Politics
GOP Senators Condemn Biden Plan to Defund and Deprive Police
On Friday afternoon, a group of Senate Republicans sent a letter to President Joe Biden condemning his administration’s “plan to defund, deprive police of critical lifesaving resources by executive fiat.”
The Senators, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley of Iowa, expressed extreme concern over Biden’s proposed executive order (EO) that limits law enforcement’s access to nonlethal and lifesaving resources.
“Dear Mr. President,” the letter begins:
According to recent news reports, the White House is working with the Department of Justice on an executive order (hereinafter, “EO”) that would impose various police reforms and criminal-justice reforms on federal law enforcement, and possibly on state and local law enforcement, without Congress passing police reform or criminal justice reform legislation.[1] Specifically, according to screenshots[2] of a draft of such EO, the Administration would unilaterally impose the following new policies on law enforcement: restrictions to the 1033 program, expanding pattern and practice authority, planned expansion of 18 U.S.C § 242 prosecutions, and conditioning state and local law enforcement grants…
…Police officers will face a grim reality if this EO is enacted and their lifesaving equipment is restricted from them. Violent crime will continue to skyrocket when police officers are unable to stop these crimes and save innocent lives. We cannot understand why any elected official would want to stop law enforcement from safely doing their jobs other than to be able to tell their base of voters they are defunding the police.
In addition to Grassley, the letter was signed by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Judiciary Committee members Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).
The Senators say the restrictions “would come at a time when law enforcement needs our support more than ever.” Report after report shows homicides and violent crimes across the country are surging to record-breaking levels.
Amongst the most terrifying potential consequences is that the EO includes a section stating “the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall also use all tools at their disposal to promote adoption of the provisions of this executive order.”
The Senators point out in the letter that “this section is extremely concerning. It clearly lays out the groundwork for the Attorney General to strip power from the states and force them to comply with conditions on grants.”
Elections
Trump, Rep Biggs: invoking the Alien Enemies Act to enable widespread deportation will ‘be necessary’
At a recent rally in Iowa, former President Donald Trump promised that if elected again in 2024, he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act to enable widespread deportation of migrants who have illegally entered the United States. Since President Joe Biden took office in January of 2021, over 6 million people have illegally entered the country.
Republican Representative Andy Biggs from border state Arizona, which is among the states suffering the greatest consequences from the Biden administration policies, lamented that Trump’s suggestion will be “necessary.”
Speaking on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show, Biggs stated “[I]t’s actually gonna have to be necessary.” Biggs then added his thoughts on how many more people will continue to cross the border under Biden: “Because by the time Trump gets back in office, you will have had over 10 million, in my opinion, over 10 million illegal aliens cross our border and come into the country, under the Biden regime.”
“And so when you start deporting people, and removing them from this country, what that does is that disincentivizes the tens of thousands of people who are coming,” Biggs went on. “And by the way, everyday down in Darién Gap, which is in Panama… over 5,000 people a day. [I] talk[ed] to one of my sources from the gap today. And I will just tell you, those people that you’ve seen come come in to Eagle Pass, over 7,000 in a three day period, most of those two weeks ago, were down crossing into the Darién Gap.”
“And those people… make their way up and they end up in the Eagle Pass [Texas], Del Rio area,” he continued. “So if you want to disincentivize them, you remove them from the country, which is why they remain in Mexico policy was so doggone effective at slowing down illegal border crossings.”
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Heather Wardin
January 22, 2022 at 2:03 pm
Thank you Republicans and Conservatives for protecting our freedom. Keeping the American people safe is what we the people pay you for. I am very thankful there are still a few people in Washington working for America.
Debbie Tullis
January 22, 2022 at 5:02 pm
Reading about another radical plot that i dont have a thought process biden is planning to do against our law enforcement. Lets take a minute and ponder on this, does biden or any other ran democractic state not comprehend by their stupidity alone is why crime and murders are up hmmm oh but let me take my pen in hand and do more illegal injustice to the American people because my illegal voting law didnt pass. For the love of this nation and the American citizens who love this country and believe in justice please get that person out of the seat he sits in. Biden and harris are no more capable of running this nation then my dog is, it is an injust to the American people for these two to even imagine that they are doing a good job hello when was the last time either of you looked at the state our nation is in. I can only pray that every American citizen looks deep down in their hearts come this election and vote to get rid of these brainless morons that are destroying our country, i can only say if this democractic party wants to live under this unconstitutional havoc they have created then all of you need to get out of America because let me just say none of you lunatics speak for me much less going to tell me what i can and cant do God Bless America Trump 2024.
MikeinAZ
January 23, 2022 at 1:57 pm
What is it with democrats? Crime is out of control in this country because of democrat policies against law enforcement and good old Joe still wants to defund law enforcement. Excellent job to all of the voters that elected this so called president. Electing the community organizer twice was bad enough, but you really outdid yourselves this time.
Joycelyn Mar.
January 24, 2022 at 6:20 am
Someone please check the air ducts in the Whitehouse, Biden’s beach house, Congress “especially the House of Representatives.” They must be all suffering from brain damage, if this is remotely true.