Democrat rediscovers federalism when rising crime questioned

Normally, Democrats don’t have much use for federalism, which is the idea that some issue areas (such as national security and immigration) should be handled by the federal government, while other issues (such as education and infrastructure) should be left to local governments.

Democrats, normally, want to nationalize everything. They want the Department of Education to control how much money is spent on students and what they are taught. They want the Department of Housing and Urban Development to decide what types of buildings should be built in which neighborhoods. And they think the federal government should fight crime by restricting the 2nd Amendment and paying police departments to run midnight basketball leagues.