While at the White House with law enforcement leaders, Biden declared that there is not any “one-size-fits-all” solution to eliminating gun violence.
However, the Democrat president did endorse certain measures; some of these measures entailing having the Justice Department create fresh strike forces to end illegal gun trafficking and investing in community programs centered around ending violence.
Biden at odds with his own party?
The president’s call to hire more police officers clashes with certain members of his own party. House Democrat Ayanna Pressley, for instance, still maintains her interest in defunding police, despite the crime upticks.
On Monday, President Biden declared that “interventions” can happen before violence takes place; however, yet again, members of his own party are in denial about the surge in violence. House Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently waved aside Americans’ apprehension about crime upticks as “hysteria.”
All in all, Democrats have work to do before their party is a united front against the increase of violence. Perhaps President Biden can begin by getting other Democrats on board with not defunding police.
