'It's much easier to frame people who steal baby formula and medicine as monsters to be jailed than acknowledge our politics and economic priorities create conditions where people steal baby formula to survive,' said AOC.
"It's much easier to frame people who steal baby formula and medicine as monsters to be jailed than acknowledge our politics and economic priorities create conditions where people steal baby formula to survive," said the New York Democrat.Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday criticized New York City police officers for boasting about arresting a dozen people over stolen necessities, including diapers, baby formula, and medicine.
The message was accompanied by an image of confiscated products, including baby formula, diapers, wipes, lotion, shampoo, soap, detergent, and over-the-counter medications.Thursday on social media. "But hey, it's much easier to frame people who steal baby formula and medicine as monsters to be jailed than acknowledge our politics and economic priorities create conditions where people steal baby formula to survive.
The progressive champion connected the dots between the expiration of key pandemic relief programs and surging poverty—blasting right-wing lawmakers who helped undermine many people's ability to afford basic necessities for refusing to take responsibility for their role in pushing some caretakers to steal to keep children fed, bathed, and clothed.
"[The] Child Tax Credit expired [on] December 31 and it was many people's lifeline to feed and clothe their kids," Ocasio-Cortez."Politicians let it expire overnight with a shrug, but now want to feed into the sensationalism around crime acting like shoplifting has nothing to do with their actions. Wild."earlier Friday, child poverty spiked by 41% in the U.S. in January—the first month since July 2021 that eligible families didn't receive the expanded CTC. Since all 50 Senate Republicans and corporate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin allowed the popular $300 monthly benefit to lapse, at least 3.
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