AOC Dismisses Concerns Over Crime Spike as ‘Hysteria,’ Doubles Down on Defunding Police

Just days after Democratic Rep. 👤Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York dismissed the horrifying crime waves infesting liberal cities as media-stoked “hysteria,” a string of violent crimes ravaged New York City.

In a Zoom call Friday with fellow left-wing New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Ocasio-Cortez claimed the growing public concern over skyrocketing crime rates in Democrat-run cities is merely a product of media hype.

“We are seeing these headlines about percentage increases,” AOC said, referring to a recent New York Times article spotlighting crime surges in liberal cities across the nation.

“Now, I want to say that any amount of harm is unacceptable and too much, but I also want to make sure that this hysteria, you know, that this doesn’t drive a hysteria and that we look at these numbers in context so that we can make responsible decisions about what to allocate in that context,” she said.

In other words, AOC claimed the crime sprees are not real, even though the left-wing Times admitted that “homicide rates in large cities were up more than 30 percent on average last year, and up another 24 percent for the beginning of this year.”

Murders and other violent crimes have rocketed since the May 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, which ignited a wave of riots as left-wing activists demanded the defunding of police.