Johnson pressed on whether National Guard should be sent to his Louisiana district

[BumRushDaShow]

10. "If he really wanted to reduce crime, he'd ask Congress to legislate some federal funds...so they could hire more cops."

Congress DID legislate funding related to police and anti-crime initiatives and those were cut to allow billionaires to get more money for themselves -

Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling


May 24, 2025 8:00 AM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
Martin Kaste


The Justice Department has drastically scaled back its support for anti-crime initiatives across the country, leaving law enforcement agencies and private groups scrambling to try to replace the money. The cuts were announced in late April, and the Council on Criminal Justice estimates 373 grants were terminated, totaling about $500 million.

The sweeping nature of the cuts took many public safety groups by surprise. "We knew that there were federal cuts coming," says Kelsie McDaniel, the district attorney in Union County, Oregon. "But we didn't think that it would include things that were within the program goals and agency priorities that the DOJ had previously talked about."

Her office used a federal grant to pay for an investigator to do more in-depth crime investigations, such as building a case against fentanyl dealers whose product had led to fatal overdoses.

"We wouldn't be able to do that without him," McDaniel says. "We thought, well, where other programs might be getting cut, we thought we might actually see an increase in funding." Instead, that grant was one of the ones cancelled. Most of the money had already been spent, but she worries that the cancellation means Union County won't be able to get this kind of federal funding again in the future.

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The DA mentioned in the above excerpt, Kelsie McDaniel, is a REPUBLICAN (in a designated "Non-Partisan" office), who is experiencing FAFO Syndrome. I.e., the "But I didn't think it would happen to me" realization.

Her Oregon County voted for 45 -

Union County

99% Est. Vote In

Candidate Total Votes % Votes

Donald Trump (R) 9,872 68.7%
Kamala Harris (D) 4,043 28.1%
Robert Kennedy (O) 315 2.2%
Jill Stein (PN) 53 0.4%
Chase Oliver (LB) 52 0.4%
Cornel West (PG) 16 0.1%
Randall Terry (CS) 13 0.1%