‘Whoa, Whoa, Whoa!’ Fox Anchor Wrecks Dem Guest For Boasting He Hasn’t ‘Stepped In a Pool of Blood’

Fox News anchor Julie Banderas stopped Democratic strategist Fred Hicks in his tracks Monday over his comments on the crime rates cited by the Trump administration to justify sending National Guard troops into American cities.

Panelist Luke Ball, a conservative political strategist, asked how Democrats can “argue crime is under control” when “blood is flowing in the streets?”

“Gosh, if any of that were true it would be scary,” Hicks said. “That’s not true. I went to Chicago, D.C. earlier this year, I’m in Atlanta right now — and I’ve not yet stepped in one single pool of blood. So, I’m not sure what America, what major city Luke is referencing, and not sure even when I’m in New York City, what he is referencing.”

“Are you kidding?” Banderas exclaimed as Hicks continued talking. “Wait a minute. OK, so, you haven’t stepped — woah, woah, woah, woah, woah — So, you haven’t stepped in a pool of blood? I will be honest with you. Neither have I, thank God. But a lot of New Yorkers have and a lot of people in Chicago have.”

Banderas continued:

BANDERAS: You have read the crime rates, right? I mean, in Chicago alone, you want to talk about Chicago. Fifty-two people shot this weekend alone! Last weekend 26 — 7 people killed. That’s a pool of blood. That’s 52 pools of blood! Maybe you didn’t step in it, but I tell you, the crime rates and statistics are facts. Why are you saying — I think that’s irresponsible.

HICKS: Let me answer that….The picture that Luke is painting is one that is not representative of what’s happening in America. Is there crime Absolutely. Should crime be dealt with? Absolutely. Are Democrats anti-police and defunders? No! [Chicago Mayor] Brandon Johnson is not a defunder. [Los Angeles mayor] Karen Bass is not a defunder.

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We don’t see this administration talking about going into Boise, Idaho, or other places like that. Always talking about Democrat-led cities. [Trump] has said that. He wants to go into Democratic cities. And that’s the problem. He is bringing policing and law and order and law enforcement into politics.

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