Vice President JD Vance admonished Democrats for scapegoating the “system” as a reason to avoid addressing violent crime flourishing in Democrat-run cities.

Vance’s statement follows the release of video of the fatal August 22 stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina. The suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., 34 , is a repeat offender with a lengthy felony rap sheet who has since been arrested and charged with murder.

The tragic slaying was avoidable, Vance suggested.

“The big lie the Democrats told about violent crime is that it’s ‘systemic’ and therefore no one’s really responsible,” Vance posted on X. “If the ‘system’ is to blame then you fund a bunch of nonprofits that don’t do anything besides give jobs to underqualified radicals

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