Thread by @MaryVought

Here are a few thoughts from me in the @washingtonpost on the Democrat's support for 🚨 crime and disorder
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washingtonpost.com/opinions/local…

Let's look at a recent bill from the state of Virginia.

Passed in the Senate, this law would lessen penalties for assaults against police officers and first responders, while retaining penalties for assaults based on race or gender identity. 🤦‍♀️

If an individual was to assault a law enforcement officer 👮‍♀️, the bill would eliminate the six-month mandatory minimum sentence and lower the crime to a class-1 misdemeanor when it was previously a class-6 felony. ⚖️

BUT, if an assault was to take place against a person based on “race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin” the law provides for a mandatory felony conviction and mandatory six-month minimum sentence. 👀

As a Virginia resident, mother of two young children and the sister of a police officer, I can hear loud and clear the message the Democrats wish to send: Blue Lives Don't Matter.

#BlueLivesMatter

This dangerous and misguided 🙅‍♀️ call to lower the threshold for assaults on police would make ALL Virginians — regardless of race or color — less safe.