Rising violent crime rates and growing perceptions of unease in major cities has prompted party strategists and officials to call for a tougher approach to counter Republican attacks.
on a local crime law is sending a national message to fellow Democrats about how he thinks they should address Republican criticism of the nation's rising crime rates.
But D.C.'s unusual existence as not fully independent of the federal government means that Congress can quash any law change. A Republican-led bill got the support of about 30 Democrats in the House and is now expected to pass the Senate with a handful of Democrats, forcing Biden to either sign or veto it. Democrats, who increasingly have pushed for D.C.
"Congressional Republicans need to commit here and now to joining with President Biden — not obstructing him — in fighting the rising crime rate he inherited," said White House spokesperson Andrew Bates."Their years’ long campaign to slash law enforcement funding in the name of ideology couldn’t be more at odds with the country.”
“It shows you the power this issue has become. Look what happened in Chicago. Look what happened in San Francisco. Everywhere you turn around,” Carville said, referring to the ouster of Lightfoot and formerCrime largely disappeared from national politics while rates were at historic lows during much of the the 2000s and 2010s, but Carville said the politics changed when they started to tick back up during the pandemic, even though they’re still nowhere near as high as they were in the 90s.
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