Down in the polls following the flawed Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Republicans dusted off their old political playbook: Scare the bejesus out of voters over crime.
Never mind that the Grand Old Party’s candidates haven’t offered much in the way of sustainable solutions beyond platitudes about “law and order.” Also left unsaid: Republicans refuse to pass basic gun safety measures supported by most Americans. No doubt crime is up across the country, but murder rates are higher in many red states (where gun laws tend to be more lax) than in blue states.
To be sure, Democrats seem inept at responding to the attacks. Even after leading a bipartisan effort to pass the most significant gun safety measure in a generation in June, Democrats are playing defense on crime as Election Day nears.
