Doocy: "Does President Biden think America’s big cities are safe?"

Karine Jean-Pierre: "It’s not a yes or no question" pic.twitter.com/8GBlImkQm3

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Via Mediaite:

Doocy noted thefts and robberies in major cities increased by about 20 percent in the first half of 2022. While Doocy noted several major crimes that have taken place in cities in recent months, Jean-Pierre retorted by quoting the Times analysis that “crime is complicated and multifaceted,” and that law enforcement cannot easily deal with factors like social discord and inflation driving crime up.

“This is a president who has secured historic funding to make sure law enforcement has what it needs, and he was able to do this in the face of opposition from Republicans,” Jean-Pierre said. She referred to the American Rescue Plan, arguing that it provided over $300 billion to help cities bolster law enforcement.

Doocy followed up by returning to his original question: “Does Biden think America’s big cities are safe?”

“It is not a yes or no question,” Jean-Pierre replied. “It is very much a question of what has he done…to make sure that cities — and it doesn’t matter if its a big city or a small city…What matters is that we have the funding and we have done the work, put the policy forward, to make sure these cities, big or small, have what they need to protect their community, and that’s what this president has done.”