Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been criticized for saying violent crime can be reduced by stopping the building prisons
Staten Island Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said in a tweet that New York City would become like The Purge , a series of dystopian action horror films
The Purge sees an America in which any and all crime is legal
The Democratic congresswoman held a press conference where she said the solution to the crime wave lies in building more hospitals - rather than prisons
AOC said there needed to be a focus on point on addressing public health issues If 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, she said
The Democratic congresswoman said the solution to the crime wave lies in building more hospitals - rather than prisons - and focusing on addressing public health issues.