Sam Amico
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Over the past year or so, we heard a lot of talk about defunding the police. Some cities have even gone through with it — to terrible results.
But rejoice, those of you who back the blue. This bad idea has reached an end, OutKick’s Clay Travis attests.
“Defund the police died officially in (Tuesday) night’s New York City mayoral race,” Clay says in his latest video, “because Eric Adams, who is a 22-year veteran of the New York Police Department, is going to win, barring all sorts of craziness.”
Clearly, Adams, a Democrat, doesn’t want to defund the police. Maya Wiley, who is Adams’ Democratic opponent, very clear does.
“Maya Wiley didn’t just want to defund the police … she also wanted to potentially take away police’s guns. What they would protect themselves with, she didn’t explain,” Clay says. “Eric Adams came out and said, ‘Look, we need to allow people to come back and actually take care of their communities.’ This is not just a New York City issue, by the way. This is crime searches in cities across the country vs. last year.”
It’s true. Murders are up everywhere — from Atlanta to Portland to Chicago to Los Angeles to NYC itself.
“We’ve got murder rates skyrocketing. Why is that?” Clay asks. “Because we’ve defunded the police, arguably, because we’ve taken away their ability to police.”
So yeah, it sounds like it wasn’t such a great idea. And it sounds like it will take a police officer serving as the mayor of New York to help fix it. For more of Clay’s take on the matter, check out the full video below.
I wish you were right but cities are still voting in crazy Socialist candidates – for example, the primary winner in Buffalo, who will win because there isn’t a Republican opponent.
Exactly. One would think voters would wise up but alas no they don’t. As soon as someone promises more free stuff many voters eyes glaze over like a dog looking at his new bone.
This is what the liberal idiot says while campaigning. Let’s see what happens after he takes office before making any proclamations.
On a tour of hell the other day, the Devil was showing off dancing girls, golf courses, swimming pools, free cocktails in an oasis like setting. The fella who got the tour was impressed. He says, ” Ol Beelzebub, this isn’t half bad, not like I have heard. I’ll make a reservation”. On the day of his death the poor smuck arrives in hell and is greeted with hot flames, a smell of sulfur and horrible conditions. He says to Ol Beelzebub, “What happened to the oasis like pleasure palace I toured before my demise?” Ol Beelzebub says, “That was the campaign, this is the way it really is”.