Laughing Psaki MOCKS Americans’ concern over ‘soft-on-crime’ policies and says conservative media reports on surge in violent crimes is from an ‘alternate universe’
- ‘On Fox is Jeanine Pirro talking about soft-on-crime consequences, I mean, what does that even mean?,’ the press secretary jeered
- ‘There’s an alternate universe on some coverage,’ Psaki said. ‘What’s scary about it is a lot of people watch that
- ‘People care more about what’s happening in their lives than what’s necessarily happening in every cable news chyron every day,’ she said
- Meanwhile, 24 police officers were shot in the U.S. in the month of January
- Biden is traveling to New York City on Thursday to meet with Mayor Eric Adams on addressing gun crime in the city
White House press secretary Jen Psaki mocked media outlets who focused on the consequences of ‘soft-on-crime’ policies during a surge in violence across the country and said some coverage is from an ‘alternate universe’.
Psaki was speaking about a Fox News segment during an appearance on the Pod Save America podcast last week when she questioned what ‘soft-on-crime consequence’ even means and insisted Americans care ‘more about what’s happening in their lives than what’s necessarily happening in every cable news chyron’.
She laughed off concerns despite a 510 percent nationwide spike in carjackings over the last year, 24 police officers being shot in January and widespread criticism of Democratic DAs including New York’s Alvin Bragg who are going softer on criminals.
She said that while CNN and MSNBC were focused on Ukraine-Russia tensions, ‘On Fox is Jeanine Pirro talking about soft-on-crime consequences, I mean, what does that even mean?’
‘There’s an alternate universe on some coverage,’ Psaki said. ‘What’s scary about it is a lot of people watch that. They think that the president isn’t doing anything to address people’s safety in New York and that couldn’t be further from the truth.’
Psaki then seemed to imply Americans care more about ‘what’s happening in their lives’ than crime spikes.
‘People care more about what’s happening in their lives than what’s necessarily happening in every cable news chyron every day,’ she said.
The four hosts of the podcast all served as former Obama aides and Psaki served as Obama’s deputy press secretary and deputy communications director.
At least 16 major cities across America broke a record for homicides in 2021.
Meanwhile, 24 police officers across the nation were shot in the month of January, according to data compiled by nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, compared to 17 in January 2020 and January 2021.
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