A speaker at the DNC summer meeting this week urged Democrats not to ‘take the bait’ on Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington, DC. She suggested that carjackings don’t even matter to many Americans.
She said that other issues, such as mental health are much more important, and while that is a concern for many Americans, it’s absolutely absurd for her to discount a violent crime like carjackings, which have become commonplace in Washington, DC in recent years.
Every time that these Democrats have an opportunity to show that they are not out of step with the American people, they fail spectacularly.
The New York Post reports:
Migrant crime and carjackings ‘don’t matter to that many Americans,’ left-wing think tank VP tells Democrats
Insha Rahman, the vice president for advocacy and partnerships at the Vera Institute of Justice, made the shocking statement as she framed Trump’s Washington, DC, crime crackdown as a “huge opportunity” for the Democratic Party.
“You want to talk about the crime issues voters care about,” Rahman explained to Democrats, as she shared the results of a recent poll commissioned by Vera’s political advocacy arm, showing which types of crimes respondents believe will most impact them personally…
“Don’t take the bait because most Americans are more worried about how we are going to address mental health issues, the visible homelessness that we see on streets, and how do we deal with mental health and other issues that drive the sort of random incidents that scare all of us – that’s what you should be talking about.” …
“Don’t take the bait and talk about migrant crime or carjackings or the things that actually don’t matter to that many Americans,” Rahman said.
Here’s the video:
During a presentation on crime at the DNC’s summer meeting, a lady from left-wing think tank the Vera Institute tells them that “migrant crime and carjackings are things that don’t matter to many Americans.” pic.twitter.com/5c0qkCPm7O
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 25, 2025
If Democrats listen to this woman and other think tank consultants like her, they will do so at their own peril.
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