When Fox News guest and former NYPD inspector Paul Mauro told Trey Gowdy on Sunday Night in America that violent and randomized crime has been “more than politicized, it has been weaponized,” he wasn’t whispering a political talking point — he was sounding an alarm for every mom and dad who still believes their city should be safe to walk at night. Mauro’s blunt assessment exposed what many Americans already feel: public safety has been put on the altar of political theater while ordinary citizens pay the price.
Mauro’s warning came against the backdrop of a clear uptick in brazen, unpredictable attacks that sweep across neighborhoods and college towns alike, leaving communities terrified and police handcuffed by political constraints. This isn’t isolated; it’s a pattern we see when policy-makers prioritize ideology over enforcement and law-abiding citizens are left to fend for themselves.
Make no mistake — the politicization of crime has real victims. Progressive prosecutors who promise soft-touch approaches and city leaders who signal leniency have created an environment where criminals calculate they can act with impunity. Mauro has repeatedly argued that cities that reverse this trend do so by putting public safety first and supporting straight-up policing, not by bowing to fashionable rhetoric.
Hardworking Americans are tired of watching their neighborhoods decline while elites trade safety for sanctimony. Elected officials who shrug at randomized violence or blame it on anything but failed policy are failing their oaths; accountability must start with mayors and district attorneys who refuse to enforce the law. Mauro’s perspective is a reminder that talking tough is not enough — there must be teeth behind the words.
The remedy is as old as civilization: enforce the law, back the cops, and restore consequences that actually deter crime. Cities that refuse to do so will continue to pay the price — in shuttered businesses, in frightened children, and in the erosion of the social trust that binds communities together. Mauro and other law-enforcement veterans have laid out practical fixes; we should implement them without delay.
Patriots don’t let fear win and we don’t accept the surrender of our streets to politics. If we want safe communities, we must elect leaders who put Americans first, not political narratives, and who will give our police the tools and support they need to do their jobs honorably and effectively. The choice is clear: law and order, or continued decline — and families across this country deserve leaders who will choose safety every single time.
