{"id":1087279,"date":"2021-12-05T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T22:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087279"},"modified":"2021-12-05T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T22:29:15","slug":"republicans-business-leaders-slam-aoc-for-tone-deaf-remark-about-smash-and-grab-robberies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-business-leaders-slam-aoc-for-tone-deaf-remark-about-smash-and-grab-robberies\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans, Business Leaders Slam AOC For \u2018Tone-Deaf\u2019 Remark About Smash-And-Grab Robberies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-business-leaders-slam-aoc-for-tone-deaf-remark-about-smash-and-grab-robberies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Congressional Republicans and business leaders slammed far-left \u201cSquad\u201d member and New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over comments she made about the recent rash of \u201csmash-and-grab\u201d thefts taking place all over the country.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/dec\/3\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rebuked-doubting-smash-an\/\">Washington Times<\/a> last week, Ocasio-Cortez said that \u201ca lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe it\u2019s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn\u2019t back it up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Walgreens announced in October that it was closing five stores in the city of San Francisco following a rash of thefts at its stores in the area, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/walgreens-now-closing-stores-in-san-francisco-following-retail-theft-spike\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to ongoing organized retail crime, we have made the difficult decision to close five stores across San Francisco,\u201d Walgreens announced at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrganized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,\u201d said Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso. \u201cRetail theft across our San Francisco stores has continued to increase in the past few months to five times our chain average. During this time to help combat this issue, we increased our investments in security measures in stores across the city to 46 times our chain average in an effort to provide a safe environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retail theft has since spread across the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dozens-of-looters-storm-a-california-nordstrom-employees-pepper-sprayed-physically-assaulted\">California<\/a>, and has spread to other major cities across the country like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/two-minneapolis-best-buys-robbed-on-black-friday-as-flash-mob-thievery-spreads-beyond-california\">Minneapolis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/thieves-steal-more-than-20000-in-cosmetics-from-philadelphia-area-store\">Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what data she is talking about, but you don\u2019t really need much data from [some place] in San Francisco or California,\u201d Illinois Republican Congressman Rodney Davis said about Ocasio-Cortez. \u201cAll you need to do is walk down the street to the CVS in Eastern Market,\u201d he continued, referring to a public market in the area of the Capitol building. \u201cI\u2019ve seen on multiple occasions when I\u2019ve been in there buying things, someone will come in and raid a shelf and walk out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that people use appropriate words when something is clearly happening,\u201d California Republican Congressman Darrell Issa added. \u201cLaw enforcement may have to say \u2018alleged\u2019 because no one has been convicted, but I think people who know better should use more appropriate words. But she\u2019s not known for appropriate words,\u201d he continued, adding that Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s \u201ccredibility continues to fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Republican Congressman Jim Banks told the Washington Times that Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s remarks are \u201ctone deaf and offensive,\u201d citing the example of a security guard who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/security-guard-murdered-while-protecting-news-team-covering-smash-and-grab-robbery\">murdered<\/a> while trying to protect a news team covering a smash-and-grab robbery in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The Retail Industry Leaders Association also blasted the New York Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespectfully, the congresswoman has no idea what&nbsp;she is talking about. Both the data and stack of video evidence makes fairly clear that this is a growing problem in need of solutions,\u201d Jason Brewer, the RILA\u2019s senior executive vice president of communications wrote in an email to the Washington Times. \u201cIf she is not concerned with organized theft and increasingly violent attacks on retail employees, she should just say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Retail Federation told the Times that \u201corganized retail crime\u201d has cost businesses an average of $719,548 per $1 billion in sales in 2021. That cost of lost merchandise has been above $700,000 for the past five years, the NLRF said.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Republicans and business leaders slammed far-left \u201cSquad\u201d member and New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over comments she made about the recent rash of \u201csmash-and-grab\u201d thefts taking place all over the country.In an interview with the Washington Times last week, Ocasio-Cortez said that \u201ca lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out.\u201d\u201cI believe it\u2019s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn\u2019t back it up,\u201d she said.Walgreens announced in October that it was closing five stores in the city of San Francisco following a rash of thefts at its stores in the area, The Daily Wire reported.\u201cDue to ongoing organized retail crime, we have made the difficult decision to close five stores across San Francisco,\u201d Walgreens announced at the time.\u201cOrganized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,\u201d said Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso. \u201cRetail theft across our San Francisco stores has continued to increase in the past few months to five times our chain average. During this time to help combat this issue, we increased our investments in security measures in stores across the city to 46 times our chain average in an effort to provide a safe environment.\u201dRetail theft has since spread across the state of California, and has spread to other major cities across the country like Minneapolis and Philadelphia.\u201cI don\u2019t know what data she is talking about, but you don\u2019t really need much data from [some place] in San Francisco or California,\u201d Illinois Republican Congressman Rodney Davis said about Ocasio-Cortez. \u201cAll you need to do is walk down the street to the CVS in Eastern Market,\u201d he continued, referring to a public market in the area of the Capitol building. \u201cI\u2019ve seen on multiple occasions when I\u2019ve been in there buying things, someone will come in and raid a shelf and walk out.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s important that people use appropriate words when something is clearly happening,\u201d California Republican Congressman Darrell Issa added. \u201cLaw enforcement may have to say \u2018alleged\u2019 because no one has been convicted, but I think people who know better should use more appropriate words. But she\u2019s not known for appropriate words,\u201d he continued, adding that Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s \u201ccredibility continues to fall.\u201dIndiana Republican Congressman Jim Banks told the Washington Times that Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s remarks are \u201ctone deaf and offensive,\u201d citing the example of a security guard who was murdered while trying to protect a news team covering a smash-and-grab robbery in San Francisco.The Retail Industry Leaders Association also blasted the New York Democrat.\u201cRespectfully, the congresswoman has no idea what\u00a0she is talking about. Both the data and stack of video evidence makes fairly clear that this is a growing problem in need of solutions,\u201d Jason Brewer, the RILA\u2019s senior executive vice president of communications wrote in an email to the Washington Times. \u201cIf she is not concerned with organized theft and increasingly violent attacks on retail employees, she should just say that.\u201dThe National Retail Federation told the Times that \u201corganized retail crime\u201d has cost businesses an average of $719,548 per $1 billion in sales in 2021. That cost of lost merchandise has been above $700,000 for the past five years, the NLRF said.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}