Schweizer: There’s ‘Arming of Bureaucrats’ at Same Time Police Are Defunded
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute president Peter Schweizer stated that at the same time that there’s a “defund the police movement,” “we see the arming of bureaucrats.”
Schweizer said, “[I]t’s happening with all of these government agencies that you wouldn’t think would need it. And what’s happening here, Sean, is, we see, on the one hand, this sort of defund the police movement, but at the same time, we see the arming of bureaucrats. … So, what you’re seeing is an expanding role for these government agencies as it relates to, not only their ability to use firearms, but they are also being given arrest capabilities. And I think that’s a dangerous trend, especially when you look at an agency like the IRS or the EPA, where all kinds of things can and do go wrong when these confrontations take place.”
He added, “And the other thing that’s happening is, increasingly, these agencies are using force or showing power, that is showing guns to ordinary Americans. There was an incident a few years ago in a town in Alaska, a town called Chicken, [Alaska], there are 17 full-time residents there, there was a dispute about whether somebody was violating the Clean Water Act. The EPA showed up with eight agents with flat jackets, heavily armed. You know, what should be happening in these circumstances, the EPA should be showing up and local law enforcement will be happy to be there with them. Local law enforcement often knows who these people are, they know the situation, and you also, with local law enforcement, you have an independent arbitrator who, if something bad happens, you’ve now got an independent party explaining what happened.”
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Alfredo Ortiz: Crime Is Rampant Under Democrat Leadership
Job Creators Network president and CEO Alfredo Ortiz said Friday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends” that crime is “rampant” under Democratic leadership.
Ortiz said, “We have Washington State, you have got Illinois, New York state where crime is up somewhere between 30 and 40% year over year. You have the Democrat governor leadership that frankly is leading to these sanctuary, you know, states.”
He continued, “The issue also is in cities of Atlanta, for example, the city of Phoenix, those are, you know, Republican governor states, but it’s not because of the Republican governor leadership, it’s really because of the local leadership. We’re talking at the mayor level, city council, school board, you know, the issues are just rampant amongst the Democrat leadership. This is something that we have highlighted called The Great Opportunity Project, where we really do see the contrast, especially over the last two years, between Republican leadership and Democrat leadership. And so, you know, we have to do something about this because we’re talking about McDonald’s, a very large corporation, but this is really a major issue for our small businesses across the country. You know, McDonald’s has the ability to close a handful of stores. It’s not going to hurt the corporation overall. But when are, you know, Joe’s Pizza down the street, you have your storefront broken into, guess what? You can’t just close down and go to the next one and be okay with that. It impacts all of our small businesses across the country. This is a major, major concern. Safety is one of the major issues that we highlight, you know, in this campaign.”
He added, “I’m sorry, but Democrat leadership needs to wake up. They need to fess up to the problem and start addressing the issue. ”
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