Stephen Federico's emotional testimony during a recent congressional hearing underscored the consequences of Democrats' "soft-on-crime" policies, says Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C.
Federico, the father of 22-year-old Logan Federico, berated lawmakers in Charlotte, N.C., over his daughter's death. Logan was shot and killed five months ago in South Carolina by a man police say has an extensive criminal history.
"That was a powerful moment in what really turned out to be a powerful hearing," Harris told Newsmax's "National Report" Thursday.
"He brought the picture of what had happened to his daughter and made it so vivid that I don't think any of us that were in that room will ever forget it."
The hearing was initially convened to address the Aug. 22 killing of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian immigrant who was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte light rail train.
The suspect, Harris said, had been arrested 14 times and served five years in prison for violent crimes, yet was released by a magistrate just a month before the attack after signing a statement promising to appear in court.
Harris said the tragedies of both Zarutska and Federico point to a larger pattern in American cities.
"It highlighted and really put a bright light on what is happening in many of our cities, where these Democrat policies of just soft on crime are creating major, major atrocities," Harris said.
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