Following Chicago Mayor LoriLightfoot's ouster from office, perceived as a rebuke of her handling of public safety, POTUS and fellow Democrats are fending off accusations they are 'soft on crime' ahead of 2024.
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.
But former Maryland Democratic Attorney General Douglas Gansler remains adamant only a"handful" of"fringe" Democrats embrace the idea of, for example,"defunding the police." "That's not to diminish people wanting to feel safe," he said."Some crime numbers are up, to be sure. But this is a bigger societal problem than just should we give the police more money or should we not."
Simultaneously, congressional Republicans have been pushing Biden and Democrats on the issue of crime as they try to repeal reforms to Washington, D.C.'s criminal code. After Sen. Joe Manchin endorsed the GOP proposal, Biden backed the measure. Washington Mayor Muriel Bower had previously voiced her opposition to the reforms, but her veto was overruled by the D.C. Council.
During his State of the Union address, to which he invited the parents of Tyre Nichols, the black man beaten to death by former black Memphis, Tennessee, police officers, Biden did not reiterate how he prioritizes"funding the police.
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