THIS CYCLE’S MOST HARD-HITTING AD

Public safety is the issue of the day, especially in the suburbs. This ad was produced by “Moms For Safe Neighborhoods” and is playing, I believe, mostly in Florida. But there are also some spots in Minnesota, and likely elsewhere. It includes an imaginary news person who says that the Democratic Congress and President Biden have cut spending on the police, which the federal government doesn’t really do. But the basic point is correct. If you like riots, looting and arson, the Democrats are the party for you. The fact that Joe Biden can’t bring himself to condemn Antifa–and no Democrat, needless to say, will condemn #BLM–makes the case.

All sorts of federal funding goes to police. Here’s an article from NPR of all places...

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/09/872387351/how-federal-dollars-fund-local-police

This needs to be the NORMAL ad made by the RNC, et al.

As is it should be played heavily everywhere.

BUT, please emphasize it is ALL Democrats. It’s not just Biden we have to defeat.

[It includes an imaginary news person who says that the Democratic Congress and President Biden have cut spending on the police, which the federal government doesn’t really do.]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/25/two-federal-programs-helped-expand-police-funding-by-over-200percent.html
[However, most federal spending comes from two major grants from the Department of Justice — COPS and Byrne JAG. The Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, program was established as part of a bill signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994 to combat the rise in violent crime at the time. Although its funding has dramatically decreased over the years, it still funneled $304 million in 2019 to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies.

The Byrne Justice Assistance Grants, known as Byrne JAG, were started as a part of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and consolidated in 2005 with a program that honored an officer who died in the line of duty. Although the program was designed to award funding to a wide variety of initiatives, more than half of the grants are awarded to support law enforcement across the country. The funding from Byrne JAG still averages around $435 million each year.]

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