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| | With rising violent crimes under Biden/Harris administration, AOC and other radicals proposed to abolish prisons.<ref>"[https://www.nrcc.org/2021/07/27/kim-sherrill-and-aoc-team-abolish-prisons/ Kim, Sherrill, and AOC: Team Abolish Prisons]." S. Bullock, NRCC, July 27, 2021.</ref> | | With rising violent crimes under Biden/Harris administration, AOC and other radicals proposed to abolish prisons.<ref>"[https://www.nrcc.org/2021/07/27/kim-sherrill-and-aoc-team-abolish-prisons/ Kim, Sherrill, and AOC: Team Abolish Prisons]." S. Bullock, NRCC, July 27, 2021.</ref> |
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| − | With rising snash-and-grab wave in Nov, 2021, AOC lyingly said:<ref>Nick Arama, [https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/12/05/aoc-claims-those-organized-smash-and-grabs-on-stores-youre-seeing-arent-real-n486985 AOC Claims Those Organized Smash and Grabs on Stores You're Seeing Aren't Real], Red State.com, Dec 5, 2021.<blockquote> | + | With rising smash-and-grab wave in Nov, 2021, AOC lyingly said:<ref>Nick Arama, [https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/12/05/aoc-claims-those-organized-smash-and-grabs-on-stores-youre-seeing-arent-real-n486985 AOC Claims Those Organized Smash and Grabs on Stores You're Seeing Aren't Real], Red State.com, Dec 5, 2021.<blockquote> |
| | AOC told the Washington Times that “a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out.” “I believe it’s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn’t back it up,” she said. | | AOC told the Washington Times that “a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out.” “I believe it’s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn’t back it up,” she said. |
| | Now, she says this in the face of numerous videos and reports of smash and grabs in Democratic cities across the country, in particular a spurt of such criminal actions in California. So, it’s fantasy to deny them. | | Now, she says this in the face of numerous videos and reports of smash and grabs in Democratic cities across the country, in particular a spurt of such criminal actions in California. So, it’s fantasy to deny them. |
| − | Republican lawmakers and retailers blasted AOC for denying the obvious.</blockquote ></ref>Those organized smash and grabs on stores you're seeing aren't real." | + | Republican lawmakers and retailers blasted AOC for denying the obvious.</blockquote ></ref> "Those organized smash and grabs on stores you're seeing aren't real." |
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