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there is the mike pence false equivalency to pretend that some petty criminal who picks up something from a store and shoplifts is the same as a president of the united states who is a candidate violating campaign finance rules is the same thing. it is absolutely not. but they try to tie those things together as if they are the same. you know, there's the false equivalency that it happens on the right and it happens on the left. no one tried to politicize the department of justice to the degree that donald trump had. no one in the history of america tried to do it as hard as he did. it was just that they didn't allow him to do it. the crimes that they allege are happening with hunter biden, there is no equivalency. even what they say is involved in that to what jared kushner got after he left being trump's adviser in the white house from the saudis. there is no equivalency, and
criminal justice reform. we got one minute. we hear this phrase antidemocratic, i can't think of anything more antidemocratic than one elected official saying i'm not going to enforce laws passed by the legislative body, you have 45 seconds to tell me, i may be wrong. >> no, you are right. i will tell you a story. i have a very liberal friend in fairfax county, one of the prosecutors was elected she is very liberal politically. after he was elected, i think that is -- he announced he was not going to prosecute anyone for shoplifting or purse snatching her reaction to me is, i am all for probation for a first offender, but the idea that a person who shoplifts or purse snatches shouldn't face in some way the criminal justice system, is insane.
we got one minute. we hear this phrase antidemocratic, i can't think of anything more antidemocratic than one elected official saying i'm not going to enforce laws passed by the legislative body, you have 45 seconds to tell me, i may be wrong. >> no, you are right. i will tell you a story. i have a very liberal friend in fairfax county, one of the prosecutors was elected she is very liberal politically. after he was elected, i think that is -- he announced he was not going to prosecute anyone for shoplifting or purse snatching her reaction to me is, i am all for probation for a first offender, but the idea that a person who shoplifts or purse snatches shouldn't face in some way the criminal justice system, is insane.
we got one minute. we hear this phrase antidemocratic, i can't think of anything more antidemocratic than one elected official saying i'm not going to enforce laws passed by the legislative body, you have 45 seconds to tell me, i may be wrong. >> no, you are right. i will tell you a story. i have a very liberal friend in fairfax county, one of the prosecutors was elected she is very liberal politically. after he was elected, i think that is -- he announced he was not going to prosecute anyone for shoplifting or purse snatching her reaction to me is, i am all for probation for a first offender, but the idea that a person who shoplifts or purse snatches shouldn't face in some way the criminal justice system, is insane.
criminals who are destroying our city, it's time for it to come to an end. be more aggressive and less tolerant of the [bleep] that steroid our city. >> trace: -- destroyed our city. >> trace: a year ago she was going to take $100-million away from the police department. now she is on board with the police. some retailers could hire security guards. their hands are tied. i have a buddy who said we are told not to do anything when somebody comes in shoplifts. >> she has no credibility. she can't follow her own covid mandate. she was trying to defund the police last year. the security guards you can't shoot someone. they for a no win situation. these liberals are waiting for one disputed situation.
walgreens, cvs and gap all closing. what is going on? >> well, it's challenging. i must say it's challenging. now, the reality statistically is that actually our shoplifts had gone down last three years, including year to date. however, what we saw on that video is concerning, alarming and very challenging. you know, we have to first of all, i think, all take a step back. you know, during the midst of everything going on last year, many police departments, including ours, had budgets cut and, you know, some of this is a matter of staffing. when we are understaffed we really can't go out and do the things that we need to do to prevent and deter crimes from occurring. you know, across this country, and rightfully so, we are having a discussion, a real discussion right now, in the criminal justice system, about the balance between not overincarcerating, and -- or overpolicing but the reality is,
some of the injustices of the past. shoplifts has become a global industry many of us eat it every day but not many people know where chocolate comes from and under what conditions the cocoa used to make it is grown. our reporter gary vollmer was in ghana the world's second biggest exporter of cocoa for our global ideas series she and her team traveled to be a district where cocoa farmers have to grapple with a number of problems. it's with a heavy heart that orlando also model is setting to work. he's cutting down cocoa trees in one part of his plantation.
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