"Yet just as we saw in New York, House Democrats in Charlotte did not come to listen with empathy or humility. They came armed with talking points and political spin, determined to discredit grieving parents and loved ones, and to invalidate the raw truth of what these families endure every single day."
"On Monday, as I watched the House Judiciary Committee convene its field hearing on violent crime in Charlotte, NC, it all came rushing back.
"In April 2023, I testified before that same committee here in New York, in a hearing made necessary by the disastrous progressive policies implemented by a George Soros-funded district attorney and the state’s “soft-on-crime” laws.
"I spoke both as a survivor of homicide — the love of my life was murdered decades ago — and as an advocate who has worked alongside countless other victims of violent crime ever since.
"My words were not about politics, but about life and death.
"Two years later, House members convened in Charlotte for the very same reason, in the wake of the horrific light-rail slaying of Iryna Zarutska.
"Families shattered by murder and violent crime came to share their stories. Their words were gut-wrenching, their pain undeniable." . . .
. . . "Logan Federico, Mary Collins, Iryna Zarutska, the list goes on. Do their lives not matter?
"Consider what these families brought into that hearing room.
"Steve Federico broke down as he described his daughter Logan being dragged out of bed, naked, shot in the head — perhaps praying in her final moments that her father, her hero, would burst in to save her.
"How could any human being listen to that man and then dismiss him with a talking point?"... More...
Jennifer Harrison is executive director of the Victims’ Rights Reform Council and founder of Victims Rights NY.
These are the Democrats on this committee that victims families were testifying before Members | U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats
Members I question include Hank "Guam" Johnson, Eric Swalwell, Ted Lieu, Pramila Jayapal, Jasmine Crockett. The other Democrats I cannot say but being today's Democrats, I cannot rest in their competency nor their integrity. TD
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