Turns out violent crime was down in 2022, and it’s a lot lower than it was in earlier decades.

All in all, GOP fearmongering about crime parallels the party’s inflation alarms based on selective and outdated numbers. It can be effective, unfortunately; during 2022, Gallup found that 78 percent of Americans thought crime was higher nationally than in 2021. Turns out that just wasn’t the case.

  • Gargleblaster@kbin.social
    30·
    11 months ago

    Know too that any time they bleat about the border, immigrants wouldn’t come if there weren’t rich white dudes offering them shit pay for grueling work.

    Anyone serious about the border would go after the employers. The Republicans only care about the border as a racist dog whistle.

    • cedarmesa@lemmy.world
      9·
      11 months ago

      Facts. Drug war was all about working up the chain of command to get the dealers and smugglers, cut the head off the snake. Odd that they dont prosecute the folks at the top eh?