Democrats No Longer Soft on Crime?

For John, BLUF:  Frankly, the President's budget may throw a lot of money at policing, it doesn't seem headed in the direction of effective policing.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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It turns out the Democrats aren’t soft on crime at all

From The New NEO, by NEO, 29 March 2022.

Here is the lede plus two:

Forget these Soros DAs. Forget “defund the police” – you must have imagined it.^  Forget the Floyd riots and the open borders.

Forget it all, because of Biden’s proposed new budget:

The plan sent to Congress allocates more than $32 billion to fighting crime, especially violent crime, with $20.6 billion going to the Department of Justice and $3.2 billion in discretionary resources for funding local and state law enforcement, much of it in the form of grants to hire more police officers.  About $30 billion in mandatory resources will be funneled to “support law enforcement, crime prevention, and community violence intervention.”

Except, with Federal Money comes Federal control.  That oftem means one size fits all.  What is good for Caalifornia is assumed good for both Montana and Main.

Further, as The NEO says, a lot of it is wrong headed, such as working to restrict gun ownership.  And there are parts that look like they are aimed at fighting the efforts of some states to clean up their voting laws.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff