AOC's attempt to explain away crime is really an attack on parents

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez finally admitted that crime is surging. Her culprit? AOC says "the child-tax credit just ran out, on December 31st, and now people are stealing baby formula."

Does AOC expect crime to suddenly fall after parents receive those large payments?

The increased child tax credit included in the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan expanded the benefit to include over 30 million households. For the first time, the policy also paid benefits to nonworking adults. As a result, the IRS turned into America’s leading welfare-benefit provider and effectively revived unconditional monthly federal welfare payments for the first time in a generation.