{"id":1258278,"date":"2022-01-31T12:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1258278"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:23:36","slug":"shockingly-appalling-jen-psaki-slammed-after-laughing-at-those-concerned-with-soft-on-crime-policy-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shockingly-appalling-jen-psaki-slammed-after-laughing-at-those-concerned-with-soft-on-crime-policy-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shockingly Appalling\u2019: Jen Psaki Slammed After Laughing At Those Concerned With \u2018Soft-On-Crime\u2019 Policy Consequences"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fshockingly-appalling-jen-psaki-slammed-after-laughing-at-those-concerned-with-soft-on-crime-policy-consequences%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=1258278&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>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is being criticized after mocking Fox News for covering the consequences of \u201csoft-on-crime\u201d policies rather than other news stories of the day.<\/p>\n<p>As many pointed out on Twitter, in cities nationwide, violent crime has skyrocketed and many blame the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement as well as rogue prosecutors who opt to not pursue crimes such as shoplifting and other illegal behaviors. In previous comments, Psaki has refused to state whether or not those prosecutors and a refusal to enforce the law was to blame for any of the crime-related problems cities that have seen recently.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki\u2019s comments came on January 25 during a segment on the \u201cPod Save America\u201d&nbsp; podcast with fellow Obama administration alumni Jon Favreau, Daniel Pfeiffer, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor. While discussing TVs featured in numerous government buildings in D.C. that display 24\/7 news coverage with a split screen showing major news outlets, Psaki compared the coverage on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you remember the four boxes that we had on all the TVs right?\u201d Psaki said on the show. \u201cSo right now just to give you a sense,\u201d she continued before reading off what stories the media outlets were currently covering on TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo CNN \u2013 \u2018Pentagon: As many as 8,500 u.s troops on heightened alert\u2019 \u2014 OK, true. .. Same on MSNBC \u2026 CNBC is doing their own thing about the market \u2026 and then on Fox is Janine Pirro talking about \u2018soft-on-crime consequences,\u2019 Psaki said with a laugh. \u201cI mean what does that even mean, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there\u2019s an alternate universe on some coverage,\u201d she concluded. \u201cWhat\u2019s scary about it is a lot of people watch that.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The Daily Wire has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twelve-major-cities-with-new-homicide-records-in-2021-all-led-by-democrats\">reported<\/a> that in 2021, 12 major U.S. cities set annual homicide records and that every one of those cities was led by a Democratic mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Psaki dodged the question of whether rising crime was due to soft on crime prosecutors. The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-psakis-dodge-when-pressed-about-rising-crime-rates-across-country\">reported<\/a> in December that Psaki refused to say why homicides and other crimes were rising in America:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDo you think it\u2019s possible that these cities are dealing with these smash and grab robberies right now, an increase in criminal activity, because some prosecutors are too soft on crime?\u201d Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI would say we have seen, I\u2019m not going to attribute the reasoning from here, what I will tell you is we have seen an increase in crime over the course of the pandemic. There are a range of reasons for that,\u201d she claimed. \u201cAnd what our focus is on is what we can do to address it. The President has proposed additional funding in the budget to make sure local police departments and cops have the funding they need. We have also worked directly with police departments in areas where they are seeing the highest impact of the crime, the retail theft, which we have great concern about. That\u2019s what our focus is on currently, is action, and doing what we can to make sure the funding is out there to the communities that need it the most.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While Psaki may want to ignore the reality of violent crime and that means for Americans, conservatives on Twitter weren\u2019t letting her off the hook.<\/p>\n<p>National Republican Congressional Committee Regional Press Secretary Samantha Bullock tweeted, \u201cIn case you were wondering whether the Dem party takes the crime surge in American cities seriously as police officers continue to die in the line of duty\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you were wondering whether the Dem party takes the crime surge in American cities seriously as police officers continue to die in the line of duty\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QrQdT4QZXk\">https:\/\/t.co\/QrQdT4QZXk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samantha Bullock (@SamLBullock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamLBullock\/status\/1488172659133325313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the past two weeks, two New York Police Department officers lost their lives after allegedly being shot by a violent career criminal.<\/p>\n<p>To that extent, Boston radio host and columnist Grace Curely tweeted, \u201cJen should watch Dominique Luzuriaga\u2019s eulogy for her husband NYPD Officer Jason Rivera. Might help her understand this subject a bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jen should watch Dominique Luzuriaga&#8217;s eulogy for her husband NYPD Officer Jason Rivera. Might help her understand this subject a bit more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wYsk7h4RZu\">https:\/\/t.co\/wYsk7h4RZu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grace Curley (@G_CURLEY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G_CURLEY\/status\/1488169186459324426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/widow-of-slain-police-officer-earns-standing-ovation-as-she-torches-soft-on-crime-da-i-hope-he-is-watching-you-speak-through-me\">reported<\/a> last week that Luzuriaga received a standing ovation for eulogy commemorating her late husband while also blasting Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s promise to not prosecute certain crimes:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou have the whole nation on gridlock. And although you won\u2019t be here anymore, I want you to live through me. The system continues to fail us. We are not safe anymore, not even the members of the service [NYPD]. I know you were tired of these laws, especially the ones from the new DA. I hope he is watching you speak through me,\u201d applause interrupted Luzuriaga then, and one by one, members of the audience<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is being criticized after mocking Fox News for covering the consequences of \u201csoft-on-crime\u201d policies rather than other news stories of the day. As many pointed out on Twitter, in cities nationwide, violent crime has skyrocketed and many blame the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement as well as rogue prosecutors who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1258278","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\/1258278","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258278\/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=1258278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1258278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1258278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}