I Have a Solution to Crime
Kurt Schlichter
Political crime, like the murder of Charlie Kirk, is one thing, and we are committed to crushing it – at this writing, there is a suspect in custody in Utah, which shoots criminals, and I’d hate to be his life insurance underwriter. Street crime is another issue, and after the assassination briefly took the focus off Iryna’s public transit murder, it will be back. As Republicans, solving street crime is a moral obligation as well as our ticket to victory in 2026. Luckily, the solution to the criminal disorder sweeping blue-run cities – yeah, Governor Hairstyle, the chaos in the red states is entirely within those parts of them that are deep blue – is pretty simple. It’s no secret. You simply refuse to tolerate disorder, from the worst manifestations of criminality like that shambling semi-human who decided to stab an innocent woman on a train car to the relatively minor (but still important) petty crimes like vandalism, shoplifting, fare-beating, and public disorderliness. But it’s not just actual crime that contributes to the inexcusable vibe of insecurity Dems tolerate. Some scumbag out in public who is demonstrating dominance of public spaces by acting menacingly, playing loud music, puffing on a spliff, or whatever, needs immediate and firm attention, whether by the official authorities or by citizens who understand that the government will have their back rather than the back of the miscreant.
We can say “No.” Disorder is a choice, and the Democrats have made it. They’d better rethink their choice, both for their own sake and for the sake of the dirtbags they are protecting. The “No” is coming, the easy way or the hard way.
We need not live this way, and we won’t. Other people have made the right choice – why not us? Last June, I was in Portugal, which I highly recommend – it’s pretty, the wine is top-notch, and the people are surprisingly based. At one point, we were walking through Lisbon, a big, cosmopolitan city, and we came to a park. In America, it would be full of junkies, hobos, gangsters, perverts, and other human detritus. But in Lisbon, kids were running around, teen couples were looking in each other’s eyes, and old people were playing chess. It was wonderful. It was how civilized people live. And it was the manifestation of a choice, a choice not to tolerate the bottom 10 percent of the population ruling the roost for the rest of us.
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