{"id":1289248,"date":"2022-02-10T16:23:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1289248"},"modified":"2022-02-10T16:26:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:26:06","slug":"sen-joni-ernst-blames-crime-surge-on-bidens-progressive-policies-that-make-it-a-crime-to-punish-the-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-joni-ernst-blames-crime-surge-on-bidens-progressive-policies-that-make-it-a-crime-to-punish-the-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Joni Ernst Blames Crime Surge on Biden\u2019s \u2018Progressive\u2019 Policies That \u2018Make it a Crime to Punish the Crime\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fsen-joni-ernst-blames-crime-surge-on-bidens-progressive-policies-that-make-it-a-crime-to-punish-the-crime%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=1289248&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Congress-US-Ukraine-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Liberal policies are fueling the rise in crime, declared Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who blasted the Biden administration for refusing to enforce the law as crime surges throughout the country and warned, \u201cIf they don\u2019t take care of it, we will step up and do so,\u201d as she presented her new effort to curtail crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In remarks to reporters outside Senate Republicans\u2019 closed-door weekly lunch on Tuesday, Ernst attributed the nationwide surge in crime to lenient Biden administration policies and liberal attitudes.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are seeing a significant rise in crime and violent crime across the United States and this is because of this administration\u2019s lack of wherewithal in enforcing law and order,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe see it with liberal district attorneys,\u201d she added, blaming \u201cprogressive policies out there that actually make it a crime to punish the crime.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liberal policies and lenient district attorneys are fueling a rise in crime. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration needs to step up, support our men and women in blue, and enforce our laws. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uOvpKuDrG8\">pic.twitter.com\/uOvpKuDrG8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJoniErnst\/status\/1491239990201827329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Ernst offered several examples of recent actions of liberal district attorneys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s a Democratic DA in Los Angeles that banned bail and prohibited prosecuting the most serious crimes to the full extent of the law,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere was also a Democratic DA in New York that released a list of crimes that would not be prosecuted, including resisting arrest,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claiming that Americans are \u201creally concerned\u201d about these matters, she emphasized the need to \u201cact accordingly\u201d by showing support for \u201cthe men and women in law enforcement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cStop this ridiculous defund the police movement!\u201d she exclaimed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>In addition to being supportive of law enforcement, she made a call to action: \u201cLet\u2019s also step up and enforce the crimes that are being committed.&nbsp;<\/span>Let\u2019s make sure that those are being prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>She then presented her new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/3594\/all-actions?s=1&amp;r=1&amp;overview=closed\"><span>bill<\/span><\/a><span>, the <\/span><i><span>Holding Violent Criminals and Child Predators Accountable Act of 2022<\/span><\/i><span>, which aims at increasing penalties on \u201cthe most serious offenses\u201d and ensuring child predators and those engaged in violent crime \u201care prosecuted and held to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI think these are all things that Republicans can get on board with,\u201d she said. \u201cNow I\u2019m asking that the administration step it up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Warning that \u201cour communities are in danger,\u201d Ernst explained that it is \u201cnot just the largest metro areas\u201d facing increases in crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf they\u2019re not controlling crime in the metro areas, that literally bleeds over into our rural areas,\u201d she said, before warning that action would need to be taken if the situation is not dealt with.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIf they don\u2019t take care of it, we will step up and do so,\u201d she concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ernst\u2019s proposed bill <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ernst.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?ID=FA26C06D-7C12-4108-83D1-F35522003A8C\"><span>calls<\/span><\/a><span> for protecting children from sexual abuse by significantly punishing child pornographers and increasing the statutory maximum penalty to \u201clife imprisonment for sexual abuse of a minor, sexual abuse of a ward, and sexual contact with a child 12 years of age or under.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It also establishes increased penalties for those convicted of interstate domestic violence resulting in life-threatening or serious bodily injury to a victim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Her effort and remarks come as crime has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/04\/white-house-boasts-of-joe-bidens-first-year-gun-controls-as-12-cities-broke-homicide-records\/\"><span>surged<\/span><\/a><span> nationwide after progressives campaigned endlessly against police, leading to eroded confidence in law enforcement, sunken police morale, and an officer exodus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More police officers were intentionally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/06\/report-police-killed-during-joe-bidens-tenure-most-since-1995\/\">killed<\/a> in the line of duty in the year since President Biden became president than in any other year since 1995, <\/span><span>according<\/span><span> to an FBI database.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, at least 16 major U.S. cities \u2014 the vast majority of which are Democrat-run \u2014 have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/cities-record-homicides-2021\"><span>broken<\/span><\/a><span> annual homicide records this past year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In June, in the wake of a continuing crime wave across America\u2019s big cities, nearly half of voters <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/24\/poll-nearly-half-voters-think-anti-police-protests-hurt-public-safety\/\"><span>expressed<\/span><\/a><span> their belief<\/span><span> that anti-police protests hurt public safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberal policies are fueling the rise in crime, declared Sen. 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