Trump calls for change in leadership in NC after Iryna Zarutska's murder, blasts Dems for no cash bail laws

President Donald Trump condemned the vicious and fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, slamming Democrats on Monday over the crime in North Carolina. The suspect was identified as 34-year-old Decarlos Brown, who was seen on surveillance video stabbing the 23-year-old Ukrainian woman to death.

Trump said of the murder on Truth Social, "I have seen the horrific video of a beautiful, young Ukrainian refugee, who came to America to escape the vicious War in Ukraine, and was innocently riding the Metro in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was brutally ambushed by a mentally deranged lunatic. The perpetrator was a well-known career criminal, who had been previously arrested and released on CASHLESS BAIL in January, a total of 14 TIMES."
 

🚨 Statement from @POTUS: pic.twitter.com/6ZsykAaPMW

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