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On Newsmax’s American Agenda this week, Kim Klacik joined Charles Marino and Berney Flowers to make a blunt plea that will resonate with millions of Americans: taxpayers deserve the basic security of safe streets and functioning law enforcement. They rightly argued that when city leaders prioritize politics over public safety, it is ordinary citizens who pay the price with higher insurance premiums, broken windows, and fear for their children. Many patriots watching the segment saw in their words a long-overdue defense of law and order.
Conservative voices have pointed to a widespread perception that crime is a pressing problem in big cities run by the left, and that perception is backed by polling showing Americans increasingly worried about safety in urban areas. Democrats who run these cities talk a lot about empathy and reform, but too often shrug at the policing and prosecutorial choices that let criminals roam free while law-abiding citizens suffer. That disconnect is why veterans, small-business owners, and working families are demanding real action, not spin.
When Klacik and her colleagues urged more National Guard deployments and federal support, they were answering a simple question: who protects the taxpayer when local leaders refuse to act? Mayors and city councils in places like Chicago and Los Angeles have publicly bristled at federal intervention, insisting their local forces suffice even as neighborhoods decline and businesses flee. The pushback from Democratic mayors is predictable political posturing that ignores the lived reality of crime victims and the need for backup when local systems fail.
Of course, the left’s allies in the courts have tried to tie the hands of those who would restore order, with rulings restricting the use of federal troops in local policing tasks. Judicial roadblocks have complicated what should be straightforward support for communities pleading for help. Conservatives must acknowledge legal realities while demanding that lawmakers change statutes that prevent rapid, lawful assistance to jurisdictions in crisis.
Critics will cry “militarization” and worry about optics, but reality matters more than headlines: the federal government has already moved personnel into hot spots when cities begged for help, and there have been limits and adjustments to those deployments. If a short-term presence of trained National Guard soldiers prevents looting, sexual assaults, and carjackings, taxpayers will happily trade a few uncomfortable headlines for restored safety and commerce. Political theater from career politicians must not be allowed to trump the safety of everyday Americans.
Worried commentators on the left claim federal action can undermine community trust, but the true erosion of trust happens when prosecutors refuse to charge repeat offenders and when so-called sanctuary policies put ideology over victims. The consequences of allowing federal enforcement to fill gaps—whether ICE operations or Guard support—are messy, yes, but the alternative is permissive crime that devastates neighborhoods and ruins lives. Conservatives should argue for targeted, lawful deployments that support local police and bring immediate relief to threatened communities.
In the end, this debate is about priorities and who gets to shape our communities: the taxpayer and the victim, or the woke ruling class that values headlines over human life. Kim Klacik and her American Agenda colleagues are sounding the alarm for the forgotten majority who want secure streets, accountable leaders, and governments that serve rather than lecture. I searched for an independent transcript or link to the exact Newsmax clip and could not locate a standalone copy online, so this article draws on the broader record of federal deployments, local reactions, and legal rulings to put the segment’s argument in context and underscore why conservatives must keep fighting for public safety.
