As President Joe Biden prepares to meet with New York City Mayor Eric Adams to address the years-long surge in violent gun crime, he’s taking an important, if a little late, step in acknowledging what many Americans have known for some time: We have a serious problem of rising violence in America.
Right-wing personalities and elected leaders, some in good faith and others in bad, have been sounding this alarm for a while. But it’s hard to cut through what’s earnest and what’s just exploitation. And after Trump supporters were seen violently attacking law enforcement at the U.S. Capitol last year, it’s increasingly hard to take their “law and order” pleas seriously.
