When it comes to crime, Democrats believe in reward, not punishment. Consider New Mexico:

House Democrats in the state legislature voted on Saturday to pass House Bill 255 (HB 255), a controversial measure that includes a provision to give violent juvenile offenders up to $2,000 per month in taxpayer-funded stipends.

Beneficiaries will include…

…individuals who committed violent crimes such as manslaughter and aggravated assault.

This insane incentivization of crime…

…is expected to cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

Criminals get carrots. As for sticks:

While HB 255 sailed through the House, the same group of Democratic lawmakers on the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee (CPAC) voted to table HB 134, effectively killing the bill. HB 134 … aimed to ensure that minors who commit violent crimes, including first-degree murder, face meaningful consequences.

Currently, New Mexico law allows juveniles who commit even the most heinous crimes to be released by their 18th or 21st birthdays, regardless of the severity of their offenses.

They may be done egging on BLM riots, but Democrats still side with criminals against the rest of us.

The decision to advance HB 255 while killing HB 134 comes amid a rising wave of juvenile crime in New Mexico. …

The move also comes after failed attempts to strengthen penalties for fentanyl traffickers, as House Democrats similarly voted down HB 274, which would have imposed harsher sentences on major drug traffickers responsible for fueling the opioid epidemic.

Vote for more of the same and you will get more of the same.

On a tip from Wiggins.