DAYS AGO.
PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON.
DEMOCRATS HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM
WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME AND
ANTI-POLICE DEFUND RHETORIC.
THIS NEXT STORY IS NOT GOING TO
HELP.
A KEY SENATE RACE DOWN IN
FLORIDA IS PITTING CONGRESSWOMAN
AND FORMER POLICE OFFICER VAL
DEMINGS POLICE CHIEF, I SHOULD
SAY, VAL DEMINGS AGAINST
REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO.
DEMINGS WANT TO RETHINK THIS
TONE DEAF JOKE.
>> AFTER 27 YEARS AS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THERE’S NO
DOUBT THAT’S A TOUGH JOB.
THAT’S A HARD JOB.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
BUT BEING ELECTED OFFICE, THAT’S
A WHOLE ANOTHER ANIMAL, Y’ALL.
>> Geraldo: MAYBE IT WAS A LAME
ATTEMPT AT HUMOR.
NOT LIKELY TO BE FUNNY TO COPS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO FIND
THEMSELVES UNDER ATTACK.
MORE THAN 250 COPS SHOT SO FAR
THIS YEAR IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
MORALE IN THE TOILET.
DEPARTMENTS SEVERELY
UNDERSTAFFED.
MANY INNER CITY DEPARTMENTS
HAVING PROBLEMS FINDING NEW
COPS.
BUT JUDGE, YOU CAN’T REALLY
BELIEVE THAT SHE HATES COPS.
SHE IS THE POLICE.
SHE SAYS SHE’S THE POLICE.
SHE WAS POLICE CHIEF, YOU KNOW,
FAMILY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Jeanine: YOU KNOW, THE LAST I
RECALL, I CAN’T THINK OF ANY
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
AND I DON’T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING TO MAKE A JOKE ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK
PUTTING ON THAT BADGE AND THAT
UNIFORM EVERY DAY IS THE
TOUGHEST JOB YOU CAN HAVE
ESPECIALLY SAYING GOOD-BYE TO
YOUR WIFE, YOUR HUSBAND,
WHATEVER IT IS.
AND SO SHAME ON HER.
THAT’S NOT FUNNY.
BUT I THINK, ALSO, THAT THE FACT
THAT SHE VOTES WITH NANCY PELOSI
100% OF THE TIME, 100% OF THE
TIME, TELLS ME THAT SHE’S NOT
INTO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES
THAT WE WOULD HOPE SHE IS BASED
UPON, YOU KNOW, HER C.V. AND
BASED UPON THE FACT THAT SHE WAS
A POLICE CHIEF.
AND IN THE END, I THINK SHE’S AS
CLUELESS AS EVERYONE ELSE IS
ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND
WOKENESS AND ALL THAT NONSENSE.
AND I JUST DON’T THINK IT’S
ANYTHING TO JOKE ABOUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE, I
DON’T KNOW IF ANYBODY REALIZES
THIS, APPARENTLY, 45% OF POLICE
NATIONWIDE ARE RETIRING.
18% ARE RESIGNING.
THAT’S HUGE.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY’VE BEEN SO
DEMORALIZED NOT BY THE RIGHT BUT
BY THE LEFT.
>> Geraldo: THIS ONE
CONGRESSWOMAN.
>> Jeanine: YEAH, YOU MAKE A
JOKE ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
YOU VOTE WITH NANCY PELOSI 100%
OF THE TIME, YOU’RE PART OF THAT
GANG.
>> Geraldo: I THINK SHE SHOULD
BE IMMUNE FROM CRITICISM.
SHE’S DONE A LIFETIME OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
HER HUSBAND JERRY, SHERIFF OF
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
I MEAN, MY GOODNESS.
>> Jesse: ONLY JOB HARDER THAN
BEING A POLICE OFFICER IS BEING
JUDGE JEANINE’S ASSISTANT OR
DOCTOR, GREG, I’LL LEAVE YOU OUT
OF THIS, DANA.
HER MAIN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE,
GERALDO IS SHE’S A FORMER COP
AND SHE GOES OUT THERE AND
INSULTS COPS.
THAT’S REALLY, REALLY STUPID.
>> Geraldo: TALKING ABOUT RUBBER
CHICKEN.
>> THAT’S GOING TO BE EXPLOITED.
>> Dana: WHAT WAS IT?
47%?
>> I KEEP HEARING ABOUT
CANDIDATE QUALITY ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
REMEMBER HOW WE COULDN’T STOP
HEARING ABOUT ALL THESE GUYS
THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE EASILY
BEATABLE WING NUTS AND OZ AND
MASTERS AND ALL THESE CRAZY GUYS
THAT WOULD GO UP IN FLAMES.
THEY’RE ALL TIED OR AHEAD RIGHT
NOW, GERALDO!
AND ALL THE WINGNUTS ARE ON THE
LEFT.
LOOK AT THE GUY IN WISCONSIN.
HE LOVES JEREMIAH WRIGHT AND
LOVES DEFUNDING POLICE.
STACEY ABRAMS IS GETTING SMOKED.
VAL JUST SHOT HERSELF IN THE
FOOT.
WHAT’S THE WOMAN IN ARIZONA LIKE
RUNNING SCARED OF LAKE?
LAKE WHO THEY TRIED TO BOOST
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS IN
ELECTION DENIES ABOUT TO WIN THE
ELECTION.
THAT’S REALLY STUPID.
>> Geraldo: YOU’VE CHANGED THE
TOPIC, DANA, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT
VAL DEMINGS IS ANTI-COP?
>> Dana: I DO NOT BELIEVE SHE
IS.
I DO SAY IF SHE’S RIGHT,
POLITICS IS NOT BEAN BAG.
YOU LOOK AT ANYBODY THAT MAKES A
GAFFE LIKE THAT IN THE LAST TWO
WEEKS, WHAT HAPPENS?
THE OTHER SIDE WILL DRIVE IT
HOME AND THAT HAPPENS, IT
HAPPENED TO ROMNEY IN
PARTICULAR.
THAT’S THE ONE THAT CAME TO
MIND.
OBAMA WHEN HE SAID YOU DIDN’T
BUILD THAT.
OK, LET’S GO!
LIKE THAT WAS THE LINE.
SO SHE’S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING
CANDIDATE.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT HER IS
SHE WAS RECRUITED BECAUSE SHE IS
-- HAD HER LAW ENFORCEMENT
BACKGROUND.
>> Geraldo: FIRST FEMALE EVER TO
HOLD THE JOB.
>> Dana: EXACTLY.
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
WHAT DOES SHE HAVE TO DO AS A
CANDIDATE?
SHE HAS TO RAISE MONEY FROM THE
DONORS AND THE DONORS THAT AGREE
WITH THE FAR LEFT.
REMEMBER MRS. DOUBTFIRE, ONE
THAT IS LIVING TWO LIVES AND
HOPING THAT THEY DON’T CATCH YOU
OUT AND THE TWO LIVES CAN’T
INTERSECT.
THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE.
SHEE
SHE GOT CAUGHT IN THIS AND SHE’S
GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
>> Greg: THAT’S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
MRS. DOUBTFIRE?
>> Geraldo: I PICTURE ROBIN
WILLIAMS.
>> Jesse: IT’S MORE LIKE IF YOU
HAVE A TERRIBLE SEX LIFE.
>> Dana: I DIDN’T ASK PERMISSION
TO MAKE AN ANALOGY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD
COMPARISON.
THE OTHER THING I’LL POINT OUT
IS THE MEDIA HAS BEEN TRYING TO
SAY DEFUND THE POLICE NEVER
ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
IT’S SOMETHING THAT FOX NEWS
CAME UP WITH.
THAT THE FAR RIGHT HAS COME UP
WITH.
BUT THERE ARE 20 CITIES THAT
ACTUALLY REDUCED THEIR POLICE
BUDGETS IN RESPONSE TO THE
DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT AND
HAD REAL LIFE IMPACT AND THAT’S
WHY YOU SEE PEOPLE SAY CRIME IS
AT AN ALL TIME HIGH AND
CONNECTING DOTS TO THE
DEMOCRATS.
>> Geraldo: ONE THING I NOTICED
IS HOW A MAJORITY OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTICULARLY
SHERIFFS ARE OPPOSED TO VAL
DEMINGS.
BUT THAT’S BECAUSE LAW
ENFORCEMENT, DONE A LOT OF WORK
WITH COPS IN FLORIDA IS SO
CHARGED POLITICALLY.
THEY ARE POLITICIANS.
THEY ARE PART OF THE POLITICAL
PROCESS.
>> Greg: SHE’S NOT -- AGAIN, IT
GOES BACK TO THE A BLOCK.
SHE’S NOT THE PROBLEM.
THE PARTY IS.
AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE’RE
DEALING WITH LONG TERM
CONSEQUENCES OF A GEORGE FLOYD
EFFECT.
AND IT’S HARD TO EXPECT THE
DEMOCRATS TO FIX IT WHEN THEY
LED THE CHARGE.
AND THAT’S THE PROBLEM.
SHE’S A COP.
SHE WAS PROBABLY A GOOD COP.
SHE SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PERSON BUT
HER PARTY SUCKS!
AND THE DEMS ARE SO SCARED OF AN
ANTI-CRIME PLATFORM.
WHEN YOU POINT -- I THINK YOU
POINTED OUT THAT THE VOTING
PUBLIC LOVES ANTI-CRIME
PLATFORMS.
I THINK YOU SAID -- SO THEY’RE
SCARED OF SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT’S THE ACTIVISTS.
THEY’RE CAPTURED BY THE
ACTIVISTS.
THEY’RE ALLOWING AN AGENDA THAT
SAYS THAT LIKE ANY KIND OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS EVIDENCE OF
SYSTEMIC RACISM.
ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY TO TAMP
DOWN CRIME IS AGAINST THE BLACK
PERSON.
AND THAT IS INHERENTLY RACIST
BECAUSE BLACKS WANT THE CRIME
OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, TOO.
>> Geraldo: I AGREE ABSOLUTELY
WITH THAT.
MAYBE THIS WILL BE A SHIFT.
AND MAYBE THE DEMOCRATS WILL
BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO THEIR
CONSTITUENTS’ FEAR OF BEING
PUSHED ON TO THE SUBWAY.