Hakeem Jeffries: People Are Worried About Public Safety All Across America, We Will Focus on Making Sure We Drive Down Crime

RUSH EXCERPT:
JEFFRIES: "Of course, people are going to be worried about public safety all across America. I represent a community that for decades has had to deal with the crack cocaine epidemic, the failed war on drugs, gunshots going off at different points in time in communities. So of course, all of us will continue to focus on making sure we can drive down crime whenever and wherever it is taking place. This is not about the American people. The American people, understandably want safer communities. As Democrats, we want safer communities. We want to continue to make sure that crime can go down as it‘s doing in Chicago, in New York, in Washington, D.C. and other places. And to do that, we should support local law enforcement. We should make sure that the flood of guns into these communities is cut off. We should make sure that we‘re dealing with the mental health crisis that exists all across the United States of America. And by the way, which Donald Trump is exacerbating by cutting funds to actually help people who are dealing with emotional distress."