In the final weeks of the 2022 midterm campaign, Republicans across the country are blaming Democrats for the uptick in crime rates since the end of covid-related lockdowns. At a Trump rally in Nevada last week, GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville injected some overt racism into the Republican narrative on the issue of crime. It had always been an unstated part of the message, but Tuberville said the quiet part out loud. C-span: "I have never seen like the crime in this country. We

If you spend any time watching Fox News you would think that the murder rate was only a problem in large cities in Blue states. That narrative is simply false. In fact, you have a far greater chance of being murdered in Red states than Blue states. Consider this for a second; the homicide rate in GOP-dominated Mississippi is 20.5 murders per 100,000 residents, while very liberal Massachusetts has a per capita murder rate of 2.4, and it isn't even the safest Blue state in New

As we have noted before, undocumented immigrants commit crimes at about the same frequency as native-born Americans. President Trump's statements about Mexican "rapists" and drug dealers are simply myths meant to appease the xenophobic element within his political base. The vast majority of immigrants, illegal and otherwise, become productive members of society. A new analysis by the Marshall Project and the New York Times of crime statistics and undocumented immigrant popula

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