFBI: 2020 homicides up nearly 30%, largest 1-year jump ever\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>: \u201cThe Council on Criminal Justice, a D.C.-based research group, found that homicides in 21 American cities were up 32% between March and October compared with 2019. And some analysts believe 2020 could record the largest-ever single-year increase in murders in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has made a resounding call to defund federal law enforcement \u2013 he proposed cuts to law enforcement programs in his federal budget every single year he was in office.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sahil Kapur, NBC News<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump pressures Republicans to defund the (federal) police.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC<\/a>: \u201cTrump joins other Republicans in pushing to \u2018defund the FBI\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Allen, NBC News<\/a>: \u201cWhen Trump was president, he proposed slashing federal funding for local police forces.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cThe [Trump] administration\u2019s 2021 budget, like all its previous budgets, recommended eliminating the Community Relations Services and Community Oriented Policing Services and placing their functions under other parts of the department to \u2018improve efficiency.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump is defunding the police\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPresident Trump has repeatedly proposed cuts in federal funding for police, criticized landmark legislation that boosted financial support for police departments, and is currently involved in blocking legislation that would greatly reduce pressure on local governments to cut police funding. In layman\u2019s terms, he\u2019s been trying to defund the police.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has continued to side with violent January 6 rioters over law enforcement \u2013 he refused to call for prosecution of January 6 rioters and has instead promised to pardon many of them. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cThen-President Donald Trump didn\u2019t want to specifically call for the Justice Department to prosecute January 6 rioters<\/strong> or forcefully condemn those who stormed the Capitol as unrepresentative of the MAGA movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cNo, Trump did not order 10,000 troops to secure the Capitol on Jan. 6\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTrump describes imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters as \u2018hostages\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump promised Wednesday night that if he is elected he will pardon a \u2018large portion\u2019 of the people convicted of federal offenses for their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b\u200bWashington Post<\/a>: \u200b\u200b\u201cFormer president Donald Trump on Thursday praised and embraced a woman convicted of defying police orders on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2026 Trump has steadily escalated his advocacy for people charged in the Capitol riot, including by pledging to pardon them if he returns to the White House, praising them as patriots, participating in a recording with Jan. 6 prisoners singing the national anthem,<\/strong> and playing it at his first rally of the 2024 campaign last month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cJanuary 6, it was the largest crowd I\u2019ve ever spoken to. And they were there proud, they were there with love in their heart. That was an unbelievable \u2014 and it was a beautiful day.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump spoke at a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden signed the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades, but Trump and MAGA Republicans continue to cozy up to the gun lobby and oppose commonsense reforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR<\/a>: \u201cPresident Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major gun safety legislation passed by Congress in nearly 30 years.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cAs the most prominent current and potential Republican presidential candidates spoke before the annual gathering of the National Rifle Association, most virulently rejected the idea that more gun restrictions could curb bloodshed, even as two American cities are still mourning the latest massacres in the nation\u2019s gun violence epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans were unanimous in their rejection of an assault weapons ban, and did not express enthusiasm for other controls either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cThere\u2019s no bigger fan of the NRA [than me].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump says mass shootings are not ‘a gun problem’ as 2024 GOP hopefuls pledge loyalty to the NRA\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden and Democrats\u2019 American Rescue Plan included hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments that could be used to boost local law enforcement. Every Republican in Congress voted against it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cPresident Joe Biden will announce Friday that $10 billion from the American Rescue Plan has been committed to police departments and public safety across the U.S. \u2026 These funds show what has been reported from cities through the end of 2021. The COVID-19 relief law included $350 billion for state and local governments to reduce violence.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u201cHere\u2019s the simple truth: The murder rate skyrocketed under Donald Trump and crime rates have fallen under President Biden. 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