Crime

Biden tries to rebrand Democrats on crime, but urban liberals don’t cooperate

By Naomi Lim
Published March 3, 2023 9:00am ET
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Biden tries to rebrand Democrats on crime, but urban liberals don’t cooperate
President Joe Biden and Democrats are fending off accusations they are “soft on crime” amid congressional Republican-led efforts to overturn a Washington, D.C., crime bill and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot‘s ouster from office, perceived as a rebuke of her handling of public safety. The resurgence of the issue, a weakness for Democrats in 2020, coincides […]

President Joe Biden and Democrats are fending off accusations they are “soft on crime” amid congressional Republican-led efforts to overturn a Washington, D.C., crime bill and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot‘s ouster from office, perceived as a rebuke of her handling of public safety.

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