Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas , sparked backlash on social media Monday after a video surfaced of her saying that local law enforcement’s role is only to solve crime, not prevent it.

A clip from Crockett’s appearance on the “Grounded” podcast — which premiered last Wednesday — went viral as critics seized on her remarks.

“I want to be clear that, like, law enforcement isn’t to prevent crime. Law enforcement solves crime, OK? That is what they are supposed to do. They are supposed to solve crimes, not necessarily prevent them from happening per se,” she said.

Crockett, one of the Democratic Party’s most outspoken figures , made the statement during a discussion of how law enforcement was utilized by the Trump administration to clean up crime in Washington, D.C.

“I think it has been

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