{"id":190700,"date":"2021-03-04T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T03:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190700"},"modified":"2021-03-04T22:45:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T03:45:08","slug":"senator-sounds-alarm-on-far-left-biden-doj-nominee-who-supports-defunding-police-she-must-be-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-sounds-alarm-on-far-left-biden-doj-nominee-who-supports-defunding-police-she-must-be-stopped\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Sounds Alarm On Far-Left Biden DOJ Nominee Who Supports Defunding Police: \u2018She Must Be Stopped\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fsenator-sounds-alarm-on-far-left-biden-doj-nominee-who-supports-defunding-police-she-must-be-stopped%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=190700&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\/2021\/03\/Vanita-Gupta-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) warned in a statement on Thursday evening that Vanita Gupta, an attorney who President Joe Biden has nominated for the No. 3 job at the Department of Justice, would make America less safe due to her far-left policy views on policing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVanita Gupta, President Biden\u2019s nominee for Associate Attorney General, would make America less safe. She must be stopped,\u201d Cotton wrote on Twitter. \u201cMore than 83k Americans died from drug overdoses last year, but Gupta wants to \u2018decriminalize\u2019 possession of ALL drugs, even fentanyl. Opioids are already ravaging our communities\u2014we shouldn\u2019t give fentanyl, heroin, or cocaine dealers get-out-of-jail-free cards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs recently as last summer, Vanita Gupta called to defund the police,\u201d Cotton continued. \u201cHer allies in the jailbreak industry\u2014who are clamoring for access to the Biden DOJ\u2014are now trying to deny what she said. But see for yourself where Vanita Gupta stands on defunding the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cotton included a statement that Gupta made to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary last summer on the use of police force, a hearing that took place as left-wing riots ravaged inner cities across the U.S. in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>Gupta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Gupta%20Testimony1.pdf\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>While front-end systems changes are important, it is also critical for state and local leaders to heed calls from Black Lives Matter and Movement for Black Lives activists to decrease police budgets and the scope, role, and responsibility of police in our lives.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As recently as last summer, Vanita Gupta called to defund the police. Her allies in the jailbreak industry\u2014who are clamoring for access to the Biden DOJ\u2014are now trying to deny what she said.<\/p>\n<p>But see for yourself where Vanita Gupta stands on defunding the police: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/juU9zf08ws\">pic.twitter.com\/juU9zf08ws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1367654563344486402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNo wonder Soros prosecutors like Chesa Boudin in San Francisco have endorsed Gupta. Gupta would promote their pro-crime agenda,\u201d Cotton continued. \u201cSoros prosecutors caused a massive spike in crime in major cities across the country by refusing to prosecute criminals. Why would we trust their judgment for the Department of Justice? The Senate should be suspicious of anyone they endorse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cotton concluded by encouraging Biden to withdraw Gupta\u2019s nomination and select someone who would \u201cuphold the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe No. 3 job at Justice comes with a major policy portfolio focused especially on federal and local law enforcement, and conservatives are aiming to highlight Gupta\u2019s past supportive comments for reducing some police funding and redirecting it to other services in underserved communities,\u201d The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/conservatives-republican-ags-target-gupta-instead-of-garland-on-policing-11614335401\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe groups say those positions constitute support for defunding the police, a partisan lightning rod that Biden has repeatedly said he doesn\u2019t support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Free Beacon noted that there are potential conflicts of interest with Gupta\u2019s nomination to a top DOJ spot, which she did not inform the U.S. Senate about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer father is Rajiv L. Gupta, a chemicals magnate turned Wall Street adviser and board member for Fortune 500 companies,\u201d the report <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-justice-department-nominee-faces-ethics-minefield-from-fathers-corporate-interests\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cGupta made no mention of her father\u2019s sprawling corporate network on a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire that asked her to identify prospective conflicts, despite the fact that the Justice Department has repeatedly sparred with her father\u2019s businesses in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>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<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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