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Americans Continue To Revolt Against Democrats’ Soft-on-Crime Policies
Even In Monolithically Progressive Portland, Oregon, Voters Fed Up With Spikes In Crime, Homelessness, And Rampant Drug Abuse Ousted A Progressive Soft-On-Crime Prosecutor Who Had Been Backed By Radical George Soros-Funded Groups SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “Across the country, surges in violent crime and deadly drugs have forced businesses to board up and working Americans to think twice about the cities where they’ve chosen to raise their families…. And … when they look f… Continue Reading
04.09.24
Growing Number Of Law Enforcement Organizations Oppose The Nomination Of Adeel Mangi
With A Fuller Understanding Of Mangi’s Associations With Radical Groups Like The Alliance Of Families For Justice And The Legal Aid Society Of New York That Have Repeatedly Advocated For Notorious Cop-Killers, Law Enforcement Organizations From The 3rd Circuit And Across The Country Have Increasingly Called On The Senate To Reject His Nomination SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “I’ve spoken repeatedly about Adeel Mangi, nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals: both his … Continue Reading
03.08.23
Senate Republicans To Overrule Local Democrats’ Attempt To Make Nation’s Capital Even Softer On Crime
On Wednesday The Senate Will Vote On A Resolution To Disapprove Of The D.C. Council's Dangerous Attempt To Lower Sentences For Many Criminal Offences Just As Washington, D.C., Suffers From A Plague Of Shootings, Stabbings, Carjackings, And Other Violent Crime SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The proposition behind our bill is simple. It goes like this: The answer to skyrocketing violent crime in the District of Columbia is not to reduce criminal penalties even further. On wh… Continue Reading
02.16.23
Senate Republicans Lead Effort To Roll Back Washington, D.C.’s Dangerous Move To Reduce Criminal Sentences During A Crime Wave
Senate Republicans Intend To Force A Vote In The Senate Following A Bipartisan Vote In The House To Support Mayor Muriel Bowser's Opposition To The D.C. Council's Reckless And Irresponsible Move To Reduce Penalties For Violent Crimes While The City Suffers From A Crime Wave SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "[T]he D.C. Council here is so completely captured by the woke far left, they have responded to this crime wave with a new criminal code that reduces penalties even further… Continue Reading
11.30.22
With Violent Crime Still Plaguing Americans, Democrats Can’t Stop Talking About Defunding Police
Even As Violent Crime Continued Afflicting American Communities Over The Thanksgiving Weekend, One Prominent Senate Democrat Is Floating Defunding Law Enforcement Agencies SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "A few days ago, the Washington Post published a major report on the explosion of violent crime that has shattered communities across America. This terrible trend is familiar to many of us by now, but the tragic human stories are still shocking…. The national media ma… Continue Reading
09.14.22
Biden And Democrats Did Nothing While The Crime Wave Continued This Summer
As Violent Crime Continued To Increase In American Cities This Summer, President Biden Did Nothing And Senate Democrats Refused To Redirect Any Of The Money In Their Reckless Taxing And Spending Spree Towards Fighting Crime SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "While Democrats' economic policies have waged war on working families' financial security, their soft-on-crime policies have eroded Americans' physical security. Cities, towns, and neighborhoods across the country are reel… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Refuse To Protect Americans From A Nationwide Crime Surge
Given The Opportunity To Fund Law Enforcement To Keep Americans Safe From A Rising Tide Of Crime Across The Country, Democrats Instead Chose To Funnel Money To Their Green New Deal Boondoggles All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) motion to commit the bill to the Judiciary Committee to spend some of the hundreds of billions of dollars in the legislation on fighting crime. (H.R. 5376, Roll Call Vote #304: Motion Rejected 50-50: D 0-48; R 50-0; I 0-2, 8/07/2022) Am… Continue Reading
06.23.22
Soros Prosecutors Have Overseen Massive Crime Waves In Their Communities
Liberal Megadonor George Soros Has Spent Over $40 Million In The Past Decade To Elect Scores Of Liberal Prosecutors In Half Of America's Largest Jurisdictions "George Soros spent more than $40 million in the past decade to elect scores of liberal prosecutors in half of America's largest jurisdictions, many of which are now roiled by crime… Though many had little prosecutorial experience when elected, they represent 72 million Americans in some of the nation's most populous municipalit… Continue Reading
06.10.22
Fed Up Voters Punish Democrats For Surging Crime And Rising Lawlessness
Americans Are Deeply Frustrated With Rising Crime And A Sense Of Lawlessness In Cities And Suburbs, And Are Demonstrating It Via The Ballot Box, Throwing Out San Francisco's Notorious Radical Progressive DA While Boosting Law-And-Order Candidates Elsewhere Fed Up With 'Rising Crime And Rampant Homelessness In Even The Most Progressive Corners Of The Country,' 'Voters In California Delivered A Stark Warning To The Democratic Party On Tuesday' Recalling Progressive San Francisco District Att… Continue Reading
04.06.22
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Has A Seriously Concerning Record On Criminal Cases
Judge Jackson's Record As A District Court Judge Shows She Was Frequently Soft On Crime, Even Saying At The Beginning Of The Pandemic That 'It Would Be 'Reasonable' To Release 'Each And Every' Person In Washington, D.C. Jails SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The president promised he would only nominate a judicial activist for this job…. [U]nfortunately, Judge Jackson's record and testimony suggest she is exactly the kind of liberal activist that he promised. In case … Continue Reading
04.05.22
MEMO: The Case Against Judge Jackson’s Elevation To The Supreme Court
MEMO TO: Interested Parties FROM: Senate Republican Communications Center RE: The Case Against Judge Jackson's Elevation To The Supreme Court DATE: April 5, 2022 This week, the full Senate is set to take up Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to be an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. Yet, Judge Jackson's prior judicial experience and her inability to answer basic questions throughout the confirmation process underscore why Leader McConnell announced that he could not support her … Continue Reading
03.28.22
The Case Against Judge Jackson’s Confirmation
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Failed To Defend The Supreme Court Against Calls For Packing It From Her Most Prominent Supporters, Could Not Explain Her Judicial Philosophy Nor Reassure That She Would Not Be A Judicial Activist, And Has A Record Of Giving Lighter Sentences To Certain Criminals, Sometimes Twisting The Law To Do So SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The Judiciary Committee has completed its hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. I enjoyed meeting the nominee. I w… Continue Reading
02.09.22
As Far-Left Soft-On-Crime Policies Fuel A ‘Reign Of Criminals,’ Some Dems Still Cling To Defunding The Police
'The American People Know This Crime Wave Is Not Some Spontaneous Event. It Has Been Fed And Fueled In Multiple Ways By The Democratic Party's Far-Left Turn … Tolerating Lawlessness And Anarchy Is Not Compassionate' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "While Washington Democrats spent 2021 distracted by their reckless taxing and spending spree, violent criminals were preying on the American people. Millions of Americans' neighborhoods descended into chaos and violence around… Continue Reading
