Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik told Newsmax TV on Friday that Democrat leaders are to blame for ongoing unrest in cities across the country.
When asked about leadership on “John Bachman Now,” Kerik said, “you don’t see too much of it because you have mayors and governors and city council members in this country that are outright Marxists. They've been voted into office, they’re left-wing, liberal. Basically militants against the Constitution. Against the way of life we have grown to love and live. And that's what's out there in many of these cities.”
He added that cities “that are run by Democrats are the same cities that have a lack of leadership, and they have enhanced an excess of violent crime, shootings, murder, the slaughter. The systemic slaughter of Black men and women in those cities is outrageous, and nobody does anything about it.”
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Theodore Bunker ✉
Theodore Bunker, a Newsmax writer, has more than a decade covering news, media, and politics.
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