Appearing on CNN Friday, Democratic strategist Robert Zimmerman blamed the "mindset" of Republicans in Washington and cuts in the sequestration package for violence in Chicago, Newsbusters reported.
"And let's be very clear about what's happening in Washington today and why it's undermining the city of Chicago, because there's a mindset now in our government, in Washington, from the Republican members of Congress, that sequestration is an acceptable way of doing business, that we can in fact engage in these massive irresponsible cuts that no one thinks is a logical approach to budgeting," Zimmerman said.
"And that undermines law enforcement in our cities; it undermines so many education opportunities for our younger people and it does in fact -- in fact create an impoverished class of our society that leads to abuse, leads to violence and leads to more Chicagos," he added.
CNN contributor Ana Navarro said she would "try" not to roll her eyes at Zimmerman's suggestion that "Republicans are the ones responsible for Rahm Emanuel's city."
Zimmerman interrupted, saying that Republicans are "responsible for walking away."
But Navarro responded by saying that "you all" have to "take responsibility and you are laying the blame on Republicans and making this a partisan issue."
Newsbusters' Mike Bates pointed out that Chicago has not had a Republican mayor in over 80 years and Democrats have had a lock on power in the state for over a decade.
"No matter," he wrote, "Chicago violence is the fault of Republicans."
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, there were 2,460 shooting incidents in the city last year with 506 murders.
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