>> YOU HEAR SOME OF MY FRIENDS
IN THE OTHER TEAM TALKING ABOUT
POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND HOW IT’S
NECESSARY.
LET ME SAY THIS TO MY MAGA
REPUBLICAN FRIENDS IN CONGRESS.
DON’T TELL ME SUPPORT LAW
ENFORCEMENT IF YOU WON’T CONDEMN
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SIXTH.
JACKIE: PRESIDENT BIDEN BLAMING
REPUBLICANS FOR THE COUNTRY’S
SURGE IN VIOLENT CRIME AND
POLITICAL VIOLENCE DURING A
RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH JUST
UNDER TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
BIDEN CALLING FOR FUNDING FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
EVEN THOUGH HE SAID HE WOULD
CALL FOR EFFORTS TO REDIRECT
POLICE FUNDING.
>> THERE’S NO PLACE IN THIS
COUNTRY FOR ENDANGERING THE
LIVES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I’M OPPOSED TO DEFUNDING THE
POLICE AND THE FBI.
THERE’S NO GREATER
RESPONSIBILITY FOR GOVERNMENT
THAN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR
PEOPLE.
JACKIE: SO NOW HE REALIZES IT’S
AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE
MIDTERMS AND HE’S CHANGING HIS
TUNE, AS YOU NEW POLL FINDS THAT
ONE FIFTH OF AMERICANS FEAR
BEING PHYSICALLY ATTACKED IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO
THIS.
IT’S INTERESTING, THE FIRST
SOUND BITE.
HE’S SAYING THE MAGA
REPUBLICANS, THESE EXTREMISTS IN
CONGRESS, THEY WON’T CONDEMN
JANUARY 6th BUT THEY’RE
TALKING ABOUT CRIME ON THE
STREETS AND HE’S MIXING APPLES
AND ORANGES.
MOST PEOPLE YOU SPEAK TO OUT
THERE, REPUBLICANS, BASICALLY
SAY I DON’T KNOW WHO THIS MAGA
REPUBLICAN IS THAT HE’S TALKING
ABOUT.
I’M JUST A NORMAL HARD WORKING
PEOPLE.
I’M PAYING MY TAXES.
I’M GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY.
I’M TRYING TO PUT 2350D FOOD ON
TABLE AND IN THIS ECONOMY THAT’S
A HARD THING TO DO.
JAMES: THE FIRST SOUND BITE WE
HAD THE FULL LEVEL OF BIDEN
PHONINESS ON THIS ISSUE WHEN HE
WANTS TO SAY HE’S THE UNITER
HEALING THE COUNTRY AND THEN
REFERS TO HIS OPPONENTS AS
PEOPLE WHO WANT VIOLENCE AND ARE
A THREAT TO THE COUNTRY.
THE FACT IS THAT IT’S MORE THAN
JUST FUNDING.
HE’S NOW OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO GET
AHEAD OF THIS ISSUE, SAYING
LET’S HAVE MORE POLICE FUNDING
BUT YOU SEE IN JURISDICTIONS
EVEN WHERE THEY REALIZED THEY
MADE HUGE MISTAKES GOING DOWN
THE PATH LED BY DEMOCRATS TOWARD
REINING IN POLICE, LIMITING
PROSECUTION, EVEN WHEN THEY
RESTORE FUNDING OR EVEN WHEN
THEY DECIDE THEY DON’T WANT TO
CUT IT, THEY HAVE TROUBLE
FINDING POLICE OFFICERS.
YOU SEE IT IN SEATTLE.
IF YOU EMBRACE LAWLESSNESS,
PEOPLE WILL NOT WANT TO BE
POLICE OFFICERS.
EVEN IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO
FUND THE POLICE.
IT’S NOT JUST FUNDING.
JACKIE: I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME ON
THE STREETS AND HOW PEOPLE ARE
FEELING, BRANDON, YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES ON THE
BALLOT IF YOU WILL IN THE
MIDTERMS THE.
CRIME IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM.
BUT TAXES ARE ANOTHER.
THE ECONOMY IS ANOTHER.
THE BORDER DID IS ANOTHER.
YOU START TO PUT ALL THESE
THINGS TOGETHER AND THE
EXPECTATION IS THAT THERE WILL
BE A RED WAVE.
HOUSE IS GOING TO BE EASIER, HE
THOUGH, THAN IN THE SENATE.
BRANDON: THAT’S RIGHT.
CRIME IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST
BECAUSE IF PEOPLE DON’T FEEL
SAFE THEY’RE GOING TO VOTE
ACCORDINGLY AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE
SEEING CRIME UP ACROSS THE
BOARD.
HOMICIDES ARE UP 40% RELATIVE TO
PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, PROPERTY
CRIME, YOU NAME IT, IT IS ALL
UP.
PEOPLE DON’T FEEL SAFE IN THEIR
HOMES ANYMORE.
THAT’S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR
DEMOCRATS.
IT’S GOOD TO SEE BIDEN ADDRESS
THE ISSUE AND REBUKE THE
RIDICULOUS HE DEFUND THE POLICE
MOVE BUTMENT.
JUST SAYING WE WANT THE TO FUND
MORE POLICE OFFICERS IS
IMPORTANT BUT LIKE JAMES SAID WE
DON’T HAVE THE POLICE OFFICERS
TO FILL THESE ROLES WHILE WE
HAVE TIGHT LABOR MARKETS AND THE
POLICE BEING CONSTANTLY BEATEN
UP IN THE PRESS AND A ELSEWHERE.
JACKIE: THAT’S THE PROBLEM.
WHEN YOU ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO GET
TO THE LEVEL WHERE MORALE IS SO
LOW, PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE
FORCE IN RECORD DROVES.
YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO COME
IN.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY’RE BEING
ATTACKED FOR DOING THEIR JOB.
IT CREATES A SITUATION WHERE
NOBODY WANTS TO STIP ANYMORE.
THAT’S WHY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
AN EVEN KEEL APPROACH WHEN IT
COMES TO CRIME COMING FROM THE
GOP MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE BETTER
WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS.
HAVING SAID THAT, WE’VE GOT TO