Duffy to Newsmax: Could Pull Federal Funds Over Policing Failures

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is placing the blame for the brutal slaying of a 23-year-old woman on a Charlotte train last month squarely on the shoulders of liberal politicians, telling Newsmax their misplaced priorities have made everyday life dangerous for ordinary Americans.

In an interview on “Finnerty,” Duffy condemned what he called a pattern of Democrat leadership that values criminals over law-abiding citizens.

“We got here because we have liberal politicians, whether it’s a DA [district attorney], it’s a city council, it’s mayors, it’s governors who don’t stand up and fight for the people they’re supposed to fight for,” Duffy said. “They want to put the rights and the priorities of criminals and of the homeless ahead of the good people of their community. This is shameful. This is evil. This is wrong.”

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