Mr. NIMBY Goes to Washington

7 months ago
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Mr. NIMBY, an acronym and an attitude all in one. You'll often find him repeating his favorite refrain: "Not in My Backyard." Mr. NIMBY loves to dictate how others should live but avoids applying those principles to himself. Let's consider the crime issue. Mr. NIMBY advocates for defunding inner-city police departments, claiming it's to protect misunderstood criminals from what he deems as a racist police force. However, he insists on keeping those criminals at a safe distance from his own backyard.
Mr. NIMBY has a network of friends in Congress, including Representative Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat known for his opposition to police funding. Cuellar refused to denounce the "defund the police" movement in 2021, voting to amend the spending bill to make it easier to reduce police funding. He also supported the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in 2021, which, according to the Heritage Foundation, aimed to make it more challenging for local and state police agencies to acquire surplus military equipment from the federal government. The bill ultimately failed in the Senate.
Now, the consequences of these policies are hitting close to home, quite literally, as Mr. NIMBY finds himself living in areas plagued by uncontrollable violent crime. An increasing number of legislators are experiencing the repercussions of their decisions, choosing to stay overnight in their offices rather than risk walking to their cars or apartments after hours.
It may not have been a complete shock for the woke Representative Cuellar to find himself staring down three gun barrels last week as his car and dinner were carjacked, with thankfully no injuries to the representative. The car was eventually recovered, but there's no word on the fate of the sushi.
As Mr. NIMBY's presence becomes more tangible, it raises the question of whether Congress will vote to change course and support police funding. Stay tuned for developments.
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