Trump threatened to deploy more troops to U.S. cities this week — and not just the National Guard — as part of what he describes as his national crackdown on crime.
Political data points to a clear opportunity for Trump and the Republicans.
Though FBI data show that violent crime decreased by 4.5 percent last year, a new Gallup poll released Thursday shows almost half of Americans — 49 percent — feel that crime has risen from last year — while about a third — or 33 percent — feel crime has gone down.
The Gallup poll also reveals some political risks for Trump. More Americans oppose using federal troops to combat domestic crime than support the move — but the divide is largely along political lines, as Republicans overwhelmingly support the use of troops while Democrats are opposed.
More crime is committed in red states than blue, assclown, how about you start there?
Actually you know what how about we deal with the fucking felon in the WH and all his pedo cronies first???
But is it a crackdown on crime, or a crackdown on people Trump dislikes, or a political intimidation tactic, or a theatrical show of strength? These uncritical headlines are frustrating.
If it were a actually a crackdown on crime the troops would go to red states and the Epstein flies would be released.
This is 100% a fascist power move.
I keep hearing about troops being sent into cities to “crack down on crime”, but nothing about any actual criminal being brought to justice by them. Weird.
And there’s NPR swallowing the Trump narrative, as usual. They’re no different than corporate media.
I used to listen to NPR a lot, but stopped a year or so ago because they both sides every single story. They’re complicit in our descent into fascism.
NPR has always been the voice of the state. Nothing new here. I remember after 9/11 they would have these long drawn out stories about whether or not there was any evidence of WMD’s but every story would end with, “but the government says blah blah blah” thus overriding the last 30 minutes with the party line.
Even though Republicans CUT my SNAP Benefits and RAISED me Health Insurance Premiums and are PROTECTING Jeffrey Epstein while Pardoning SEX CRIMINALS I STILL am going to Vote for them because NONE of that Compares to the Love I feel when UNIDENTIFIED ARMED MEN KIDNAP CHILDREN AND TAKE THEM TO UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS AWAY FROM ANY PRYING EYES!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Y’know, I want to dismiss Americans being dumb, and they are, but thinking a little deeper about my own neighborhood and it might feel like there’s more crime because… surprise, there’s more homeless or struggling financially. Things very much look worse outside, although it’s somehow not understood that cities often provide care to the poor which reduces crime.
Admittedly, a majority of those ignorant people also just… never visit a city and get all their news via propaganda, but I wonder if their small towns also have increased poverty without the safeguards we have in the city, resulting in increases in crime. Wouldn’t be the first time the right projected their problems onto the rest of us.
Self reinforcing policy for republicans in the US. Just keep making things shittier and more difficult which causes more unrest, so they justify more extreme responses and power grabs. Sounds like they know exactly what they’re doing.
This is the result of squeezing the populace until there is almost no juice left and then not providing any real opportunities to thrive. Is there a happy community anywhere in the old USA?
Kidnappings have gone way up
