Finally, someone in Washington is willing to tell the truth about crime in our nation’s capital. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro stood up this week and said what every American with common sense already knows. The liberal politicians can play with their numbers all they want, but dead children don’t lie.
Pirro showed the real facts that matter. Twenty nine kids were shot and killed in D.C. last year, and sixteen more have already died this year. These weren’t gang members or criminals – they were innocent children whose lives were cut short by thugs on the street.
The liberals love to talk about how crime is supposedly at a 30-year low in Washington. Pirro called out this nonsense and said her ears are deaf to these fake statistics. She’s right to ignore numbers that don’t mean anything to the families who lost their babies to gun violence.
These victims were mostly teenagers from minority communities who deserved better from their government. Instead of protecting them, D.C.’s weak laws let violent criminals walk free. The Youth Rehabilitation Act gives slaps on the wrist to killers under 25 instead of locking them up where they belong.
Pirro told the story of an intern who was just trying to get McDonald’s near the Washington Convention Center when he got shot. Try telling his mother that crime is down and see how that goes. Real Americans care about real victims, not political talking points.
The problem is clear – there are too many guns on the streets and not enough fear of consequences. Young criminals know they won’t face real punishment thanks to liberal judges and soft-on-crime policies. They laugh at law enforcement because Democrats have tied their hands.
Pirro promised that things will change under her watch. She’s going to focus on getting justice for these silent victims instead of playing politics with crime statistics. Every family that lost a child deserves someone who will fight for them, not make excuses.
This is what real leadership looks like. While career politicians worry about their poll numbers, Jeanine Pirro is standing up for dead children and demanding accountability. It’s about time someone in Washington remembered that their job is to protect innocent Americans, not coddle criminals.