Former Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) believes Democrat leaders in Pennsylvania have contributed to Philadelphia’s record-breaking wave of murders by failing to prioritize law and order, he said during an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday.
Barletta, who is hoping to replace term-limited Gov. Tom Wolf (D) next year, cited Wolf, Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D), Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (D), and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) as those who share blame for the City of Brotherly Love’s grim homicide statistics.
“When you put all this liberalism in one basket, this is what we get — not only a record number of murders in Philadelphia, but a record number of overdoses,” Barletta said. “It’s just unbelievable. People are afraid to go out of their homes. And that’s what you get when you talk about defunding the police and some of these policies that are destroying our great cities in America.”