Are You Safe?

In a recent interview, Kansas Senator Roger Marshall connected the assassination attempt on Donald Trump to the overall feeling of insecurity across the country. He said, “Back home . . . all that people wanted to talk about is the Secret Service failure. . . it’s because people back home don’t feel safe.”

He’s right. Crime has consistently polled as a top concern among voters for the past few years. There is a growing sense that no one is safe because of the left’s ideological idiocy.

During the 2020 riots, the Black Lives Matter movement convinced many left-wing politicians to “defund the police.” Law enforcement budgets were slashed. Officers retired in record numbers. Many cities can’t recruit new cops.

Compounding the problem is a cadre of left-wing, soft-on-crime prosecutors who refuse to do their jobs. They seem more interested in putting criminals first and victims last.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris opened our borders. Millions of illegal aliens poured into the country, including violent criminals and terrorists. A migrant crime wave is forcing many businesses to close.

Just this week, a vicious Venezuelan gang told its members in the U.S. to start ambushing cops.

We’re not safe abroad, either. Americans have been evacuated from country after country as Biden’s foreign policy signals weakness to the whole world. A new report warns that America will lose the next war because we are unprepared to fight a major conflict.

And the one agency that is supposed to be the best at safety can’t even keep a former president safe.