{"id":551829,"date":"2021-06-03T22:20:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T02:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=551829"},"modified":"2021-06-03T22:20:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T02:20:56","slug":"people-call-out-chuck-schumers-reaction-as-aoc-claims-an-answer-to-violent-crime-is-not-building-jails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-call-out-chuck-schumers-reaction-as-aoc-claims-an-answer-to-violent-crime-is-not-building-jails\/","title":{"rendered":"People Call Out Chuck Schumer\u2019s Reaction As AOC Claims An Answer To Violent Crime Is Not Building Jails"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fpeople-call-out-chuck-schumers-reaction-as-aoc-claims-an-answer-to-violent-crime-is-not-building-jails%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=551829&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\/06\/AOC3-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Social media users called out on Thursday the reaction that Democrat Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) had earlier in the day when he stood next to far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as she claimed that the solution to reducing violent crime was to stop building new prisons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we want to reduce violent crime, if we want to reduce the number of people in our jails, the answer is to stop building more of them,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said at a press conference. \u201cThe answer is to make sure that we actually build more hospitals, we pay organizers, we get people mental health care and overall health care, employment, etc. It\u2019s to support communities, not throw them away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social media users called attention to Schumer\u2019s response, or lack thereof, as AOC made the highly controversial remarks:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.108108108108\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Senate Majority Leader, a Democrat, stood next to AOC as she said we need to stop building jails and arguing against them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/72F72TPLDL\">https:\/\/t.co\/72F72TPLDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kaitlin, congressional fashion police (@thefactualprep) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thefactualprep\/status\/1400569823965364241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.9520958083832\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Schumer is playing to AOC\u2019s tune. Why is he even there? Does he actually buy into this nonsense or is he that terrified of a primary threat from the bartender? Saw this w\/ his loathsome cowardice re: anti-Jewish violence during the Israel-Hamas fighting. What a loser. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7H0hI1wAuY\">https:\/\/t.co\/7H0hI1wAuY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Ryvkin (@BRyvkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BRyvkin\/status\/1400579426031702018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6341463414634\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenSchumer<\/a> did nothing as she said it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7A0G39wTrt\">https:\/\/t.co\/7A0G39wTrt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brooklyn Republicans (@KingsCountyGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingsCountyGOP\/status\/1400631757062524931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.8888888888889\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hdyAri9axf\">https:\/\/t.co\/hdyAri9axf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1400628588379049984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The remarks from AOC come after the New York Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/pr0505\/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-april-2021\">announced<\/a> last month that crime statistics had skyrocketed for April 2021 compared to April 2020:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>For the month of April 2021, overall index crime in New York City rose 30.4% compared with April 2020, driven by a 66% increase in grand larceny (2,659 v. 1,601) and a 35.6% increase in felony assault (1,630 v. 1,202). Robbery saw a 28.6% increase compared to April 2020 (885 v. 688), and shooting incidents increased to 149 v. 56 in April 2020 (+166.1%).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRight here in the Bronx, our community developed a successful approach to reducing violence. It starts at the hospital after an incident. We bring in psych Drs &#038; folks who turned their *own* lives around to work w\/ youth. It\u2019s reduced reoccurrence of violence by more than 50%,\u201d AOC later claimed in a tweet. \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">It\u2019s called Stand Up to Violence (SUV), a cutting edge program run out of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@JacobiHosp<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> (a PUBLIC hospital!), and it is hands down one of the most effective treatments we\u2019ve seen to reduce incidents of violence like shootings and stabbings. I\u2019m asking for fed resources to grow it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.030120481928\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s called Stand Up to Violence (SUV), a cutting edge program run out of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobiHosp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JacobiHosp<\/a> (a PUBLIC hospital!), and it is hands down one of the most effective treatments we\u2018ve seen to reduce incidents of violence like shootings and stabbings.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m asking for fed resources to grow it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1400495018012512262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aside from Schumer\u2019s reaction, many political commentators took issue with Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s proposed solution for addressing violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is actually really wrong, many prisoners are overcrowded and antiquated, simply blocking the construction of new ones is inhumane,\u201d progressive writer Zaid Jilani wrote. \u201cAnd you can talk all you want about just having fewer prisoners but you aren\u2019t going to get any significant drop overnight, everyone knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.583815028902\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is actually really wrong, many prisoners are overcrowded and antiquated, simply blocking the construction of new ones is inhumane. And you can talk all you want about just having fewer prisoners but you aren&#8217;t going to get any significant drop overnight, everyone knows that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c8hSkBdaPT\">https:\/\/t.co\/c8hSkBdaPT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaidJilani\/status\/1400556921355124738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI am going to stop buying scales,\u201d National Review Senior Writer David Harsanyi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/status\/1400504655889809410\">mocked<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s the only real way to lose weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe always brings up valid problems with literally the dumbest solutions imaginable,\u201d another social media user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAngelKing47\/status\/1400489396613226502\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cShe never specifies how we will accomplish those goals, she just says that we need them and walks away. Implementing a support program via mental health is going to take a complete rewrite of the criminal justice system, and what about for-profit prisons?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliasCepeda\/status\/1400501562192113667\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cUnless it\u2019s Joe Biden, and the rest of her party\u2019s leadership that is directly in front of her that she\u2019s lecturing, this is toothless, mastubatory theater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><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><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users called out on Thursday the reaction that Democrat Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) had earlier in the day when he stood next to far-left Rep. 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