Democrats are still trying to figure out if
crime
is something that must be addressed or if doing so is racist, and
Washington, D.C.
, has become the latest arena for this struggle session.
Washingtonâs City Council voted to
relax
criminal penalties for violent crimes, preparing to embolden criminals at a time when the city cannot get homicides and carjackings under control. Given its unique status as the nationâs capital, Congress has decided to get involved, and Democrats are left with a choice.
POLICE ARREST SUSPECT AFTER REP. ANGIE CRAIG ASSAULTED IN APARTMENT ELEVATOR
In the House of Representatives, 31 Democrats
joined
Republicans to reject the cityâs proposed pro-criminal reforms. The vote came after Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) was assaulted in an elevator in her apartment building. D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson bemoaned that because it was a congresswoman who was assaulted instead of a normal resident, that made it difficult for some Democrats to continue to ignore crime.
The unspoken other half of this is that if someone else gets mugged in an elevator, itâs a lot easier. https://t.co/bFFtxplJxh
— The End Times (@TheAgeofShoddy) February 9, 2023
The vote is now going to go to the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats likely to protect the district’s bad decisions. Ah, but members of Congress wanting the nationâs capital, where they conduct the affairs of the country, to not be a crime-ridden dump is racist, at least according to the cityâs nonvoting congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton.
“By scheduling this vote, I can only conclude that the Republican leadership believes that D.C. residents, a majority of whom are black and brown, are either unworthy or incapable of governing themselves,” Norton
said
. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) agreed, saying that this vote would expand âthe history of disenfranchisement that goes all the way back to the legacy of slavery.â
Apparently, Republicans opposing criminal justice âreformsâ that would result in more black people being killed is the same as slavery. The more you know.
Of course, this would also mean that the 31 Democrats who joined the effort, as well as the 42 who voted against the cityâs plan to allow noncitizens to vote in elections, are also irredeemable racists building on the legacy of slavery. Or, it may be that Washington, D.C., has a unique purpose, and allowing the nationâs capital to be overrun by criminals thanks to left-wing ideologues simply isnât sustainable for legislators or anyone else.
The Democratic Party as a whole is still stuck in this debate, unable to choose between protecting people from violent career criminals or parroting racial justice talking points while letting criminals roam free. The question is now going to go before Democratic senators, who must decide if they support slavery by protecting black people from violent criminals or not.
