With the advancements made in telecommunications from the 1990s to now, you would think phone calls could help people communicate and act faster than ever before. As always, the Democratic Party finds unique ways to stand in the way of that progress.

Despite how far phone technology has advanced, New York City now has the slowest 911 response time it has had since the 1990s, at over 15 minutes. That is a full five minutes longer than the times four years ago, when the widespread villainization of police officers during the Black Lives Matter summer of 2020 showed officers that Democratic city leaders would not have their backs.