{"id":1090303,"date":"2021-12-06T14:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1090303"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:58:36","slug":"democrat-dov-hikind-says-ocasio-cortez-is-a-danger-for-downplaying-smash-and-grab-robberies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-dov-hikind-says-ocasio-cortez-is-a-danger-for-downplaying-smash-and-grab-robberies\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Dov Hikind Says Ocasio-Cortez Is A \u2018Danger\u2019 For Downplaying 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=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdemocrat-dov-hikind-says-ocasio-cortez-is-a-danger-for-downplaying-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=1090303&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--><div><\/div>\n<p><span>Former Democratic New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind criticized Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday for downplaying crime in major cities across the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ocasio-Cortez told the Washington Times that \u201ca lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hikind replied that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/02\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-abortion-supreme-court\/\"><span>Ocasio-Cortez<\/span><\/a><span> was \u201cout of control.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAll she\u2019s interested is defund the police, close the prisons down, defund the prisons,\u201d he said on Fox News. \u201cI think it\u2019s time to defund AOC. She\u2019s a danger. I really think she\u2019s a danger. These crimes that are being committed, there are real victims out there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also said her bail reform is \u201cridiculous\u201d and that she\u2019s a \u201cdisaster for the average American.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAOC doesn\u2019t care about victims,\u201d Hikind argued. \u201cShe cares about the criminals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WATCH:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Hikind also asked why the members of his party were not supporting the victims of crime.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRepublicans are speaking out on this,\u201d Hikind said. \u201cWhere are people from my Democratic Party, are they blind? Maybe AOC is blind. Clearly, she doesn\u2019t see it. Where are the others in the Democratic Party to stand up and defend the innocent people of this country who are being victimized by criminals?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/03\/columbia-university-student-central-park-stabbing-new-york\/\"><b>(RELATED: Columbia University Student Stabbed To Death Coming Home From Soccer Game)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The former assemblyman claimed that Democrats were afraid of Ocasio-Cortez and those further to the left within the party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen good people are silent. Democrats I\u2019m talking about, then we are in real trouble and that is exactly what\u2019s going on,\u201d Hikind said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hikind also commented on White House press secretary Jen Psaki and her claim that COVID-19 was the reason for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/22\/subway-stabbing-surge-crime-new-york-city\/\"><span>rise in crime<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis administration is out of control,\u201d Hikind said. \u201cThis administration, you know, you\u2019ve got to blame, you blame Trump, you blame the pandemic. Why don\u2019t they look in the freaking mirror? They are responsible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Democratic New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind criticized Democratic New York Rep. 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