White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday have shyed away from a query on Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s re-election loss and gave the impression to blame Republicans in Congress for the surge in crime charges around the nation.
During the day-to-day White House press briefing, Jean-Pierre stated she used to be “going to withhold commenting” at the race after being requested by means of a reporter about considerations over crime charges resulting in Lightfoot’s loss.
Jean-Pierre went directly to accuse Republicans of taking steps she instructed contributed to emerging crime.
“So let me just first speak to the mayor’s race. What the president is committed to working with whomever the people in Chicago or the people on the ground, whichever, if it’s a city or state, whomever they choose to represent them,” Jean-Pierre stated. “So that is the case and will continue to be the case. And so I’m going to withhold commenting on any specific race.”
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre delivers remarks throughout the day-to-day press briefing on the White House March 1, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
She touted what she stated had been President Biden’s accomplishments on addressing emerging crime, together with calling for the recruitment of extra law enforcement officials and the decision to prohibit “assault weapons” however accused Republicans of doing “the opposite” regardless of being sharp critics of Democrats’ crime insurance policies.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, left, and her partner Amy Eshleman wave to supporters throughout a Women for Lori rally in Chicago Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
“When you think about the COPS program, which is something that the president put forward, they have wanted to defund that, to take that away. And if you think about that, that leads to defunding the police,” Jean-Pierre stated. “Just recently, they called on defunding the FBI. And you think about the border security funding. They want to take that away as well.”
Crime changed into a central theme within the Chicago race as charges skyrocketed across the town, resulting in low approval scores for Lightfoot.
A Chicago Police Department car (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto by way of Getty Images)
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Voting effects confirmed Lightfoot in 3rd position following Tuesday’s election, which means she did not make the April 4 runoff between her best two fighters.
