Violent crime: a winning issue for the Republicans?

Republicans are using the ‘emotionally charged’ issue of crime to offset Democratic poll gains

Police Line, Crime Scene tape
Americans feel ‘rattled’ by crime rates
(Image credit: Jack Berman via Getty)

It’s the oldest move in the Republican playbook, said Walter Shapiro in The New Republic. When you need a lift in the polls, conjure up “the image of a menacing black man”.

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