By Melanie Arter | May 25, 2021 | 4:15pm EDT
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on May 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the spike in violent crime in the past year is a problem that began during the Trump administration, and President Joe Biden is focused on solutions, which is why he proposed $5 billion to fund community violent intervention programs in in the American Jobs Plan.
“And on the rise in violent crime, compared to this time last year, homicides up 113 percent in Minneapolis, up 38 percent in Philly, up 22 percent in Chicago. Just to clarify the White House’s position on this is that that is mostly because of guns?” Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked.
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