{"id":2000919,"date":"2023-08-15T05:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-defund-the-police-to-send-in-the-troops-anti-cop-democrats-beg-national-guard-to-stop-crime-in-their-cities\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T05:28:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:28:47","slug":"from-defund-the-police-to-send-in-the-troops-anti-cop-democrats-beg-national-guard-to-stop-crime-in-their-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-defund-the-police-to-send-in-the-troops-anti-cop-democrats-beg-national-guard-to-stop-crime-in-their-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Cop Democrats now seek National Guard&#8217;s help to combat crime in their cities, shifting from &#8216;Defund the Police&#8217; to &#8216;Send in the Troops&#8217;."},"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\">46<\/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%2Ffrom-defund-the-police-to-send-in-the-troops-anti-cop-democrats-beg-national-guard-to-stop-crime-in-their-cities%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=2000919&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>\n<h2>What\u200b happened:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>In 2020, amid\u200d a wave of racially \u200dcharged protests and riots, Democrats across \u200cthe country issued calls to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/george-soros-funnels-1m-to-defund-the-police-as-violent-crime-surges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defund the police<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In several \u200ccrime-ridden\u200d cities\u2014Chicago,\u2062 New York, Portland,\u200c and \u2063Washington, D.C., among\u2062 others\u2014Democratic leaders caved \u2062to demands from\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-condemns-d-c-demonstrators-despite-past-encouragement-of-violent-blm-mobs\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris condemns D.C. demonstrators despite past encouragement of violent BLM mobs\">left-wing activists<\/a> and cut funding\u2063 for police.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll never guess what happened next.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u200c happened\u2062 next:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Crime rose\u200d to out-of-control levels in these Democratic-run cities. Things have gotten so bad\u2062 that Democratic leaders want to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/nyt-editorial-page-editor-resigns-over-cotton-op-ed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">send in the troops<\/a> to assist their overstretched, demoralized police forces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Washington,\u200b D.C., council member Trayon \u200bWhite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/dc-council-member-calls-for-national-guards-help-as-city-grapples-with-escalating-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> on the National Guard to help stop surging violence \u200cin the district, which has \u200cexperienced a\u200b rise in homicides. The Southeast neighborhood he represents has become a &#8220;war zone&#8221; plagued by frequent gunfire, White said.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois state representative\u2063 La Shawn\u200c Ford, \u200bwho \u200crepresents Chicago, \u2064where crime is up 36\u2063 percent compared with\u200c last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/article_90dec172-314a-11ee-a655-4fdd941a8d61.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> earlier this month that sending in \u2062the \u200bNational Guard &#8220;should \u200bnot be off the table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. \u2063Gavin Newsom (D., Calif.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/04\/22\/1171467560\/newsom-san-francisco-fentanyl-national-guard-highway-patrol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deployed<\/a> the National Guard to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/san-francisco-dystopian-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco<\/a> \u2063in April\u2064 to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-defund-the-police-to-send-in-the-troops-anti-cop-democrats-beg-national-guard-to-stop-crime-in-their-cities\/\" title=\"Anti-Cop Democrats now seek National Guard's help to combat crime in their cities, shifting from 'Defund the Police' to 'Send in the Troops'.\">address rampant fentanyl trafficking<\/a> in the city, which has become a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/04\/san-francisco-deploys-national-guard-to-fight-drugs-cartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haven for criminals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it matters:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Democrats \u2062are bad at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/persecution-fears-rise-as-biden-backs-away-from-religious-freedom-abroad\/\" title=\"Persecution Fears Rise as Biden Backs Away From Religious Freedom Abroad\">stopping crime<\/a> because their first instinct is to empathize \u2064with \u200bthe criminals, rather \u2062than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">law-abiding citizens<\/a> who just want to feel safe in their \u200bown neighborhoods.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Democrats \u200dare finally admitting crime is\u2062 a \u2062legitimate problem, as opposed\u200d to\u2063 denouncing their critics\u2064 as\u2063 racist and insisting everything is\u200d fine, that suggests the situation on the ground is very bad indeed.<\/p>\n<h2>Bottom line:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Antagonizing police officers and cutting their funding\u2064 is a particularly \u200cineffective way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-torches-mentally-compromised-joe-biden-kamala-harris-gavin-newsom\/\" title=\"Joe Rogan slams Biden, Harris, Newsom as 'mentally compromised'.\">stop\u200b crime<\/a>. Imagine\u200d that!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Go deeper:<\/strong> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/we-did-this-to-ourselves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Did\u2063 This to Ourselves&#8221;: Victim of &#8220;Brutal&#8221; Portland Attack Regrets &#8220;Defund the Police<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, as racially charged protests and riots surged, Democrats nationwide demanded &#8220;defunding the police.&#8221; In response, Democratic leaders in crime-ridden cities like Chicago, New York, Portland, and Washington, D.C. yielded to left-wing activists&#8217; demands and reduced police funding. 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