{"id":1985441,"date":"2023-07-28T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T23:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-police-democrat-pramila-jayapal-sinks-50k-in-campaign-cash-into-home-security\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T23:16:11","slug":"defund-the-police-democrat-pramila-jayapal-sinks-50k-in-campaign-cash-into-home-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-police-democrat-pramila-jayapal-sinks-50k-in-campaign-cash-into-home-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Pramila Jayapal invests $50K in home security amid &#8216;Defund the Police&#8217; movement."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdefund-the-police-democrat-pramila-jayapal-sinks-50k-in-campaign-cash-into-home-security%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=1985441&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--><h2>Democratic Leader Spends $50,000 \u2064on \u2062Home \u2063Security While Advocating\u200c to Defund Police<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.), \u2064who\u200c has led efforts to \u200ddefund the police, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-media-outlets-continue-to-receive-millions-from-chinese-propaganda-front\/\" title=\"Major Media Outlets Continue To Receive Millions From Chinese Propaganda Front\">reported spending<\/a> nearly $50,000 in campaign donations so\u200c far this \u200dyear to secure her home in\u200b crime-plagued Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal, the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, paid\u200d more than $23,000 from \u2062her campaign \u2062coffers to \u2062a \u200bhigh-end Seattle home\u2062 renovation contractor and more than \u2063$17,000 to a \u200cfencing\u2062 company, \u2062according to her latest Federal Election Commission \u2062filing. \u2063She also reported paying $4,784 to an alarm \u200bsystem \u200dcompany and $562\u2062 to a security camera provider. The expenses, which \u2062came between January and June, were \u2064all recorded as security-related.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just the latest example of a Democratic leader spending\u2063 extravagantly on personal security while\u2062 advocating to slash funding for law enforcement. Progressive &#8220;Squad&#8221; members, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \u2062(N.Y.), Cori Bush (Mo.),\u200c and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) have together funneled more than $1 million from their campaigns toward security costs while they push \u2063to defund the police, the <em>Washington\u200c Free Beacon<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<h3>Advocating for Police Reform<\/h3>\n<p>Jayapal has gone even further \u200con \u2063police \u200creform than many of her left-wing\u2064 colleagues. In May 2020, at the height \u200cof\u2062 the Black Lives Matter fervor, Jayapal told Seattle\u2019s NPR affiliate that &#8220;we \u2064have to completely reimagine\u200b what\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-injunction-blocking-several-directives-from-l-a-countys-new-controversial-d-a\/\" title=\"Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Several Directives From L.A. County\u2019s New Controversial D.A.\">community safety<\/a> looks like.&#8221; She called to &#8220;shift \u2062significant resources from\u200c law \u2064enforcement&#8221; and replace some\u2064 police officers with &#8220;community support people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think if that were to happen, \u2064then \u200dyou would see a \u2064smaller \u200cpolice force, you would\u200d see a better investment in the things that really matter to take on anti-Blackness and white supremacy,&#8221;\u200d Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p>Later that summer, \u200dJayapal praised the \u200dprotesters of Seattle\u2019s CHAZ\u2014a self-declared &#8220;police-free \u2064zone&#8221; that quickly descended into\u2063 deadly violence\u2014for\u200b &#8220;standing up and speaking out against police brutality, racism, and anti-Blackness.&#8221; In\u2064 2021, Jayapal cosponsored a bill to order a federal intelligence probe of &#8220;White supremacy in law enforcement,&#8221; and last year, she helped\u2064 water \u200ddown\u2064 legislation that increased\u200b funding to police, though she\u200d ultimately voted for \u200bit.<\/p>\n<h3>Investing in\u2063 Personal\u2063 Security<\/h3>\n<p>Jayapal, \u200dwho earlier this month denounced Israel\u2062 as a &#8220;racist state,&#8221; also voted to \u200bcut military \u200bspending \u200bby 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jayapal\u2064 has invested significant campaign funds in personal security since\u2062 at least 2018, according to FEC\u200c filings. The expenditures\u2064 ramped up late last year, when she began making \u2064payments to the alarm company,\u2063 ADT, and \u2063the security\u2063 camera company, \u200bArlo, that totaled $7,099.<\/p>\n<p>More\u200c recently, Jayapal appears to have upgraded her home with donor funds marked\u2062 for security. In April,\u200c her campaign\u200c shelled out $23,164 to Inspired \u2063Home, a high-end \u2062Seattle home \u200crenovation contractor. The business owner declined \u2063by phone to \u200cdiscuss his services. But on the company&#8217;s website he says: &#8220;Whether you want\u200c your \u2063dream kitchen or a simple kitchen change out, \u2064you\u2019re ready to finish \u200dyour basement, finally add a master suite or remove walls\u2064 to create an open concept living space, I am happy to\u2063 conceptualize and deliver a quality project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 March, Jayapal\u2019s campaign paid $17,432 \u200bto West Seattle Fence,\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-police-democrat-pramila-jayapal-sinks-50k-in-campaign-cash-into-home-security\/\" title=\"Democrat Pramila Jayapal invests K in home security amid 'Defund the Police' movement.\">custom cedar fence \u2063contractor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Altogether, Jayapal was on \u200ctrack to spend \u200cmore on personal \u2064security this year than \u200dall\u200d but a \u200dhandful of\u2064 her congressional\u2064 colleagues did in 2022. Her office did \u200cnot\u2063 respond to a \u2063request for \u200ccomment.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns for Personal Safety<\/h3>\n<p>A possible \u2063explanation for Jayapal\u2019s stepped-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missed-gop-proxy-votes-aids-passage-of-dem-capitol-security-bill\/\" title=\"Missed GOP Proxy Votes Aids Passage of Dem Capitol Security Bill\">security spending<\/a> is an\u200c incident last \u2064July where an armed man shouted\u200c at her and her husband \u200doutside their Seattle home. She called the \u2063police and\u200d had \u200bhim\u2064 arrested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We felt threatened,&#8221; Jayapal later told the Washington \u200bPost. &#8220;We still do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The house looks different now\u2014she \u2063and Williamson \u200bsee \u200ball the ways it needs to\u2063 be \u2018hardened,\u2019&#8221; the Post reported in the lengthy\u200b profile\u200c about her \u200b&#8221;triggering&#8221; experience.\u2064 &#8220;So did\u2063 the neighborhood. The block \u2018had been such a safe space,\u2019 \u2063Jayapal \u2064said. Now it \u2064was \u2018tainted.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal has since become an \u200dadvocate\u200c for greater\u2063 protections for members of Congress. Yet after an assassination attempt\u200d against \u2063conservative Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh last\u2062 June, she was\u2064 one of just\u2062 27 lawmakers \u2063who voted against giving the justices extra security.<\/p>\n<h3>Increasing Crime\u200d Rates<\/h3>\n<p>Many of Jayapal&#8217;s constituents have\u2063 also felt less safe lately. Seattle and the rest of Washington State have seen crime surge\u200d since 2020 \u2064when the\u2064 anti-police uprising began. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-man-arrested-in-fatal-stabbing-on-las-vegas-strip\/\" title=\"Police: Man Arrested in Fatal Stabbing on Las Vegas Strip\">property crimes increased<\/a> by 9.8 percent while violent \u2063crimes increased\u200d by 8.9 percent in Washington, according to state\u2063 data. The quantity of police \u2062statewide hit the lowest rate\u200c on \u2063record in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Similar trends have \u200dplayed out across the United States, and black Americans&#8217;\u2064 safety has been hurt the\u200b most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.), a prominent advocate for defunding the police, has used around $50,000 of campaign funds to enhance the security of her residence in crime-ridden Seattle. As the leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, she allocated over $23,000 to a reputable contractor for a lavish home renovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1604,"featured_media":1985442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985441","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\/1604"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}