Rep. Jim Banks Slams Dem Defund Police Efforts As What 'Criminals Like'
By Fran Beyer | Sunday, 27 June 2021 02:50 PM
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., on Sunday said President Joe Biden’s plan to control rising crime and Democratic policies are just what “criminals in every American city like.”
In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Banks said Biden is in the sway of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
“In 2002 Sen. Biden wrote an op-ed that said ‘more cops clearly means less crime’,” Banks said. “He can’t say that today because today he’s being held hostage in the White House by the Squad, and the radicals in the Democratic Party,” he said, lamenting that politicians “have spent the last year stigmatizing one of the most honorable professions in America in law enforcement.”
According to Banks the approach is “a recipe that …criminals in every American city like what Democrats are selling,” calling “murder rates higher than we’ve ever seen before.”
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