{"id":1297549,"date":"2022-02-14T20:07:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T01:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1297549"},"modified":"2022-02-14T20:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T01:07:35","slug":"sht-show-ocasio-cortez-blames-part-of-rising-crime-on-end-of-child-tax-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sht-show-ocasio-cortez-blames-part-of-rising-crime-on-end-of-child-tax-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sh*t Show\u2019: Ocasio-Cortez Blames Part Of Rising Crime On End Of Child Tax Credit"},"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\">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%2Fsht-show-ocasio-cortez-blames-part-of-rising-crime-on-end-of-child-tax-credit%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=1297549&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>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blamed congressional inaction on the Build Back Better social spending package and the end of the expanded child tax credit for contributing to an increase in crime that predated the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to say some of the things that are obvious, like, \u2018Gee, the child tax credit just ran out, on Dec. 31, and now people are stealing baby formula.\u2019 We don\u2019t want to have that discussion,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/the-new-yorker-interview\/is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-an-insider-now\">told<\/a> The New Yorker in an interview published Monday, while blasting Congress as a \u201cscandalizing\u201d \u201cshit show.\u201d The socialist also blamed Democratic Party leadership for not fully embracing the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement, even as some of her <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/05\/2022-house-democrats-concerns-pelosi-caucus-call-election-abigail-spanberger\/\">colleagues<\/a> have said that the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/15\/karen-bass-criticizes-defunding-the-police\/\">slogan<\/a> costs the party elections. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/defund-the-police-cori-bush-ritchie-torres-eric-adams\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 Is Not The Problem: Cori Bush Refuses To Ditch Unpopular Slogan As Election Season Heats Up)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The expanded child tax credit, included in the American Rescue Plan (ARP), expired at the end of December 2021 after Congress did not pass Biden\u2019s Build Back Better package or a standalone credit. The ARP included a $3,600 a year <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/15\/senate-postpones-build-back-better-joe-biden-joe-manchin\/\">credit<\/a> per child for parents of children under the age of six, and a $3,000 a year credit per child between the ages of six and 18. Without the expansion, the benefit reverts to the $2,000 per child credit included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Some economists <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/03\/united-states-economy-joe-biden-economic-growth-pandemic\/\">blamed<\/a> the expanded credit for Americans\u2019 slow return to the workforce as COVID-19 cases receded.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ocasio-Cortez, however, a lack of government services, such as the child tax credit, is fueling an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/murder-rate-increase-2020-police-fbi-report-crime\/\">increase<\/a> in crime, despite the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/29\/murder-rates-rise-alongside-anti-police-demonstrations\/\">violent<\/a> crimes like murders began <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/03\/nations-largest-cities-30-increase-homicides-2020\/\">increasing<\/a> even as the federal government offered generous benefits to encourage Americans to stay home at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe surge in violence is being driven by young people, particularly young men. And we allow the discourse to make it sound as though it\u2019s, like, these shady figures in the bush, jumping out from a corner. These are young men. These are boys,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said. \u201cWe want to say these people are criminals or we want to talk about \u2018people who are violent,\u2019 instead of \u2018environments of violence,\u2019 and what we\u2019re doing to either contribute to that or dismantle that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7372990\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7372990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA \u2013 JULY 20: Protesters paint a mural that says \u2018defund the police\u2019 during a Strike For Black Lives demonstration outside of San Francisco City Hall on July 20, 2020 in San Francisco, California. The demonstration was part of the nationwide Strike for Black Lives effort which is calling for higher wages, better jobs, and Unions to help workers build economic power. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez also blamed Democratic Party leadership for avoiding the \u201cDefund the Police\u201d movement, even as many left-wing members of Congress marched in support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because there was this large conversation about \u2018defund the police\u2019 coming from the streets, the response was to immediately respond to it with fear, with pooh-poohing, with \u2018this isn\u2019t us,\u2019 with arm\u2019s distance,\u201d she said, claiming that the election of New York City Mayor Eric Adams was not proof that voters support public safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the public wants is a strong sense of direction. I don\u2019t think that in electing Mayor Adams everyone in the city supports bringing back torture to Rikers Island in the form of solitary confinement,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New York Rep. 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