Erin Koper, a mother from Pittsburgh, PA, addressed the 2024 Republican National Convention on Tuesday night.
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Erin Koper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
00:06Good evening. My name is Erin Koper. I'm a grassroots organizer, a proud Republican woman,
00:29and a longtime resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
00:35I'm here to urge Americans to re-elect President Trump and make America safe again.
00:44But I'm also here with a warning, because in recent years, I've had a front-row seat
00:52to the chaos caused by Democrats and their soft-on-crime policies.
00:59Democrat Mayor Ed Gainey, Congresswoman Summer Lee, and especially Socialist County Executive Sarah Enemirato
01:08have demoralized and disrespected our police while unleashing criminals into our communities.
01:17The Pittsburgh Police Department has shrunk from 991 officers in 2020 to 750 at the end of last year.
01:27Response times are soaring.
01:30One city worker got mugged at gunpoint and raced to a police station, but no one was there to help.
01:39The Democrats have given Pittsburgh defund the police on steroids.
01:45The result is crime and chaos.
01:48There were 122 murders in my county in 2022, one of the deadliest years on record.
01:56Drug deaths are also near record highs.
02:00But statistics don't tell the full story.
02:04I've been chased by drug dealers on my own street.
02:09I've seen filthy tent cities pop up on my block.
02:14I've talked to business owners who find human waste, used needles, and shell casings outside their shops.
02:23I've felt the chill of fear as a woman when I'm alone in a parking garage or on the street.
02:32What the Democrats did to San Francisco, they're doing to my city.
02:38But law-abiding citizens are fighting back and saying no more.
02:45I saw this when Pittsburgh Republicans, Independents, even Democrats came together to beat Soros prosecutor last November.
02:56It can happen again this November.
03:00If we stand together, we will beat the soft-on-crime Democrats and make our streets safe again.
03:08We can re-elect President Trump, and we can save our cities.