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Republican Caitlyn Jenner has been in and out of the news quite a bit lately, especially given her campaign for governor of California.
She's had several hot takes that didn't meet with much public approval including saying a commission should determine which transgender girls are worthy to participate in girl's sports.
Her latest screaming hot take had to do with how California should treat its homeless folks.
Jenner told Inside California Politics:
"They're destroying Venice Beach! They're destroying all the businesses down there. They don't need to be there. The crime rate is going up … It's mostly homeless-on-homeless murders. We can't have that in our streets."
Her ideal solution?
Round up homeless folks and put them in "an open field out in some place."
"We have to provide some place for those people to go, whether it's an open field out in some place, or if you notice at the veteran's facility. There's these big open fields and a lot of places there.
You can view the video clip of Jenner's interview below:
New - Caitlyn Jenner says she’s tired of biking to Venice Beach and seeing homeless people destroying it. https://t.co/Blt5FCiwZf— HRC’s Cake (@HRC’s Cake) 1625106341.0
Twitter users didn't feel the need to hold back in their criticism of Jenner's thoughtless suggestion.
@VABVOX @BidenHarrisBro Right out of the Reagan playbook. All of society’s ills can be traced to poor people being such a burden.— Michael Charbonneau (@Michael Charbonneau) 1625225965.0
@BidenHarrisBro You can only enjoy the nice parts of beautiful southern California if you have the money to enjoy t… https://t.co/H2OMa3JBzJ— Dani (@Dani) 1625138455.0
@VABVOX @UROCKlive1 Yeah, let's have a little more disdain for the homeless - that's helpful 🙄🤦♂️ Caitlyn Jenner… https://t.co/lNIo60qMAE— TheRealDWoo 🚣♀️🏡 (@TheRealDWoo 🚣♀️🏡) 1625131976.0
@BidenHarrisBro Gee, I hate it when a rich person gets upset when they see a homeless person because the sight of i… https://t.co/YmxWBL0rTy— RJ (@RJ) 1625120540.0
@BidenHarrisBro The *cheapest* and most humane way to deal with the "problem" is to provide no-strings housing and… https://t.co/moqhxhVF6A— The constitution is a rough draft (@The constitution is a rough draft) 1625114067.0
Homeless people are tired of seeing Caitlyn Jenner biking and wondering how she is a multimillionaire when she hasn… https://t.co/Yt7Ap0qdDs— Victoria Brownworth (@Victoria Brownworth) 1625130970.0
@BidenHarrisBro So there was a murder of a homeless man in Venice recently. Instead of caring about what the Sherif… https://t.co/fQE0M7OkMs— Emily⚡️🖼🪴 (@Emily⚡️🖼🪴) 1625118489.0
Candidate for CA governor Caitlyn Jenner proposed that the homeless should be moved to big empty fields. Everyone s… https://t.co/X2ri4dKO1a— Mark Spatny VFX (@Mark Spatny VFX) 1625342429.0
Some folks pointed out some very familiar phrasing.
@KevinJohnCoyne1 @lapetiteemily @BidenHarrisBro I was reading through to see if anyone else noticed that. Same phra… https://t.co/uSIQdPGsFP— Catteryna (@Catteryna) 1625236828.0
@BidenHarrisBro “Homeless on Homeless murders” a phrase I really didn’t think was going to be the way this day ended.— Vicki Randle (@Vicki Randle) 1625136697.0
While Jenner's unthinking suggestion of forcing folks into "an open field" conveniently hidden out of sight isn't the way to help, something has to give.
There were an estimated 151,000 people experiencing homelessness in California as of January 2020.