Pete Hegseth on 'Outnumbered': Crime spikes are about left-wing policies, not COVID
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“Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Pete Hegseth said on “Outnumbered” Tuesday that crime in major cities across America has nothing to do with people struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, it's “left-wing policies.”
PETE HEGSETH: It’s one thing if these are gangs, existing organizations that are leveraging opportunities. It’s another thing if it's regular people ultimately that are inclined to commit crimes seeking brand-new opportunity, a brand-new wide open space where the police have been told to effectively stand down or are demoralized or they’ve been defunded so there aren’t as many of them. They can’t be as proactive, they can’t be everywhere and then you have a catch-and-release policy where people are let out right away so there is effectively no consequence.
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