Democrats are in a "tough spot" right now in having to choose between accepting President Donald Trump's efforts to clean up blue cities or letting their constituents suffer, according to U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise).
In a Tuesday interview on FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Moore, who is vying for U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Auburn) soon-to-be vacant seat, praised Trump's Washington, D.C. clean-up and questioned why Democrats were against protecting their communities.
“[I] think that President Trump, he's offering to these blue cities and states to come in and say, I'll help you with this," Moore outlined. "And so, it puts the Democrats in a kind of tough spot. I mean, it's like, well, do you want to take President Trump's help to make your community safer, or do you just hate him so much that you would allow your people to suffer? And so I think crime is going to be a big part of what's going on. I think that that's certainly going to resonate. I mean, no matter who you are, when you're raising a family, wherever you live, you want to feel safe."
"You want your communities to be safe. And you don't want to feel like you can get killed in a drive-by or you're carjacked at some point on a highway just because you happen to stop somewhere. And so I think it plays, you know, Trump is playing chess and the Democrats are playing checkers on the issue," he continued. “And, you know, the communities win when President Trump wins. And so I don't understand the blue leadership in some of these places and leadership in general, that do not stand hard to protect their own communities. And so, I've said it before, you know, the Democrats, they're the first to disarm their citizens and then defund the police. And that puts those communities that supported them at grave risk. And so for us, I think crime is a big part of what we're doing. The border being secure is helping, rounding up a lot of the [Tren de Aragua] and certainly MS-13, getting them out of here. But just not only that, local crime where the DAs, AGs are soft on crime. They're not supporting law enforcement. And so I think President Trump's got the right idea. And I think it's going to be a big issue as this election cycle plays out.”
Moore went on to say he would encourage leaders in cities like Birmingham or Bessemer to reach out and ask for help if they need it, rather than resisting assistance, regardless of the political optics.
“You know, I could see politically where they might be reluctant, but I also could see where some of these cities and some of the people in these cities are happy that they're asking for help," he explained. "And so you can't just ignore your constituents and their safety over political ideology. And so you can't just always play politics with people's lives."
"You need to get serious about trying to protect them," Moore added.
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