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
hospitals, pay organizers, get people mental health care and overall healthcare employment, etc. we should support communities, not throw them away. jacqui: what you make of that? the way to deal with the covered epidemic is close hospitals and not count how many people die that way you don t have an epidemic just like we have an epidemic in homicide, if you don t hold people accountable, we don t have a homicide problem, it s ludicrously but not to be unexpected. jacqui: thank you very much for discussing this sensitive topic with us. griff: the third leg of horseracing triple crown set for this afternoon, we are live in new york for the 153rd running, next.
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.
one diner suffered a minor injury. and a mob in minneapolis reportedly set fire to a dumpster and smashed windows after police shot and killed a suspect wanted for illegal firearm possession. progressives continue pushing the defund the police movement. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez has this big idea to cut the crime spike. it is not acceptable for us to use jails as garbage bins for human beings. 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 and make sure we build more hospitals, pay organizers, get people mental healthcare and overall care. it is a support community, let s not throw them away. harris: rachel campos-duffy